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Here's a good 'did you know' fact: the UK's longest-running theatre season is the London International Mime Festival (aka LIMF). Its debut was at The Cockpit Theatre in 1977 and has since grown into an annual January event at London's leading venues.
While most people have heard of Amelia Earhart as a pioneering female aviator, few are aware of Bessie Coleman. Fighting the double prejudice of sexism and racism, Coleman was denied entry from flight schools in the USA and moved to Paris where she obtained her license and became the first female African-American pilot.
