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In depth: This is how health departments (mis)spend public funds
Alicestine October for Spotlight • 11 hours ago
Game of Thrones author George RR Martin uses WordStar 4.0a word processor from the days of DOS to write all of his books.
Game of Thrones author George RR Martin uses WordStar 4.0a word processor from the days of DOS to write all of his books.
Owls make virtually zero noise while flying.
"12% of employees eat because they are hungry. 88% of employees eat because it is 1 o’clock." ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Princeton barred women from its astronomy graduate programme until 1975.
A lightning bolt is 5 times hotter than the sun's surface.
A 45kg person on Earth would weigh just over 1.3kg on Pluto's moon Charon.
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