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Did you know that the duvet is a Welsh invention? The brain child of Dame Dwynwen Duvet of Gorseinon and first sold in Rhydaman market in 1922. She also invented the fitted sheet, but sadly took the secret of how to fold it to "put away tidy like" with her to her grave.

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How 2025 feels

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A negative thinker has many problems to one solution. A positive thinker has many solutions to one problem.

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The reason many naval mines have spikes on them is because each spike contains a glass vial of battery acid. When shattered, the battery acid then energizes a lead-acid battery (which doesn't have acid inside), which then powers the detonator.

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