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Part 2 of my 40 facts to mark my 40th birthday. Here we go.
21. I once had to give up a role in a play at university due to scheduling conflicts. The role was taken over by Rosamund Pike. She was OK. I suppose.
22. I used to own a gerbil called Nancy. Her full name was Pregnancy. I can& #39;t remember why, as she was never pregnant.
23. My all-time favourite sweet is a Roy of the Rovers pineapple chew bar, now sadly discontinued.
24. I used to sing in an all-female a cappella group which contained both the historian Dr Janina Ramirez, and the first-ever winner of Junior Masterchef.
25. The first time I met Jeremy Vine, he had on a Los Pollos Hermanos T shirt. He confidently asserted that I would know what TV show this referred to. I didn& #39;t.
26. I live just down the road from the battlefield of Towton, the battle which saw Edward IV crowned King, and the bloodiest engagement ever fought on English soil.
27. I wear contact lenses on TV, but aleays wear glasses in real life. Beth, by contrast, wears contact lenses for the day-to-day, but glasses on television.
28. I used to work for the same news agency as Alex Brooker off The Last Leg.
29. I couldn& #39;t blow up a balloon until I was in my mid-30s. Just didn& #39;t understand the technique.
30. In the year above me at school were a guy who appeared on series 3 of Big Brother, and a guy who appeared on series 2 of The Apprentice. Neither were hugely memorable.
31. If you didn& #39;t think my singing was bad enough, my party piece is to sing the entire lyrics to the Macarena. In Spanish. While doing the dance.
32. I was taught Latin by the man who won Mastermind in 1974. (I also strongly suspect him of having taught fellow alumnus Jeremy Paxman his quizmaster style.)
33. I once bet on a greyhound which died while in the lead of its race. I assumed this was a regular occurrence, only to find it had never happened to another dog in the track& #39;s history 
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34. I originally missed out 34 when I was writing these tweets and had to go back and add it later. Muppet.
35. I once won the jackpot on a bar quiz machine alongside Lord Freddie Windsor.
36. I& #39;ve sung at Disneyland Paris to an audience of one.
37. When I was in labour with my son, the midwife did the whole & #39;do I know you, your face is familiar& #39; routine even as I was doubled over with contractions.
38. I& #39;ve been a Formula One fan since I was four. My earliest F1 memory is of Niki Lauda winning his final championship with McLaren.
