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From Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives:
- ... that the Building of Bath Museum was originally constructed in 1765 as a chapel for Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (pictured)?
- ... that the Bilbie family produced more than 1,350 bells, from the late 1600s to the early 1800s?
- ... that Bath, the only entire city in England to be a World Heritage Site, was awarded that status largely because of its buildings and architecture?
- ... that Charterhouse Cave is the deepest cave in Southern England?
- ... that a road in Charlcombe, Somerset, England is closed for two months every spring to allow frogs and toads to cross safely?