History quiz – a zoo founder
In the 1960s Elvis Presley was inspired to become more religious when he saw what?
A burning bush
The face of the Virgin Mary on a piece of toast
A cloud shaped like Stalin turning into one shaped like Jesus
A 30-foot wave
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Republican politician and regicide Henry Marten died after choking on his supper in Chepstow Castle. He had been a prisoner since the Restoration of Charles II in 1660.
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