According to the Newsoftheworld.co.uk, on August 15, two mules were forced to dive from a 22ft high platform into a 6ft deep vat of water in the name of entertainment in the tiny ranch town of Pipe Creek in Texas, US. Animal rights campaigners critic...

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According to Daily Mail of August 17, Phillip, of Llanharry, South Wales, who has been growing giant vegetables for 27 years, started growing a 112lb marrow six weeks ago and then found online that he had marrow-ly missed out on the world record of 113lb ...

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A man who earns less than a female partner is more likely to cheat on her, a recent study found. Cheating may be a man's way of trying to restore his gender identity when he feels it is threatened, Christin Munsch, a sociology doctoral candidate at Cornel...

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Returning to his roots: A youthful Barack Obama on a visit to his Kenyan family with, from left, Granny Sarah, sister Alma and stepmother Zezia. 回归故土：图为青年时代的奥巴马与在肯尼亚的亲戚们的合影，照片从左往右数依次为：祖母Sarah、姐姐 Alma 以及继母Zezia。 That's my boy: Bara...

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According to the Newsweek of August 16, a rank of roughly 200 sovereign nations according to a clutch of parameters linked to health, education, quality of life, economic dynamism and political environment, showed Finland as number one. Right behind were ...

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According to Daily Mail of August 17, American millionaire Rob Innes created a “shark” called Seabreacher X: a James Bond-style craft that can dive under water and jump 12 feet into the air. At 16.5 feet in length, it is even the same size as one. 据英国《每日邮...

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Photo taken on August 15 shows an Australian man stood head-on with Mother Nature as she threw giant whitewater waves over Ben Buckler headland North Bondi Beach in Sydney on the same day. 拍摄于8月15日的照片显示，一个澳大利亚男性于当日在悉尼的北邦海滩本巴克勒岬上与“自然母亲”...

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When Callie Rogers won almost 1.9 million pounds on the lottery at 16, she hoped it would help her put her troubles behind her. The teenager came from a broken home, had dropped out of school and was living in local authority care. Rogers, from Cumbria, E...

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Sit down! An annoyed looking Victoria Beckham pulls her son Cruz back into his seat as the family leave a Beverly Hills restaurant last night. 给我坐下来：愤怒的维多利亚将手“死死”地按在她的儿子科鲁兹的肩膀上，让他马上回到座位上乖乖坐好。 Victoria Beckham is constantly forced t...

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According to the Daily Mail, on August 16, Simon Cansick , a 47-year-old British citizen, got so fed up with the “wrong” weather forecasters from the national meteorological bureau that he decided to start predicting the weather using his own equipment. S...

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