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Meet Five Of The UK’s Most Poisonous Plants

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Serious poisoning by plants is very rare in the UK so the death of a gardener in Hampshire after brushing against a deadly flower was extremely unusual.

Despite the British countryside’s genteel reputation there are a surprisingly large amount of poisonous plants growing both in the wild and in gardens. Some just cause discomfort, but others have the potentia Continue reading Meet Five Of The UK’s Most Poisonous Plants

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UN Scientist Chides U.K. Government For Renewable Energy Failure

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As has been widely reported, Sweden aims to become the worlds first fossil fuel-free nation before the end of the century, and several other nations are not far behind. However, the world isnt necessarily following suit, and the United Nationschief environmental scientist has singled out one of them for particular criticism: the United Kingdom.

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So You Think You Love Dogs? You Simply Cannot Compete With This Family

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Lynn Everett and her husband, Tony, live in a pretty normal house in south Yorkshire, England. If you walked past it on the street, you wouldn’t assume anything was out of the ordinary. But if you rang the doorbell, you’d be greeted with a woman covered in dog hair. Other than that, she’s just like any strong-willed woman…it’s just the 41 dogs that make this household special. The only thing keeping her from getting even more pups is that the city has limited her to the 41 she’s got now!

You do not want to visit if you’re allergic…

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It’s craziness! And this isn’t even half of them.

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She’s Only 7 Years Old But Already Might Be Considered Indestructible

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Have you ever wondered how cool (or is it horrifying?) the world might be if superheroes actually existed? As a proud nerd, this is something I contemplate often. Ultimately, though, it’s a futile line of thinking, because superheroes just don’t exist…right?

If the story of seven-year-old Olivia Farnsworth is to be believed, maybe superheroes are a lot closer to reality than we all thought…

Farnsworth (pictured below) was only nine months old when her mother, Niki Trepak, noticed she was different.

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Man Suffering From Headaches Turns Out To Have A Rare Species Of TAPEWORM Living In His Brain

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Six years ago, a 50-year-old Chinese man sought medical help in the UK because he was experiencing a range of distressing symptoms including headaches, seizures, memory loss and an altered sense of smell. Doctors were puzzled by what he was presenting, so they performed a variety of tests on him to find out what could be going on. He didn’t have syphilis, HIV or Lyme disease, but he did have s Continue reading Man Suffering From Headaches Turns Out To Have A Rare Species Of TAPEWORM Living In His Brain

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Air Pollution Kills 40,000 U.K. Citizens Every Single Year

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Air pollution is a killer of millions. In China alone, about 1.4 million people a year die early due to medical complications arising from prolonged exposure. A new report spearheaded by the Royal Colleges of Physicians and of Paediatrics and Child Health has revealed that the United Kingdom suffers from a similar, de Continue reading Air Pollution Kills 40,000 U.K. Citizens Every Single Year

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Somehow, Britain’s Telephone Boxes Just Got Even More Adorable. And Classy.

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The red telephone box has been an iconic fixture of Britain since the 1920s. Phone boxes, red and otherwise, numbered at 92,000 in 2002 and could be found all throughout the UK, but, thanks to the advent of cell phones and the Internet, there are only about 50,000, with only 11,000 being the traditional, and eye-catching, red ones. The company who owns them, BT, has been removing phone boxes regularly for the past 20 years.

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Researchers Say You Can Tell If Your Child Will Be A Killer At Just 5 Weeks Old

You can tell if your kids are psychos by the time they’re five weeks old.
A quick Google search will uncover no shortage of stories about killer children and their unsuspecting victims, but those who try to examine why these kids grow up to be evil often come up empty handed.
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