Random headlines from around the world:
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‘Oldest human brain’ discovered: Archaeologists find what could be the oldest surviving brain unearthed in Britain, dating back more than 2,000 years.
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Pacific rower falls short of goal: An Italian man who rowed across the Pacific from Peru has to be rescued only 65 nautical miles short of landfall in Australia.
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US man uses pizza in self-defence: A Florida pizza delivery man uses a large pepperoni to fight off armed assailants.
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Drillers break into magma chamber: In what has been called a “geologist’s dream”, drillers in Hawaii have unexpectedly struck molten rock at shallow depth.
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Hopes dashed for Tasmanian Devils: A Tasmanian Devil that scientists hoped could save his species has contracted the deadly facial tumour that threatens the animals with extinction.
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Man’s £5 debt repaid 39 years on: A Sheffield man who lent a penniless Australian tourist £5 in 1969 has been repaid £200 by him.
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Milan poor to get seized caviar: Beluga caviar seized by Italian customs officers is to be distributed to poor people in Milan as a Christmas gift.
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‘Law is an ass’ stunt brings fine: A businessman in Moldova who dressed a pig as a prosecutor and a donkey as a policeman is fined, despite an outcry over his arrest.
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Priest ‘ruins Christmas’ for kids: A Catholic priest is criticised by parents in the city of Novara in northern Italy for telling their children that Father Christmas does not really exist.
