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Re:Why Van Halen's contract calls for the removal of all bro... by kenver on Thursday August 06, 2009 @02:50AM (#744946)
I'm not sure why you would think we don't know about this in the UK. Canaries were used in UK mines until around 1987. I'm pretty sure it's a well know saying, at least among the people that I know.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/30...

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Re:Why Van Halen's contract calls for the removal of all bro... by ErrantX on Thursday August 06, 2009 @07:44AM (#745228)
indeed I thikn the practice started here in the UK!
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