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  1. Blackleaf

    This February won't come again in our lifetime

    It's the first time it's happened since John captured a party of 18 French knights in 1198 (John became King of England the year after) and Emperor Tsuchimikado took the Throne of Japan in the same year.
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    64 percent of GOP voters say they would join a Trump-led new party

    Trump will be back in 2024.
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    2021 Six Nations

    Rugby union's Six Nations Championship gets under way tomorrow. This year's tournament kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome with Italy taking on France. Then champions England take on Scotland in the Calcutta Cup match at Twickenham in London, where Scotland haven't won since 1983. Then...
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    COVID-19 'Pandemic'

    They've plummeted here as well.
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    COVID-19 'Pandemic'

    Ursula von der Leyen admits that Brexit is working. The EU takes France and other member states to court.
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    COVID-19 'Pandemic'

    The PALER Horse: 320ft chalk rider carved into Dorset hillside 213 years ago is now barely visible after Covid stops gardeners from removing WEEDS A historic chalk figure carved into the Dorset Hillside is disappearing because conservationists have been unable to keep up maintenance during the...
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    Texas department accidentally pushes Amber Alert for 'Chucky' doll

    Spending a night with a haunted teddy bear at haunted Bolsover Castle
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    Britain leaves the European Union

    I don't understand the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP). They call themselves nationalists, the successors of William Wallace, yet they want Scotland to be part of the EU. Now Scotland is out of the EU they want Scotland to leave the UK and rejoin the EU. What kind of nationalism is that...
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    COVID-19 'Pandemic'

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    The Great Lakes just set a record for lack of ice

    Yeah. Frozen water. My mum bought it for my dad last Christmas as a present. It's like a tall metal hatstand but with a spike at the bottom to stick into lawn. On various levels it has bowls, some with nuts in and some with sunflower seeds or whatever and one with water. And when I went round...
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    Texas department accidentally pushes Amber Alert for 'Chucky' doll

    My haunted doll attacked my husband
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    The Universe Is Very Slowly Dying, As Scientists Helplessly Look On

    It's thought the Universe will end in around a googolplex years from years. A googolplex is one followed by a googol (which is one with 100 zeroes) zeroes. (Google takes its name from the googol. It was meant to be "googol", but they accidentally spelt it wrong). A googolplex is so big it's...
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    Covid21 How are you spending your free time?

    Right, it's 6:14am but still dark outside and me and my cat are going back to sleep. She's decided to use the basket that was full of chocolates and shortbread and biscuits as a bed in front of the nice warm bedroom radiator.
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    Melting ice and glaciers could lead to water crisis

    It used to be global warming. But when they found out Earth isn't warming, they changed it to climate change. But then when they found out Earth's climate isn't changing, they changed it to carbon pollution. Earth's glaciers are not melting - at least not in an unnatural way and not in a way...
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    The Great Lakes just set a record for lack of ice

    The water bowl in my parents' extravagant bird feeder froze over the other day. I went round to help move a cabinet and when I was in the garden having a cup of tea I spotted it. I had to tell them because the birds couldn't get a drink from it because it was just ice.
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    COVID-19 'Pandemic'