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Warming may affect the way we write songs

Vienna: Climate change is predicted to intrude into almost every area of life — from where we live, to what…

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‘Gateway to Hell’ sinkhole opens up on Chinese mountainside

A giant fiery chasm that opened up on a mountainside in China has been branded the 'Gateway to Hell' by…

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German woman pregnant with quadruplets at 65: report

A 65-year-old Berlin woman who already has 13 children is pregnant again with quadruplets, German media reported Sunday. The Russian…

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Turkey’s top religious authority deems toilet paper ‘halal’

Turkey’s top religious authority stated in a fatwa on Thursday that Muslims are ‘allowed’ to use toilet paper if water…

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Massive plant that waited 80 years to flower is taken down

A University of Michigan horticulture expert has sawed down a towering plant that lived an unexpectedly long 80 years before completing…

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Good-looking Religious Studies teacher makes students swoon

Religious Studies teacher Serhat Karanfil has all his students in a right spin - because of his devastating good looks.…

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Man turns his birthmark into ‘Game of Thrones’-style ‘birthmap’

A student is turning his port wine stain birthmark into art - an intricate map which resembles the worlds of…

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Japanese centenarian notches up world swim record

Tokyo (AFP) - A 100-year-old Japanese woman has become the world's first centenarian to complete a 1,500-metre freestyle swim, 20…

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The Most Colorful Places On Earth

Hi. These places exist. No, not in dreams, hallucinations, or Wes Anderson movies, but right here on this beautiful, mysterious…

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