Newspapers are great. I buy one almost every day. Today’s Times is a perfect example of why. Here’s what I learned.
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You can buy fake Ferraris.
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769 million kilos of potatoes are eaten every year in Belgium; 86% of the potatoes grown in Belgium are processed into chips and crisps and 1588 is the year Belgians claim to have invented the chip, one year after potatoes were introduced.
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In March 1891 it snowed so badly that a train went missing when it got stuck on one of the remotest parts of Dartmoor. Three days later it was found and the crew and passengers were released.
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An critically sick eight-day-old Palestinian baby has been transferred from the Gaza Strip to a specialist children’s hospital in Tel Aviv where he will get the emergency treatment required to save his life.
The last story is particularly heartwarming.
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My Twitterfeed- geoff_bilbrough: Wot no taxis at paddington!
- geoff_bilbrough: Getting your bag is the slowest part of the Heathrow experience esp at 5.30am
- geoff_bilbrough: Turns out it is a BA codeshare with QAntas & a QAntas plane which is why I couldn't check-in online. Still not impressed. #BA
- geoff_bilbrough: Not impressed BA. No online checkin also means I'm in the middle of the row. #ba #crap
- geoff_bilbrough: Ba.com not letting me check in online means I have to queue. Not great service #ba
- geoff_bilbrough: Yes! world Cup here we come #worldcup
- geoff_bilbrough: 5 minutes + extra time Bahrain playing with the gale behind them
- geoff_bilbrough: 1-0 New Zealand with 20 minutes to go #worldcup
- geoff_bilbrough: severe gales are forecast for London. Might be a bumpy landing
- geoff_bilbrough: Hey BA. Why can't I check-in online???!!!
- geoff_bilbrough: RT @thirstforwine: "don't believe everything you think" - I like that! #winefuture
- geoff_bilbrough: I can highly recommend KHA http://www.kha.sg/ as a place to dine in Singapore
- geoff_bilbrough: whatever was blocking the line between Singapore and London yesterday has gone away
- geoff_bilbrough: Live Mesh just chewed a folder of stuff somehow
- geoff_bilbrough: C'mon laptop. WORK!!!!
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