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29 November 2025

Fact of the day: On this day in 1849, John Ambrose Fleming was born in Lancaster UK. He was to become the first professor of electrical engineering at University College London, and invented the thermionic diode valve (tube). Some argue that this was the beginning of electronics as we know it today.

Quote: Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, should we have people standing in the corners of our rooms. Alan Coren 1938 (English Writer)

Point to ponder: Around 1.4 trillion tons of water falls each day as rain on the Earth.

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