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Is the Weather Really Changing?
Is the Weather Really Changing?
Recently we seem to have been experiencing extreme weather conditions.

Or is that merely because we are always looking for the unusual?
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1. Supermodel Naomi Campbell famously tripped up on the catwalk while modelling a pair of platform shoes by which designer?
2. A family of five are flying from London to Corfu for a holiday. What is their carbon footprint?
3. The ancient Egyptians are credited with the invention of which alcoholic drink?
This Day in History
On This DayMay 17, 1954
The US Supreme Court decided its landmark school desegregation decision.
See what else happened on this day in history.
Did You Know?
Did You Know?Construction of which capital city of a South American country began in 1957, to replace its overcrowded predecessor?
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The soul is characterized by these capacities: self-nutrition, sensation, thinking, and movement.
Aristotle
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