Bridgewater Canal Manchester coal price halved

50%

A canal cut Manchester's coal price in half within a year

The Bridgewater Canal opened in 1761 and made coal much cheaper to transport into Manchester. Within one year, the city's coal price had fallen by 50%.

Chimpanzees and elephants can suddenly work out a solution

When food was placed out of reach, chimpanzees and Asian elephants have been seen suddenly moving boxes into place and standing on them. Because they sometimes found the solution without slowly trying many different actions first, researchers have treated this as evidence of insight.

A royal marriage dowry gave England Bombay

A 1661 marriage treaty between England's Charles II and Catherine of Braganza gave Bombay to England as part of her dowry. Seven years later, Charles leased the city to the East India Company for a nominal £10 in gold.

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Bridgewater Canal Manchester coal price halved

A canal cut Manchester's coal price in half within a year

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