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Here is the top 5 interesting facts about Cambridge University : -
1-‘Marking’ was invented at Cambridge University in 1792 by a chemistry tutor called William Farish.
2-When Jeremy Paxman was at Cambridge, he failed to get into his college’s University Challenge team.
3-Trinity College, Cambridge, has won more Nobel Prizes than the whole of Italy.
4-In the 1950s, to allow babies of students at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to enter the premises, they were re-defined as cats.
5-Isaac Newton served as MP for Cambridge but spoke in the House only once. He asked for a window to be closed because it was draughty.
Top 5 interesting facts about Cambridge University
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Here is the top 5 interesting facts about Cambridge University : -
1-‘Marking’ was invented at Cambridge University in 1792 by a chemistry tutor called William Farish.
2-When Jeremy Paxman was at Cambridge, he failed to get into his college’s University Challenge team.
3-Trinity College, Cambridge, has won more Nobel Prizes than the whole of Italy.
4-In the 1950s, to allow babies of students at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to enter the premises, they were re-defined as cats.
5-Isaac Newton served as MP for Cambridge but spoke in the House only once. He asked for a window to be closed because it was draughty.
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