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We are a museum.
And we run a $0M portfolio of businesses.
This is our daily routine.
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Leonardo DiCaprio unrecognisable in new Martin Scorcese film
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fun fact: farmers historically reared rectangular sheep so that they could be stacked up high and arranged in intricate LEGO-like structures
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never skip leg day
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Today marks three years since this very important sheep first graced the Internet twitter.com/TheMERL/status…
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Please can they be friends twitter.com/WeirdMedieval/…
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an important aspect of rural England's history is cows receiving rosettes for being so exquisitely rectangular
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people are talking about Robin Hood (the app) but not Robin Hood (Winner of Best Boar Born Before the 1st July 1952 and Reserve Champion of Breed at the 1953 Royal Show), and it shows!
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with autumn underway, it gives us great delight to share this sheep, who has taken the concept of turtlenecks to new levels
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please note this is NOT candy
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The 4th of January is a special day here at The Museum of English Rural Life, because it's a time when we ask you, once again, to please send us your best pictures of ducks.
#InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay
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Is your child texting about visiting The Museum of English Rural Life?
brb = beautifully restored broomsticks
lol = lots of lambs
smh = so many horses
tbh = the best hats
stfu = sheep, tractors, farmers, University of Reading
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THREE LIONS ON A SHIRT
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can't believe this cow singlehandedly invented portrait photography
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GERALD twitter.com/geraldstratfor…
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we, for one, welcome our new woolly overlords
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a friendly request for visitors not to try to use the Magna Carta to seize The Museum of English Rural Life
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/a…
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What if the purpose of stone circles all this time was simply to provide sheep with a little shade
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Did you visit The MERL today with this bunny and accidentally leave without it?
If they're yours, please know they're currently being looked after by our front of house team!
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it's a beautiful day to take your one hundred sheep for a walk
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this morning, we received some very important mail
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people often use sheepish to mean embarrassed, but the confidence of this Lincoln Longwool says otherwise
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We see your #BlueMonday and raise it with a #MooBlunday
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WhatsApp might be down but photos of exquisite heritage sheep are only always on the up
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The MERL, @UniofReading. We explore the history of rural England, its communities, and its people. Chaotic Good.