Surgeons have removed a kidney weighing 7.4 kilograms (16.3 pounds) — the equivalent size of two newborn babies — from a patient in India. It is thought to be the heaviest kidney ever removed in the country…
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High school girl files federal complaint for having to race boys who identify as ‘girls’
A female high school athlete who didn’t qualify for a track event because two boys who identify as girls ran faster filed a complaint Monday with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. “No…
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Brussels, the first city to reject 5G technology. Why don’t they need holograms?
A Belgian minister has announced that Brussels is suspending plans to implement the 5G network due to its health effects . The statement was made by Céline Fremault , Minister of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for quality of…
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Man Who Cut Off Finger To “Save His Life” After Snake Bite Told That It Was “Not Necessary At All”
A man in China was out cutting firewood near his village in the mountains of the Shangyu district of Zhejiang province when a snake bit him on the index finger of his right hand. Believing…
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Lab Worker Accidentally Injects Herself With Genetically Modified Strain Of Smallpox-Related Virus
In September 2018, a 26-year-old laboratory worker was offered a new job that would involve working with the vaccinia virus (VACV) – a large, complex virus related to smallpox. She was told of the risks…
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A Chip Has Been Implanted In A Man’s Brain To Help Him Overcome Opioid Addiction
A man living in the state with the highest rate of opioid deaths in America is the first participant of a trial of a technique designed to help beat addiction. He’s had a computer chip…
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Donation scandal: The Red Cross built in Haiti with 500 million exactly 6 houses!
They promised to build hundreds of thousands of homes for people left homeless by the devastating earthquake, but they have massively failed. To date, they have built only six houses, although about half a billion…
The Indonesian man who claimed to be 146 years old – the longest living human ever – has died in his village in Central Java. According to his papers, Sodimedjo, also known as Mbah Ghoto…
A woman in Scotland has been found to have a previously-unknown genetic mutation that makes her almost completely immune to pain, and on top of that her wounds heal faster and she seems to have…
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Deep-fried lizard, possibly salted egg flavoured, found inside Irvins Salted Egg Fish Skin packet
Update, Jan. 2, 2019, 3pm: Irvins has apologised for this incident, is recalling products and is offering refunds. Details here. Jane Holloway’s family were eating some salted egg fish skin when they noticed something amiss.Advertisement Instead of…