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Pre-Dino Subterranean World Discovered

Pre-Dino Subterranean World Discovered | No Such Thing As The News | Scoop.it
Life on Earth 240 million years ago flourished in the seas, on land, and in intricate underground burrows.
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Inner-city poaching...

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Thefts of rhino horns — as many as 30 so far this year — have been reported in museums, galleries, antiques dealerships, auction houses and homes across Europe as criminals try to feed a growing market in the Far East.
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SpongeBob is bad for you...

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Poor SpongeBob. Back in 2005 he caught flak from a Christian evangelical group because its leader thought he was gay. Now a small new study suggests he could be turning preschoolers' minds to mush.
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After losing to David Haye, Nikolai Valuev has his eyes on another heavyweight

After losing to David Haye, Nikolai Valuev has his eyes on another heavyweight | No Such Thing As The News | Scoop.it
Formerworld heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev is to lead a hunt for a mysteriouscreature known as the 'Russian Yeti'.
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The world's second highest unscaled peak has been scaled

The world's second highest unscaled peak has been scaled | No Such Thing As The News | Scoop.it
First Ascent, Saser Kangri II, via the Southwest Face, "The Old Breed"...
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4600-yr-old pub found in Scotland

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A historic site in northern Scotland may have served as an Iron Age boozer - the oldest to be ever found in Britain, researchers say.
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How much electricity do you think Google uses?

How much electricity do you think Google uses? | No Such Thing As The News | Scoop.it
Google disclosed that it continuously uses enough electricity to power 200,000 homes, but it says that in doing so, it also makes the planet greener.
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Male, 24, with E. Coli, C. Difficile, H. Pylori WLTM similar

Male, 24, with E. Coli, C. Difficile, H. Pylori WLTM similar | No Such Thing As The News | Scoop.it
New Social Network Connects People Based on Gastrointestinal Bacteria
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Save The Pigs by going commando

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Belgian men are being urged to "Let-em hang!" and go brief-free on Friday by animal rights campaigners bent on ending the pain of the five million piglets castrated in the country each year.
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Drunk Swedish elk found in tree

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An intoxicated Swedish elk is freed from a fruit tree after becoming caught while hunting for fermenting apples.
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The danger of prolific sperm donation

Cynthia Daily and her partner used a sperm donor to conceive a baby seven years ago, and they hoped that one day their son would get to know some of his half siblings - an extended family for modern times.
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Amazing Nature: Plant has evolved a bird perch

Amazing Nature: Plant has evolved a bird perch | No Such Thing As The News | Scoop.it
Scientists confirm that a flowering plant in South Africa entices birds to pollinate it by giving them a place to perch.
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Ghanaian pigs have gotten a taste for human flesh!

Ghanaian pigs have gotten a taste for human flesh! | No Such Thing As The News | Scoop.it
RESIDENTS OF Birem in the Kwaman Traditional Area of the Ashanti region were stunned last Saturday morning when they woke up to the news of the invasion of their cemetery by human-eating pigs.
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Squeezing money from the toothpaste industry

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Toothpaste Lawsuit: Encino Man Can't Squeeze Out Last 20 Percent of Paste From Tube, Wants His Dollar Back.
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Scotsman eats the world's largest fried breakfast

Scotsman eats the world's largest fried breakfast | No Such Thing As The News | Scoop.it
IT’S hard to swallow, but it’s true. A Scot has become the first person ever to scoff the world’s biggest English breakfast.
hunnymonster's comment September 13, 2011 9:18 AM
Square (Lorne) sausage outside Scotland? I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it's very very rare.
animmo's comment September 13, 2011 9:23 AM
...and tattie scone. Trying to claim our bits as English! Tsk! :oP
Chris Mallon's comment, February 10, 2013 4:40 PM
There's a bigger one in Northern Ireland, for £15 or free if you eat it in an hour
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Got Milk?

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A Cambodian man said this young child, his grandson, has lived partly on milk he suckles directly from a cow since he saw a calf do the same.
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Train travels hundreds of miles in the wrong direction before anyone realises...

VIJAYAWADA: In a case of serious lapse, an express train en route to Varanasi lost its way and ended up at a wrong destination.
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And you think you've had a long day!

And you think you've had a long day! | No Such Thing As The News | Scoop.it
A blind cave-dwelling fish in Somalia knows what time it is, but its “day” is twice as long as ours.
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What a clever coat...

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Designed by CIID students Hyeona Yang and Joshua Noble, Raincatch is a rain coat that transforms collected rain water into purified drinking water.
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Is this the biggest beetle in Doncaster?

Is this the biggest beetle in Doncaster? | No Such Thing As The News | Scoop.it
Well? Is it?
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Could magnetism make you tell the truth?

Could magnetism make you tell the truth? | No Such Thing As The News | Scoop.it
The act of deception is probably as old as civilization — not long after humans began communicating, they began communicating lies. Shortly after that, they probably started trying to force others to tell the truth. Modern technology has given us a few options in this arena, from dubious polygraphs to powerful drugs — and now a new study suggests brain interference can work, too.
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Earth's gold came from outer space?

Earth's gold came from outer space? | No Such Thing As The News | Scoop.it
New clues from some of the world's oldest rocks support the notion that space rocks carried precious metals to our planet, scientists say.
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Beware when walking in the country - that cow might be a tank

Beware when walking in the country - that cow might be a tank | No Such Thing As The News | Scoop.it
IIvisibility Cloa’ Makes Tanks Look Like Cows. British defense company BAE Systems has developed an invisibility cloak that can effectively hide vehicles from view in the infrared spectrum.
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Changing the world while still at school...

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Ten students who are improving MRIs, cancer treatments and human-robot interaction--between classes, of course...
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If you want to get hired, better shave that beard.

If you want to get hired, better shave that beard. | No Such Thing As The News | Scoop.it
Perception of men's personal qualities and prospect of employment as a function of facial hair.The present study investigated the contribution of men's facial h...
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