On this day in 2014: 11 years ago today. Some sheep were left feeling rather woolly-headed after munching on £4,000 worth of cannabis plants that were dumped in their field, at Fanny’s Farm in Merstham, Surrey. When the police arrived, much of the evidence had been eaten. #OTD

Obvious after my 2nd guess today #Wordle 1,582 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fact of the day: In 2007, a dog named Rocco discovered a truffle in Tuscany that weighed 3.3 pounds. It sold at auction for $333,000 (USD), a world record for a truffle.

Good morning everyone xx

On this day in 1980: 45 years ago today. HM Queen Elizabeth II made history by becoming the first British monarch to make a state visit to the Vatican, when she met Pope John Paul II. #OTD

Another average score for me today #Wordle 1,581 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fact of the day: Blinking helps to wash tears over our eyeballs. That keeps them clean and moist. Also, if something is about to hit our eye, we will blink automatically.

Good morning everyone xx

On this day in 1958: 67 years ago today. Britain's most popular children's television programme 'Blue Peter' was first broadcast on BBC TV. The first presenters were Leila Williams and Christopher Trace. #OTD

Another average score for me today #Wordle 1,580 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fact of the day: Retirement homes are rare in Greece 🇬🇷. Grandparents usually live with their children’s family until they die. Most young people live with their families until they marry too.

Good morning everyone xx

On this day in 2017: 8 years ago today. The round £1 UK coin, introduced in 1983, went out of circulation at midnight. Its replacement was 12 sided and had additional security features. #OTD

Just in time today 👌 There are multiple possibilities for the final letter today #Wordle 1,579 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fact of the day: A cat can jump up to five times its own height in a single leap.

Good morning everyone xx

On this day in 1969: 56 years ago today. Ahead of the complete changeover to decimalization, Britain scrapped the 10 shilling note and introduced the 50 pence coin. #OTD

Not complicated, very straight forward today #Wordle 1,578 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fact of the day: Particularly during the early stages of their lives, cockroaches are can regenerate new limbs to replace lost ones. After the initial closure of the wound, the formation of a "blastema" (a mass of cells) develops into a new limb during the next moulting cycle.

Good morning everyone xx

On this day in 2014: 11 years ago today. 176 people took part in the 48th World Conker Championships at Southwick, in Northamptonshire 🇬🇧. Competitors came from overseas, including the United States, Mexico, and Italy. #OTD

Another average score from me today #Wordle 1,577 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fact of the day: Hippos drink as much as 250 litres of water in any given 24 hour period.

Good morning everyone xx

On this day in 1986: 39 years ago today. HM Queen Elizabeth II became the first ever British monarch to visit China 🇨🇳. #OTD

Just in time! There’s multiple options for the initial letter today #Wordle 1,576 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fact of the day: Octopi change their colours when they become frightened. Normally they are a brownish colour, but can change to green or blue when fear sets in.

Good morning everyone xx

On this day in 1966: 59 years ago today. The Post Office announced that all home and business addresses in Britain were to be allocated postcodes. #OTD

A very lucky third guess today #Wordle 1,575 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fact of the day: Somewhere on Earth a new human baby is born every three seconds.

Good morning everyone xx

On this day in 1999: 26 years ago today. Thousands gathered to watch the giant Millennium wheel become the latest landmark on the London skyline. #OTD

One more guess than usual for me today #Wordle 1,574 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fact of the day: The human body (639) has far fewer muscles than a caterpillar 🐛 (approximately 4,000).

Good morning everyone xx

On this day in 2010: 15 years ago today. A ticket bought in the UK won a new record of £113m on the Euromillions lottery draw, making the anonymous winner the UK’s 589th richest person. #OTD

My 3rd guess made this one obvious to me today #Wordle 1,573 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fact of the day: The first computer mouse was introduced in 1968 by Douglas Engelbart at the Fall Joint Computer Expo in San Francisco 🇺🇸

Good morning everyone xx

On this day in 1967: 58 years ago today. A motorist in Somerset became the first person in the UK to be breathalysed #OTD

Managed to get my average score today #Wordle 1,572 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fact of the day: There are more television sets (125 million) in the United States 🇺🇸 than there are people (124 million) in Japan 🇯🇵

Good morning everyone xx

On this day in 1986: 39 years ago today. A new British newspaper, The Independent, was published for the very first time #OTD

A trickier one today #Wordle 1,571 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fact of the day: The fingerprints of koalas 🐨 are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints of humans.

Good morning everyone xx

On this day in 1991: 34 years ago today. Michael Jackson gave away the bride at Elizabeth Taylor's seventh wedding, held at Jackson's Neverland Ranch. The Groom was construction worker Larry Fortensky, whom Taylor later divorced in 1997 #OTD

An excellent start to the new week 👌 #Wordle 1,570 2/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩