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FACTS OF THE DAY

March 30th 2018

Ireland’s first official nudist beach is to open in April.

bbc.co.uk

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A British man has contracted the world’s first case of 'super-gonorrhea' against which all normal antibiotics are ineffective.

bbc.co.uk

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43571120

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Scientists have discovered sea turtles have evolved to use their flippers like hands – grasping or karate-chopping prey and even ‘licking their fingers’.

telegraph.co.uk

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Supporters of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt are bribing voters with food, money, promises of improved sanitation and free pilgrimages to Mecca.

nytimes.com

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A German company has created a robot penguin, kangaroo and dragonfly; a spider that rolls like a wheel and a bat that flies by autopilot.

newatlas.com

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The interiors of plastic bath ducks have been found to contain up to 75 million bacteria per square centimetre.

livescience.com


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