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British Home Championship stats

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Also included are the 1945-46 British Victory Home Championship, the Rous Cup (1985-89) and the 2011 Nations Cup. England 1885-86 (shared) 1887-88 1889-90 (shared) 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1894-95 1897-98 1898-99 1900-01 1902-03 (shared) 1903-04 1904-05 1905-06 (shared) 1907-08 (shared) 1908-09 1910-11 1911-12 (shared) 1912-13 1926-27 (shared) 1929-30 1930-31 (shared) 1931-32 1934-35 (shared) 1937-38 1938-39 (shared) 1946-47 1947-48 1949-50 1951-52 (shared) 1952-53 (shared) 1953-54 1954-55 1955-56 (shared) 1956-57 1957-58 (shared) 1958-59 (shared) 1959-60 (shared) 1960-61 1963-64 (shared) 1964-65 1965-66 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 (shared) 1970-71 1971-72 (shared) 1972-73 1973-74 (shared) 1974-75 1977-78 1978-79 1981-82 1982-83 1986 Rous Cup 1988 Rous Cup 1989 Rous Cup Scotland 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 (shared) 1886-87 1888-89 1889-90 (shared) 1893-94 1895-96 1896-97 1899-00 1901-02 1902-03 (shared) 1905-06 (shared) 1907-08 (shared) 1909-10 1911-12 (shared) 1920-21 1921-22 1922-23 1924-25 1...

Notable major TV channels from the six Anglosphere countries

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The countries being the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. United Kingdom (eight) BBC One - 1936 ITV1 - 1955 BBC Two - 1964 Sky Max - 1982 S4C - 1982 (Welsh) Channel 4 - 1982 5 - 1997 BBC Alba - 2008 (Scottish Gaelic) United States (nine) NBC (National Broadcasting Company) - 1939 (1926) CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) - 1941 (1927) ABC (American Broadcasting Company) - 1948 (1943) PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) - 1954 (1952) Univision - 1962 (Spanish) Telemundo - 1984 (Spanish) Fox (Fox Broadcasting Company) - 1986 The CW (The CW Television Network) - 2006 Estrella TV - 2009 (Spanish) Canada (seven) CBC Television - 1952 Ici Radio-Canada Tele - 1952 (French) CTV Television Network - 1961 TVA - 1971 (French) Citytv - 1972 Global Television Network - 1974 APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) - 1992 Australia (six) Nine Network - 1956 Seven Network - 1956 ABC TV - 1956 Network 10 - 1964 SBS - 1980 Fox8 - 1995 New Zealand (eight) T...

U2 almost had their own skyscraper

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Yes, really and it was going to be the tallest building in Ireland before plans were scrapped in 2013 due to financial concerns. Since then, the space has been occupied by the Capital Dock building that was completed in 2018.