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FASCINATING FACT 2234

A gold and silver chess set modelled on the hands of BEATLES drummer RINGO STARR is on display at the Takashimaya department store in Tokyo, Japan, and can be snapped up for 4.15 million yen ($35,000/GBP19,400). The set was commissioned by late Beatle GEORGE HARRISON in 1973.

11/10/2006