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Ball Farmhouse, Hankelow
Ball Farmhouse, Hankelow
Brine pump at Warmingham
Brine pump at Warmingham
  • ...that the dairy-farming area of Warmingham, Cheshire, is the source of around half the pure salt (brine pump pictured) manufactured in the UK? (29 October 2016)
Thomas Aldersey by Robert Peake the elder (1588)
Thomas Aldersey by Robert Peake the elder (1588)
Zamilon virophage
Zamilon virophage
  • ...that the recently discovered Zamilon virophage (pictured) casts doubt on the concept of virophages? (22 March 2016) 6,348 views
  • ...that Tessa Hadley's second novel has been described as "mysteriously, bewitchingly compelling" despite being a "virtually plotless portrait ... of breathtakingly ordinary mortals"? (20 March 2016)
  • ...that Robert Shope, described as a "walking encyclopaedia" of arboviruses, discovered more novel viruses than anyone previously? (18 March 2016)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Electron micrograph of Bourbon virus
Electron micrograph of Bourbon virus
  • ...that Bourbon virus (pictured), discovered in 2014 from a man who died after tick bites, is the first thogotovirus to be associated with human disease in the Western hemisphere? (17 April 2015) 7,129 views
  • ...that a quaranjavirus that can infect humans was discovered in 1953, but it took 60 years to classify it? (30 March 2015)
  • ...that Fritchley Tunnel is believed to be the oldest surviving railway tunnel in the world? (26 March 2015) 8,429 views
Electron micrograph of tick-borne encephalitis virus
Electron micrograph of tick-borne encephalitis virus
Abbot's House, Combermere Abbey
Abbot's House, Combermere Abbey
  • ...that throughout the 400-year history of Combermere Abbey (pictured), various of its abbots and priors were excommunicated, assaulted, murdered, and accused of forgery and covering up murder? (8 April 2013)
St Mary's and St Michael's Church, Burleydam
St Mary's and St Michael's Church, Burleydam
Steve Reich performing "Clapping Music" in 2006
Steve Reich performing "Clapping Music" in 2006
  • ...that although Steve Reich's works have often been referenced by pop and rock musicians, the Radiohead-inspired Radio Rewrite is the first time Reich (pictured) has returned the compliment? (18 March 2013)
Influenza neuraminidase bound to an inhibitor
Influenza neuraminidase bound to an inhibitor
Sweetbriar Hall, Nantwich
Sweetbriar Hall, Nantwich
Dutton Horse Bridge
Dutton Horse Bridge
Wrenbury Church Bridge
Wrenbury Church Bridge
Queen's Aid House, Nantwich, Cheshire
Queen's Aid House, Nantwich, Cheshire
  • ...that the Queen's Aid House (pictured) has a plaque commemorating Elizabeth I's aid in rebuilding Nantwich after a fire, the only time she is known to have contributed to such a cause? (26 August 2010) ~5,392 views
Photograph of a three-storey black-and-white shop building on an angle in the street.
Regent House, Nantwich, Cheshire
Widows' Almshouses, Nantwich, Cheshire
Widows' Almshouses, Nantwich, Cheshire
  • ...that Roger Wilbraham founded the Widows' Almshouses (pictured) in Nantwich, Cheshire, in memory of his wife, who died on the first anniversary of the death of their eldest son? (18 August 2010)
Wilbraham's Almshouses, Nantwich, Cheshire
Wilbraham's Almshouses, Nantwich, Cheshire
Tollemache Almshouses, Nantwich, Cheshire
Tollemache Almshouses, Nantwich, Cheshire
116 Hospital Street, Nantwich, Cheshire
116 Hospital Street, Nantwich, Cheshire
39 Welsh Row, Nantwich, Cheshire
39 Welsh Row, Nantwich, Cheshire
Methodist Church, Nantwich, Cheshire
Methodist Church, Nantwich, Cheshire
1-5 Pillory Street, Nantwich, Cheshire
1-5 Pillory Street, Nantwich, Cheshire
Caryatid on corbel from 46 High Street, Nantwich
Caryatid on corbel from 46 High Street, Nantwich
A red-brick building with two storeys, five bays and a central triangular pediment
9 Mill Street, Nantwich, Cheshire
Lychgate at St Michael's, Marbury
Lychgate at St Michael's, Marbury
Autumnal beech trees lining a woodland path
Delamere Forest, Cheshire
Raw Head
Raw Head
Sound Pond, Sound Heath
Sound Pond, Sound Heath
Former malt kiln near Sound
Former malt kiln near Sound
Ruins of Rocksavage c. 1818
Ruins of Rocksavage c. 1818
Teggs Nose quarry
Teggs Nose quarry
Crewe Hall
Crewe Hall
Carved stone elephant in Peckforton
Carved stone elephant in Peckforton
Nantwich Aqueduct, Acton
Nantwich Aqueduct, Acton

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