23 February 2017
Almost half the wild boars in the Czech Republic are radioactive.
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Britain’s roads are worse than those of Oman, Malaysia, Ecuador and Namibia.
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The president of Iceland, who said last week he would ban pineapple on pizza if he could, has made it clear that he doesn’t have the power to do so.
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Seven Earth-sized planets have been found orbiting a star in the constellation of Aquarius.
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A city councillor in Sweden has said employees should have a paid one-hour break during working hours to go home and have sex with their partners.
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Former Chelsea midfielder Alexei Smertin has been put in charge of investigating football racism in Russia. In 2015, he said ‘There is no racism in Russia’.
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The Ritz Hotel has told a small, 80-year-old music venue called The Ritz in Brighouse, West Yorkshire to change its name by Tuesday or face legal action.
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There are more than 130,000 ‘structurally deficient’ and ‘functionally obsolete’ bridges in the USA.