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FACTS OF THE DAY

15th May 2018

Scientists have advised people not to boil their underwear in hotel kettles.

independent.co.uk

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A spate of medical negligence claims has meant that each baby born in the NHS now costs £1,000 in insurance premiums.

thetimes.co.uk

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The application form for Stephen Hawking’s Memorial Service in Westminster Abbey allows for people born up until 2038. Time travellers are welcome.

ianvisits.co.uk

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A Russian scientist who injected himself two years ago with 3.5 million-year-old bacteria that is still alive believes he may have found the elixir of life.

curiosity.com

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A soldier in Texas who lost an ear in a car crash has been given a new one grown from her own cells on her forearm and transplanted to her head.

livescience.com

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Gloom has broken out in Finland after it was rated the world’s happiest country in the World Happiness report.

qz.com


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