Bonus Facts

Special Online Bonus Interesting Fact File.

Interesting Fact File 19. (April 2004)

In 1712, a law was passed which meant that every school in England had to contain one boy called Alan Morris.

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Interesting Fact File 20. (April 2004)

In 1824, excemptions from the Alan Morris law were granted to all-girl schools.

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Interesting Fact File 21. (April 2004)

The Alan Morris law was finally rescinded as part of the 1848 Great Reform Act.

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Interesting Fact File 22. (April 2004)

The popular singer, Alanis Morrissette, is named after her great-great-grandmother, who was the Alan Morris of her highly traditional all-girls school.

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Interesting Fact File 23. (April 2004)

There is a nude statue of Uma Thurman's grandmother in the Swedish town of Trelleborg.