I see from the blog stats that we have readers from the UK, USA, Germany, Russia and Denmark. That means we're read in four different continents! (Counting Russia as being in Asia and the UK as a separate continent to Europe.)
For those of you not so familiar with Stoke as people in the UK would be, I've put together five essential facts about Stoke.
(1) Stoke is nicknamed "The Potteries" in honour of 18th Century daredevil and illusionist Percival Potter, who performed many of his most famous stunts in the city.
(2) Stoke proclaimed itself independent from the UK in 1974.
(3) People from Stoke consume more WKD per capita than anywhere else in the world.
(4) In WW2, Stoke declared its support for the Allies in 1946 having previously remained neutral.
(5) The Stoke town of Fenton is named after former footballer Graham Fenton who had a loan spell with Stoke City FC in 2000 which locals still talk about to this day.
(2) Stoke proclaimed itself independent from the UK in 1974.
(3) People from Stoke consume more WKD per capita than anywhere else in the world.
(4) In WW2, Stoke declared its support for the Allies in 1946 having previously remained neutral.
(5) The Stoke town of Fenton is named after former footballer Graham Fenton who had a loan spell with Stoke City FC in 2000 which locals still talk about to this day.
At some point, I'll put together a complete history of Stoke. God knows the world needs one.
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