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Nov 16, 20211 min read
The special signal that saves people
A 16-year-old girl was rescued in Kentucky, US, after using a special hand gesture. She learned the gesture from the social media app...
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Nov 11, 20211 min read
An exotic bird?
Staff at Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in Aylesbury, southern England, were called out to rescue an exotic looking bright orange bird...
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Nov 4, 20211 min read
Eating bugs
Bugs have become a familiar sight on dinner tables. They are a great source of protein. People are worried about the damage traditional...
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Oct 28, 20211 min read
Balloon World Cup
A new fixture has been added to the global sporting calendar - the Balloon World Cup. We all know the "sport" of keepy-uppy ballooning....
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Oct 21, 20211 min read
The Hottest Month
We see floods, fires and heatwaves on TV nearly every day. Scientists just announced that July was the hottest month ever. The scientists...
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Oct 14, 20212 min read
Dance Music Limit
Gyms and fitness clubs in and around South Korea's capital Seoul now have a limit on what kind of music they can play. The government has...
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ECL
Oct 7, 20211 min read
Insect Loss
Street lights could be causing a decline in insect numbers. Researchers in the UK carried out studies on the number of insects living...
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ECL
Sep 30, 20211 min read
Chanel No. 5
In 1921, French-Russian chemist and perfumer Ernest Beaux made the formula of Chanel No. 5. It was the first perfume by French fashion...
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ECL
Sep 23, 20211 min read
New Spoon for Astronauts
A new ´chopstick spoon´ to help astronauts eat in space has been designed by Nikolas Grafakos, who hopes that the spoon will help them...
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ECL
Sep 16, 20211 min read
Men Fly Into a Plane
Two professional French wingsuit flyers, Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet, jumped from the summit of Jungfrau in Switzerland and attempted to...
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ECL
Sep 9, 20211 min read
Flying cars
It's hard to keep up with technology, especially when science fiction becomes science fact. For decades, we have watched movies about a...
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ECL
Sep 2, 20211 min read
The most expensive fries in the world
A famous restaurant in New York, US, serves the most expensive fries in the world. The restaurant did it to celebrate National French Fry...
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ECL
Jul 29, 20211 min read
Researchers want to 'correct' Japanese English
There are many types of English around the world. Some well-known varieties in Asia include Chinglish in China, Singlish in Singapore and...
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ECL
Jul 22, 20211 min read
Professor lectures for two hours online - on mute
A university professor in Singapore gave a two-hour online lecture but didn't realize he was on mute. Professor Wang, who teaches maths,...
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ECL
Jul 15, 20211 min read
96-year-old DJ retires
A 96-year-old DJ has retired after broadcasting for over 70 years. Ray Cordeiro hosted his final radio show in Hong Kong. Mr Cordeiro is...
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ECL
Jul 8, 20211 min read
Balloon jeans
Fashion changes, particularly for jeans. The latest trend is baggy jeans. Many fashion lovers say this is because of coronavirus. Many...
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ECL
Jul 1, 20211 min read
Croissant Terror
People are afraid of strange things, like peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth (﹡Arachibutyrophobia). The latest thing to...
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ECL
Jun 24, 20212 min read
BITTERCOIN
In 2011, San Francisco-based Computer programmer Stefan Thomas was given 7,002 Bitcoins as a reward for making a video explaining how the...
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ECL
Jun 17, 20211 min read
Paid to do nothing
Japanese graduate Shoji Morimoto started renting himself out to other people "to do nothing" and was inundated with offers. Since June...
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ECL
Jun 10, 20211 min read
No dancing please
Adam Tiano, 30, a property manager from Tottenham, north London, says his extreme phobia of people jiggling their feet is ruining his...
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