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On this Day…

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We’re looking back at the past; on 20th February, this happened…

1491 A comet with no name came within 860,000 miles of the Earth, which at the time was the closest it came since 837 AD!

1966 Happy birthday to actress and model Cindy Crawford, who will  be 47 today. Who knew then that she would be one of the most beautiful women to have graced the world today?!

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1967 It is also the birthday of legendary rock star Kurt Cobain, frontman of Nirvana. Had he been alive still today, he would have reached the age of 46.

1985 1986 The Soviet Union (known now as Russia) launched the world’ biggest space station Mir, which was designed to continually orbit the Earth.

Photo: Vanessa Chettleburgh

Photo: Vanessa Chettleburgh

1997 In memory of the band Phish, Ben and Jerry’s created their unique ice cream ‘Phish Food’ which is a beautiful marshmallow and caramel ice cream with chocolate fish. YUM!

On this Day…

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We’re looking back on the past; on this day, 19th February, this happened…

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1971 Elvis Presley was performing and a crazed fan rushed to the stage, which shocked him so much he bashed the microphone into his mouth and chipped a tooth

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1972 Paul McCartney released a song called ‘Give Ireland back to the Irish’ which immediately got banned by the BBC.

1985 Mickey Mouse did a 30 day tour in China as part of the country 30th anniversary.

1986 Cherry Coke was introduced to the Coca Cola Company.

1991 Rap Group Public Enemy boycotted that year’s Grammy awards because the award for the best rap group would not be presented during the live ceremony.

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IKEA Monkey stars in video game

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Screenshot from the IKEA Monkey game

“Darwin” from the game itself.

A monkey which rose to fame on the Internet is now the star of his own online game.

Darwin, also known as the IKEA Monkey, features in a flash game in which the monkey walking through a Toronot car park to collect parts for an IKEA shelf, while avoiding obstacles and throwing poo.

There’s also a t-shirt to buy, featuring the monkey himself.

The game can be played at http://www.ikeamonkeyshirt.com/

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