Interesting Facts That You Know

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The Duke of Wellington - the one who won at Waterloo - was called the Iron Duke, but it had nothing to do with the battle. After the war he was in government and passed some unpopular measures, and the mob attacked his house so he had iron shutters put up over the windows.

He had a great address too: Number One, London.

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Nelson - the one on the column - had a brooch called a Chelengk which he wore in his hat. The central gem had a small watch mechanism which caused it to rotate.

Nelson is a piece of cricketing slang:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_%28cricket%29

The name, applied to team or individual scores of 111 or multiples thereof (known as double nelson, triple nelson, etc.) is thought to refer to Lord Nelson's lost eye, arm and leg; however, notably Nelson actually had both of his legs intact, and the third missing body part is mythical.[1] Longtime cricket historian and scorer, Bill "Bearders" Frindall once referred to it online as "one eye, one arm and one etcetera", implying that Nelson's alleged third lost body part was "something else", however this is equally mythical. Umpire David Shepherd during a radio interview to mark his retirement explained it as "One arm, one eye and one lump of sugar in his tea."[2]

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