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Woman receives parking ticket for stopping her car during two-minute silence on Armistice Day in London | Metro News
![NatWest on Twitter: "We'll be observing 2 minutes silence on social media today at 11am #RemembranceDay http://t.co/0p6FaSeGEU" / Twitter NatWest on Twitter: "We'll be observing 2 minutes silence on social media today at 11am #RemembranceDay http://t.co/0p6FaSeGEU" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BYyFzfPIgAABcOw.jpg)
NatWest on Twitter: "We'll be observing 2 minutes silence on social media today at 11am #RemembranceDay http://t.co/0p6FaSeGEU" / Twitter
![LJMU Library on Twitter: "We will be observing a 2 minutes silence in all 3 libraries at 11am on Saturday 11th Nov, listen out for the tannoy announcement if you would like LJMU Library on Twitter: "We will be observing a 2 minutes silence in all 3 libraries at 11am on Saturday 11th Nov, listen out for the tannoy announcement if you would like](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOR0zrnXkAE5xKu.jpg)
LJMU Library on Twitter: "We will be observing a 2 minutes silence in all 3 libraries at 11am on Saturday 11th Nov, listen out for the tannoy announcement if you would like
Why is it exactly 2 minutes of silence? Why can't it be 10 minutes or 35.25 seconds of silence? - Quora
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