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Wind Energy

The Eden Project uses Green Tariff Electricity – the energy comes from one of the many wind turbines in Cornwall which were among the first in Europe.

Snow

Despite Big Ben's usual reliability, it slowed down on New Year's Eve in 1962 due to heavy snow. This caused it to chime in the new year 10 minutes late.

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