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I had heard that people from Hartlepool were nicknamed "Monkey Hangers", and wondered why.

You couldn't make it up.
From the article: "Unfamiliar with what a Frenchman looked like they came to the conclusion that this monkey was a French spy and should be sentenced to death."

Wiki has some more on this too.

Crazy French man travels a long way through Paris at speeds of up to 140mph in a Ferrari in under 9 minutes. Oh, he filmed it too, and it was totally illegal.

Even I can't believe some of the stuff he does. Straight through lots of red lights at high speed etc.