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FACTS OF THE DAY

March 8th 2018

84% of Catholics approve of Pope Francis; 9% disapprove (up from 4% in 2014).

pewforum.org

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The world’s oldest message in a bottle has been found on a beach in Perth, Australia. It was thrown overboard from a German ship on 12 June 1886.

bbc.co.uk

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Part of the skull of ‘the world’s oldest Dutchwoman’, found in the sea off the coast of the Netherlands in 2013, has been carbon dated to 13,000 years old.

livescience.com

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The US reality show, ABC TV’s The Bachelor, has been criticised for tracking the menstrual cycles of female contestants to catch them at their most emotional.

newsweek.com

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A 24-year-old man arrested in England, suspected of having smuggled drugs by swallowing them, has withheld the evidence by refusing to excrete for 43 days.

livescience.com

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Firearms are far more strictly regulated in the US military than they are among the civilian population.

theatlantic.com


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