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You're right. Or just the fact that Brits voted him number one greatest Britons of all times in 2002.

All times. Above Sir Isaac Newton. Above Charles Darwin. Above William Shakespeare. Reality is stranger than fiction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons




Well, Princess Diana was #3. So the whole thing's pretty moronic and irrelevant. Still, I guess everyone has their own idea what great means.


Citing such a list shows a fairly comprehensive void of understanding British culture. Guy Fawkes is pretty high on that list for a home-grown, treasonous terrorist, wouldn't you say? Just below Bowie.




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