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We’ve recently seen a number of people coming forward to divulge ‘secrets’ of high street stores and food chains. From KFC to McDonald’s and TK Maxx, employees past and present have revealed all. Most recently a woman who claims to have worked at Primark in Birmingham for seven years has shared some of the interesting […]
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In a perfect world, A.J. McKee would be fighting for a title this week rather than participating in the semifinals of the ongoing Bellator Featherweight Grand Prix. After knocking out Georgi Karakhanyan and submitting Derek Campos in the first two rounds of the tournament, the 25-year-old contender was on hold for most of 2020 due […]
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Monitoring how patients with multiple sclerosis or other degenerative diseases use their smartphones could provide valuable information to help get them better treatment. In an article published in Chaos, researchers used a mobile app to record the keystroke dynamics of a control group and those of subjects in various stages of multiple sclerosis treatment over […]
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The Legend of Zelda franchise is getting a prequel. “Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity” is launching Friday. It is the first installment in the Zelda series since 2017’s “Breath of the Wild,” which sold 19.7 million copies. “Breath of the Wild” is the fourth best-selling game of all time on the Nintendo Switch, behind hits […]
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I always find myself in the index. Not in the traditional sense, of course; not under D. But just in the index, rooting around, reading across the text, hunting, tracking, losing threads and making discoveries. Who doesn’t love an index? I remember reading once that when indexes were first invented, the idea was so novel […]
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A wedding reception descended into chaos that ended with a guest suffering a fractured jaw as violence erupted. Joe Adams was celebrating the bride and groom’s happy day when trouble flared at the Village Hotel, North Tyneside, where friends and family had gathered. A court heard Mr Adams, who was with his partner, saw a […]
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Top-ranked flyweight Jussier Formiga was let go by the UFC in a move that surprised many people in the MMA community – the Brazilian included. A longtime veteran of the sport, Formiga told MMA Fighting he was informed of the release this past week, one month after the company reached out asking if he was […]
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More than three decades after they were found to have elevated blood lead levels as children, a group of middle-aged adults were found to have some small but significant changes in brain structure that corresponded to their dose of lead exposure in early life. MRI scans at age 45 revealed some small but significant changes […]
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Hyperloops burst onto the scene in 2013. Elon Musk detailed a new type of train service in a low-pressure tube that would reach speeds up to 760 mph. The train would float on a cushion of air and be powered down the tracks by magnets. Like many of Musk’s endeavors, including electric cars and rockets, […]
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EA has yet to unveil the next-gen versions of FIFA 21, but it has released a couple of screenshots that give us a good look at some sweaty virtual footballer faces. In a tweet, EA showed images of Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold and Atletico Madrid wonderkid João Félix – and very detailed they are, too. […]
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