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Manchester taxi firm will drive you around the city to catch Pokemon

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Celebrate #RioOlympics with This Gem by @CarolePRoman #bookreview #Brazil

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Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro 2016 (Let the Games Begin!)

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How the Speckled Hen Got her Speckles

Originally posted on folkloreandfairytales:
“Once upon a time, ages and ages ago, there was a little white hen. One day she was busily engaged in scratching the soil to find worms and insects for her breakfast. As she worked she…

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Clarity for Rio’s future, despite short funds and political uncertainty

Originally posted on RioReal:
Lapa has seen big change Despite everything — even sudden Olympic days off — lots of people are thinking about Rio de Janeiro’s future these days, exactly two months before municipal elections. Clique aqui para português Moving around the metropolis in…

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Do you know the difference between Rum and Rhum?

5 things to do today Rum vsRhum: The Battle of the Bottles “I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum” William Cowper, English Poet In the 14th Century, famous explorer … Continue reading

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The Brexit vote wasn’t democracy in action. It was populist ignorance on a grand scale.

Originally posted on Pride's Purge:
No-one else seems to be saying this, so I will. Way back in 1988 – when the Thatcher government passed the infamous anti-homosexual law known as Section 28 – a majority of the UK population supported it.…

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Video: Cycle From Kouhei Nakama —

Japanese visual art director Kouhei Nakama explores the human form. via Video: Cycle From Kouhei Nakama —

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Is your gut making you sick?

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Ernesto Neto in Kiasma

Originally posted on Pulse of Change – Muutoksen syke:
Gigantic colorful crochet installations! Made by Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto. You have to see and experience (yes, you can ‘go in’ of some of those) them with your own senses: “Through his art,…

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