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4 unusual facts about Gravel Pit


Bokeem Woodbine

He has made appearances in the Wu-Tang Clan video clips "Gravel Pit", "Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)", "Careful (Click, Click)" and in RZA's "Chi Kung".

Gravel Pit

The trumpet introduction comes from "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" by James Brown, while the sample running along the whole song is taken from the French TV miniseries Belphegors main titles.

In October 2011, NME placed it at number 116 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".

The music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, features the Wu-Tang Clan arguing in their time machine, and in argument accidentally sending themselves back to "2,000,000 BC", which bears strong resemblance to the representation of the Stone Age in The Flintstones.


St Neots

Older disused gravel pits form useful nature reserves and amenity areas at nearby Paxton Pits and at the Wyboston Leisure Park.


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Colne Brook

Colne Brook then enters the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, passes Wraysbury railway station then adjoins lakes made of former gravel pit at Wraysbury which make up a Site of Special Scientific Interest, before running into the River Thames between the M25 Runnymede Bridge and nearby Bell Weir Lock.

Devin Gaines

On July 10, 2007, Gaines accidentally drowned in Deep River, Connecticut, in Blakeslee Pond, a gravel pit quarry on private property, while swimming with friends.

Lier Line

Among the villages the line served were Egge, Sjåstad and Sylling, in addition to two branch lines, from Iledalen to Tronstad Bruk, and from Egge to Egge Gravel Pit.

Tørskind Gravel Pit

Tørskind Gravel Pit is a former gravel pit converted to a sculpture park near Egtved, Vejle, Denmark.

Wellesley, Ontario

To the south, the tall hills beyond the river plain shelters a large gravel pit and in the skies over the hills, the river, the village and the woods, are sure to be found the beautiful Red-tailed Hawk and the common sightings of Cardinals, Blue Jays, Robins, Chickadees, Nuthatch, and numerous Song Sparrow.

Witcham

A Roman helmet dating from AD 14 was found in the village gravel pit, and now resides in the British Museum.