Why does Nelson face that way? - 18 Jul 13

James O'Brien's Mystery Hour

Global

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2013

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Why does the Queen's head face left on a stamp, how do fans make hot air cold? Why does honeysuckle smell more at night? When after the Norman conquest did we start to speak English again? And more...

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0:31.9	The promise that I issue to you is that by 1 o'clock today today you will know more and you do now.
0:38.3	LBC 97.3 Mystery Hour with James O'Brien.
0:44.8	Three minutes after 12, you are listening to Mystery Hour,
0:47.9	as you probably gathered from the various pieces of information telling you that a moment ago. It's really quite straightforward.
0:57.0	You're about to learn something. I don't know what you're about to learn. I don't know whether
1:00.3	you'll be grateful for having learned it. I don't even know whether it will prove in any way
1:04.6	useful to you in the course of your life or what remains of it. But I do know that in the next
1:09.3	minutes, in the next hour, you will
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