
that the Museum of Classic Sci-Fi is located in the cellar of a house in Allendale, Northumberland? that during its fifteen-year existence, the New York City Tribune had its highest circulation during a newspaper strike? that despite never having received a formal education in botany, Harry Allan became one of New Zealand's most eminent botanists? that Doja Cat's " Streets" peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 because of a viral mashup on TikTok that combined it with a 1959 song by Paul Anka? that Seal Rescue Ireland comforts orphaned seal pups with fake mothers made of wetsuits? that, in addition to the Armenians, the Assyrians also faced genocide in the Ottoman Empire during World War I? that Kobe and Vanessa Bryant (pictured) were founding donors of the National Museum of African American History and Culture? The local authority instituted a regeneration programme in 2007, but there has been little subsequent development. Mining remained the town's principal industry until the 1950s the subsequent closure of the pits led to a severe economic decline that has continued until the present. By the end of the century, Brownhills had grown from a hamlet of only 300 inhabitants to a town of more than 13,000, of whom the vast majority were employed in the coal industry. Brownhills quickly grew around the coal-mining industry, especially in the mid-19th century after the town was linked to the railway and canal networks. Although there is no record of its existence before the 17th century, Ogley Hay – a district of the town today – is recorded as a settlement in the Domesday Book. The town lies on the route of the ancient Watling Street. Before 1974, it was in the county of Staffordshire. Council House, the former location of the Brownhills District Councilīrownhills is a town and former administrative centre in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, England.
