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    Old English wisdom enters Twitter-verse

    An Old English expert is sharing the wisdom of our ancestors on Twitter. But can we learn anything from 1,000-year-old thinking? Old English wisdom enters Twitter-verse By Duncan Leatherdale BBC News 13 August 2015...
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    Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life 2

    Everyone's favourite bald Manc twonk and comedy travel documentary host Karl Pilkington - the whingeing but lovable comedy genius whom his friend Ricky Gervais once called "the funniest man alive in Britain today" - is back with the second series of his hilarious round-the-world TV series The...
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    Schoolchildren re-enact football's most infamous moments

    These schoolchildren have been recreating some of the most infamous moments in football. School children become 'Football's Bad Boys' Whoever had the idea for this is an absolute genius. Rather than teaching children about good morals and encouraging them to look up to responsible...
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    The London shipwreck: 1665 gun carriage recovered

    A gun carriage has been recovered from the wreck of a warship which exploded and sank in the Thames estuary in 1665. The London went down off Southend-on-Sea in Essex, killing 300 crew. It is the first complete carriage to be raised from the ship, which is lying about 65ft (20m) below the...