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    Newest Fad: Exploding batteries in Samsung's Note 7 phone!

    Oops! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37253742
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    The Olympics

    Australia has the most gold medals so far http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016/medals/countries The Uk has none *laughs*
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    Looks like Australia is moving! *laughs*

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36912700
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    My ISP is stopping free email

    Naming no companies, but my isp announced yesterday that they are stopping our email service in 30 days time. I can, however, pay to keep it through http://www.names.co.uk So, do I want to do that when I can just use a gmail account? My domain/email was a catchy one, memorable.
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    Graphical Tree software

    I know some of you won't like this *waves to Foxi!* but it might be handy for others https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/ My hard disk suddenly went very full (down to 11GBs out of 111GBs!) It must be easy to use as I did it, hehe ------ Unbeknownest to me, Adware was saving logs...
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    Another shooting :-(

    This time in Orlando - 50 dead so far http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36512308
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    The Heimlich manoeuvre

    was used by the man who invented it... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36400365 I'd have thought he'd have saved more people, seeing as he invented it and had to find out if it worked or not.
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    April Fool that went awry!

    Google's April Fool backfired on them this year: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35941806
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    Christmas Day will be a little more special this year...

    There's going to be a full moon on Christmas Day; the last time it happened on that day was in 1977! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/12047955/moon-full-moon-lunar-lunar-eclipse.html
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    The Doctor Blake Mysteries

    This programme is on in the afternoons here Do you watch it? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2375720/
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    Lucky Duck

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/73695585/ducks-beak-left-hanging-by-a-strip-of-flesh-reattached-by-surgeon
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    Project Loon

    My first thought was "is it a loony thing to do and was it full of hot air" *laughs* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34660205 It'd definitely be part of/in the cloud! :laugh:
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    Google's take on there being water on Mars

    it's animated, so not sure if it'll work, but it's still on google now
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    Is it a bird, is it a plane?

    No. It's a supermoon! (cue superman theme, hehe) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34352504
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    UK rejects the Assisted Dying Bill

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34208624 There's two sides to this, depending on which side of the fence you're closest to.
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    Apple Pencil

    except it's a stylus.... http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/09/the-apple-pencil-is-the-ipad-pros-secret-weapon I wonder if one day there'll be an Apple Fruit? :hehe:
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    One for the record books!

    The Queen will be the longest reigning monarch in a few hours time :-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34177107
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    NASA pinches Douglas Adams idea!

    http://www.sci-news.com/space/science-comet-hitchhiker-nasa-jpl-concept-03203.html “Hitchhiking a celestial body is not as simple as sticking out your thumb, because it flies at an astronomical speed and it won’t stop to pick you up. Instead of a thumb, our idea is to use a harpoon and a...
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    I won't complain about being short ever again

    Meet the recent ex-world's shortest man (who sadly died at 75 today - hence the "ex") http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/world-shortest-man-dies-75-article-1.2348805
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    They must be busy!

    .......that was my first thought after reading this! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34113080
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    American Journalist and Cameraman shot live on air

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34062118 *shakes head*
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    Kindle Paperwhite (ebooks only)

    I had an interesting discussion yesterday about the battery status indicator on this device. As you may or may not know, the indicator doesn't show a percentage, just a colour. I was trying to explain that as it's used, the less white shows in the box. The other person argued with me, saying...
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    The Universe is slowly dying

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11796031/Universe-is-losing-its-twinkle-as-stars-die-out-say-scientists.html Well it'll last longer than me ;-)
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    Windows 10 N0rtiness

    http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/07/31/windows-10-may-share-your-wi-fi-password-with-facebook/ Not just facebook, but any network, by the looks of it!
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    Earth's Cousin?

    Earth's cousin has been found: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-kepler-mission-discovers-bigger-older-cousin-to-earth I wonder if it has intelligent life?
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    Funny Pluto images

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    Talking to yourself

    http://elitedaily.com/life/culture/people-talk-to-themselves/1105688/ So, I'm a genius, apparantly!
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    If you hate the sight of blood, don't read this!

    oops, too late! ;-) On Monday, my dad managed to catch one of his varicose/raised veins in his leg, and it spurted everywhere, all over the bathroom floor. There was a lot of it..... He went to A & E but by then it had stoppled bleeding. Yuck! He's fine :-)
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    Humans

    It started here tonight: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4122068/?ref_=nv_sr_1 It's about a family who buy a robot.... I like it so far :-)
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    Professor of Lego!

    No, not made of Lego, as I first thought it meant! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-33107832
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    Flybee

    A plane was ground by a ..... bee! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-33040634
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    New British Princess arrived today!

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32562117 Is it wrong that my first thought was "They might call her Mildred!" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_and_Mildred
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    Bad storm in Sydney

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-32390793 3 dead :-(
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    For Star Trek Voyager fans...

    Samantha Cristoforetti wore a Star Trek uniform when she was on the ISS: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/19/samantha-cristoforetti-star-trek-uniform_n_7097352.html
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    ...in case he gets a hole in one

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-32296663 This golfer was bitten by a crocodile.
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    The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

    is tomorrow. There's a women's race for the first time http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rowing/32203737
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    Progeria campaigner Hayley Okines dies aged 17

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-32174131 RIP
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    Eclipse!

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31965456 The sky went a weird blue colour here and at about 9.30am it reached its peak. Excellent!
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    HELLO SIR TERRY

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31858156 RIP :-(
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    That Dress!

    So, what colour is this dress? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-31656935
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