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  1. Blackleaf

    Space Thread

    Chinese Mars Rover Zhurong Sends Back Its First Images
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Wurzels - "I Am A Cider Drinker" (1976)
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    India's COVID-19 death toll exceeds 250,000 after deadliest 24 hours of pandemic

    And yet the British Government still allowed Indians into the country - and now they're complaining that the "Indian Variant" is rampaging through various areas of the country. So if the British Government can't even be bothered, then nor can I. Still, I'm going to get the Punjab on Saturday.
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    Prince Harry to marry girlfriend Meghan Markle next year

    The Americans were very supportive of Harry and Meghan after they appeared on Oprah telling lies. But now they've told Americans that they should have no free speech, the Yanks are starting to tire of them now.
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    People flee wobbling skyscraper in China

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    COVID-19 'Pandemic'

    I'm going to Essa Academy high school on Saturday to get my first vaccine. I got a text yesterday from the NHS telling me I can go there any day between now and Sunday between 10am and 4pm to get it done without making an appointment. Sunday is the last day it's being done there. So I'm going to...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    We have Scrumpy and Western, a humorous British take on the genre...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Erasure - "The Circus" (1987)
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    Do You Remember When ??

    Even though Britain decimalised its currency in 1971, I'm just about old enough (40 in July) to remember the shilling coin, which was in circulation from around 1550 until 31st December 1990 (when the shilling was completely abolished leaving us with just pounds and pence). From 1971 until 31st...
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    Space Thread

    Incredibly Accurate Map of Nearby 10 Parsecs (32.6 Light Years) Around The Solar System
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    Do You Remember When ??

    I don't think we had those adverts here. Here's a UK advert for Sega Mega Drive games console, 1992...
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    Do You Remember When ??

    Woolworths, or Woolies, as we used to call it, was a British retail firm famous for its Pic N' Mix (the glory days as a child in the Eighties when my mother used to take us in there and we were able to fill up a large bag with a shitload of sweets of our choosing). Unfortunately, it went defunct...
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    Do You Remember When ??

    I remember when some dog shit used to be white. Never see it anymore.
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    Why People Think the World is Flat

    Earth isn't a sphere. It's an oblate spheroid.
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    COVID-19 'Pandemic'

    Woohoo! The pubs in England are back open from today! Here's The New Inn, Little Lever, Bolton, Greater Manchester, just a few minutes ago. I can hear late night music, laughter and merriment from within, something I've not heard from a pub for a while.
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    3 declassified UFO sightings from the Pentagon

    Funny if they all turn out to be a bit of dust on the lenses, like that scene in Red Dwarf.
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    Space Thread

    WR102: The Hottest Known Star
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    HMS Victory's lower mast removed for first time since 1894

    HMS Victory's lower mast removed for first time since 1894 BBC News 15th May 2021 A crane begins the process of removing the main lower mast from HMS Victory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in Portsmouth The main lower mast of Lord Nelson's HMS Victory has been removed for the first time in...
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    Why People Think the World is Flat

    Flat Earth Fail Compilation 24
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    Space Thread

    The Top 5 Closest Stars to Earth!