Facts about Lincoln
Thanks to our clever Facebook fans, we have been inundated with facts about Lincoln! Here’s some of our favourites:
– It was where Newton watched the apple fall to the ground & found gravity.
– It used to be the capital of Roman Britain.
– Lincoln Cathedral, was used in the De Vinci Code film, standing in for Westminster Abbey.
– Lincolnshire holds the The World Egg Throwing Competition Contestants have to construct a gravity-powered egg-hurling device to launch an egg to a waiting team member. Eggs can travel at speeds of up to 120 mph & distances to be achieved …start at 30 meters – this can be extended up to 150 in this knock out competition. As teams construct their machines they will discover that the further the throw, the faster the egg.
– The first ever tanks were invented, designed & built in Lincoln by William Foster & Co. during the First World War.
– It has the oldest working canal which was built nearly 2000 years ago.
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