Bayeux Tapestry 'mania' sweeps UK as sold-out exhibition opens
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What happened
London's sold-out Bayeux Tapestry exhibition will open Thursday to a British public gripped by "mania" as the medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England goes on display outside France for the first time.
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