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Did You Know?
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
Snore No More
If you are sick of being kept awake by the guttural noises of other people’s snoring whenever you travel, you should definitely make a point of checking into a Crowne Plaza hotel the next time you are abroad. The international hotel chain has recently introduced “quiet zones” in several of its British hotels. To ensure that they live up to their name, “snore monitors” patrol the corridors throughout the night to give noisy offenders a stern knock on the door. Repeat noise offenders are then usually asked to move to normal rooms, so as to let the light sleepers slumber undisturbed. The hotel chain is also testing out the possibility of introducing snore absorption rooms to give spouses of snore prone sleepers a break. These rooms include white noise machines, anti-snoring pillows and sound proofed walls and headboards. Sweet dreams!
September in History
1752 – The British switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. As a result, Wednesday 2nd September was followed by Thursday 14th September. This lead to mass rioting as citizens demanded their 11 missing days back.
1848 – Chewing gum was produced commercially for the first time.
1893 – New Zealand became the first country to grant women the right to vote.
1939 – Nazi Germany invaded Poland and triggered the declaration of World War II.
1986 – Bishop Desmond Tutu became the first black head of the South African Anglican church when he was appointed Archbishop of Cape Town.
2001 – Four American passenger planes were hijacked and used to attack the Pentagon and New York’s World Trade Centre. September 11th is officially the worst terrorist attack in US history.
