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FACTS OF THE DAY

8 April 2017

Donald Trump claims to have had ‘one of the most successful 13 weeks in the history of the presidency’. He has only been president for 11 weeks.

nymag.com

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A record number of closures of GP’s surgeries in the UK last year have forced 265,000 people to look for a new doctor.

guardian.com

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Pointing out that it is closer to Newfoundland than Hawaii is to California, a Canadian writer has proposed that Scotland becomes a province of Canada.

bbc.co.uk

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At 17 ½ hours, Qatar Airways route from Doha to Auckland, New Zealand is the world’s longest scheduled commercial non-stop flight.

qz.com

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Selfridges in London has launched a workshop in the basement to teach people how to peel potatoes.

theguardian.com


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