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| Lost watch buried in seabed still ticking - after 67 years!
London, June 10 (ANI): In a span of 67 years, Lieutenant Teddy Bacon must have faced several health problems, but his watch, lost way back in 1941, was working perfectly despite being under water all these years. |
| Hip-hop group 'Wu-Tang Clan' launch chess website
London, June 10 (ANI): Known for their violent lyrics and constant encounters with the law, notorious hip hop group, 'Wu-Tang Clan' is now venturing into a completely different domain-launching a chess website. |
| One in three Brit men wears the same underwear as the day before!
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| 2,350-year-old ancient ship may have carried most expensive Greek red wine
London, June 10 (ANI): Archaeologists working on a 2,350 year-old ancient shipwreck in Cyprus, have determined that the ship was carrying the renowned red wine of Chios, which is perhaps the most expensive Greek wine of the Classical period. |
| Wooly mammoth existed as two groups 40,000 years ago
London, June 10 (ANI): By sequencing five new complete genomes of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of woolly mammoths, an international team of scientists has determined that the now extinct animal existed as two groups 40,000 years ago, originating from a common ancestor. |
| Magnetic ink in banknotes may make forgery detection easier
London, June 10 (ANI): Experts associated with UK military research company Qinetiq have come up with a new idea for detecting counterfeit currency notes just by folding them. |
| Obama forms cyber crack team to counter Muslim-leaning rumours
London, June 10 (ANI): Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama will form a crack team of cyber experts, who will track and respond aggressively to online rumours that the Illinois Senator is unpatriotic and a Muslim. |
| Barack Obama turns into 14-inch doll!
London, June 10 (ANI): You can now own Barack Obama for 219 dollars - as that's what a new doll of the US Presidential candidate costs. |
| Bionic hand bags UK's top engineering prize
London, June 10 (ANI): The world's first commercially available bionic hand, called the i-LIMB, has won this year's MacRobert award. |
| UK launches "Chance to Shine" campaign to select budding cricketers
London, June 10 (ANI): A host of veteran and present British cricket stars, including former captain Mike Gatting, Gladstone Small and Women's captain Charlotte Edwards, launched a national drive yesterday to select promising youngsters who could be groomed for the future of the sport in the country. |
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