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- ... that Welsh boxer Barry Jones lost his WBO Super featherweight title through events caused by an anomaly in a brain scan?
- ... that Arthur Cheetham's film of children playing on the beach at Rhyl is recognised as the first film of the Cinema of Wales?
- ... that the churchyard of St Caian's Church, Tregaian, contains the grave of a man who died in 1581 aged 105 with over 40 children and 300 living descendants?
- ... that after a fox took shelter in the ruins of Capel Lligwy, in Anglesey, a vault was discovered containing "a large mass of human bones, several feet in depth"?
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- ... that St David's Church, Llangeview, Monmouthshire, is listed Grade I because of its exceptional interior including a 15th-century rood-loft and rare pre-Victorian box pews?
- ... that Welsh bantamweight champion Tosh Powell died from a brain hemorrhage after a boxing match in Liverpool, at the age of 20?
- ... that St Baglan's Church, a medieval church in Llanfaglan, Gwynedd, is listed Grade I because it is unrestored, and has an exceptionally complete set of 18th-century furnishings?
- ... that the idea that Lancaut, on the border between England and Wales, may be the site of a medieval leper colony is supported by the unusual number of medicinal herbs found in the churchyard?
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- ... that the Welsh League, consisting of Aberdare, Barry, Ebbw Vale, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid-Rhondda and Treherbert, was the first professional rugby league competition in Wales?
- ... that the Anglican church in Amlwch, named after St Eleth, was built in 1800 with money derived from copper mining at nearby Parys Mountain?
- ... that the church of Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Winefride in Amlwch, is shaped like an upturned boat to reflect the town's maritime heritage?
- ... that Cardiff School of Art & Design, established in 1865, is the oldest constituent part of University of Wales Institute, Cardiff?
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- ... that not only did the village of Wattstown suffer two mining disasters at the same colliery, but both were explosions caused by the unauthorised use of blasting materials?
- ... that when Teddy Morgan led Wales in their national anthem before the 1905 rugby union match, it was the first time a national anthem had been sung before a sporting event?
- ... that European welterweight champion Johnny Basham faced a manslaughter charge after killing an opponent in a boxing match?
- ... that Max Boyce's 1975 recording We All Had Doctors' Papers is the only comedy album to reach number one in the UK Album Charts?
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- ... that King Arthur's Cave, near Ganarew, to the northeast of Monmouth, is reputedly older than any other Arthurian site?
- ... that during the Popish Plot, on Sunday 17 November 1678, John Arnold of Monmouthshire captured Father David Lewis at St Michael's Church, Llantarnam and he was later executed?
- ... that there were so many pubs in Monmouth's market place that they said "A gin court here, a gin court there, No wonder they call it Agincourt Square"?
- ... that Lady Llangattock, the mother of Charles Rolls, commemorated the centenary of Nelson's death at The Kymin?
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