11 Facts About East Midlands

1.

East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes.

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2.

Areas of the East Midlands designated by the East Midlands Biodiversity Partnership as Biodiversity Conservation Areas include:.

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3.

Areas of the East Midlands designated by the East Midlands Biodiversity Partnership as Biodiversity Enhancement Areas include:.

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4.

East Midlands Councils is an unelected body made up of representatives of local government in the region.

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5.

East Midlands's accomplishments include calculus, Newton's laws of motion, and Newton's law of universal gravitation, among many others.

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6.

East Midlands was suggested to be "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution".

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7.

East Midlands was warmly welcomed by the inhabitants of the newly formed USA, so much so that he was later named the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution".

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8.

East Midlands patented a process of mixing tar with chipped stones in 1902, forming Tarmac, a name which he patented.

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9.

East Midlands was a five-member constituency for the European Parliament.

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10.

The Bank of England's MPC Agency for the East Midlands is sited on the ng2 estate, near Experian and its economic data.

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11.

East Midlands is home to several professional and semi-professional association football clubs.

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