Sometimes nature throws up battles of gargantuan proportions. Once in a life time spectacles with enough power to energise a small Amish community. We...
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When two men from Denver found their friend had died, they went to bars and restaurants whilst he lay motionless in the back of the car. Like a scene from Weekend at Bernies only tragic and true and far from funny.
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This is a clam. If ever something was designed for not smuggling drugs in, then this was probably it. It is small. It is a mollusc. In what world would you fill these with cocaine and attempt to smuggle them into America? Oh yes, this world. This one which is full of ineptitude. Top...
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A quango is not a soft drink; it is not a South American dictator, nor indeed an Amazonian reptile. It is not a colour and it is not a pretentious name for a pretentious bar. In fact, it is an acronym for quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation and is pretty much as interesting as it sounds....
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Back in the 7th Century, when the Chinese were harassed by evil spirits, dastardly ghosts and were afflicted by all things spooky and without explanation, they blew the hell out of them with the precursor to what we know today as fireworks. In reality they were probably little more than bamboo firecrackers that made...
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Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger did an incredible thing. A majestic, fabulous, brave, mesmerising and some might say, insane thing. He made a decision on January 15th 2009 that most probably saved the lives of 155 people. Along with the other crew members of US Airways Flight 1549, he landed a plane on the Hudson River....
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Hey you. Yeah you. How much food did you throw away yesterday? last week? How about last year? What about just at lunch time today? Well we can tell you how much food you throw away. Not in literal terms. We can’t tell you what you jettison, be it corn fakes or bacon, marmalade...
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