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In total, maintaining cash costs the US economy $200 billion, more than the UK spends on healthcare. On the subject of healthcare, paper money tends to teem with bacteria. So will there be a cashless society soon? Almost certainly. Sweden might switch over first. You can no longer get ...
The UK thought that nuclear landmines might be an interesting way to slow down the Soviets. These would be buried underground and then remotely detonated once the Red Army had overrun the area. Unfortunately, the mechanism was prone to malfunctioning in cold weather. To counter this, British ...
quite a number of them produced. I have selected the ten I think are the best of the genre and included a small snippet of each below. Interestingly only 3 of the ten films here are in the English language – I wonder what that says about the UK and USA when it comes to fine ...
These reports made it to the UK where the Royal Air Force became concerned about the He 113. Until 1941, pilots reported facing the airplane, but there was no proof that their stories were accurate. Eventually, the Air Ministry figured out that the Luftwaffe was tricking them and that the ...
UK album charts and when released in the USA, it reached #23 on the Billboard charts. The album remained in the Billboard charts for over a year and was a commercial (though not a critical) success. The album went on to earn platinum selling status in both the US and the UK. The ...
Steel and Morris then filed a case with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), criticizing the UK government’s practices for libel cases. The ECHR awarded the duo £57,000 in compensation, to be paid by the government. 8 The McDonald’s Strip Search Scam Photo credit: courier-jour...
One source of microplastic is microbeads, the tiny balls found in certain shower gels that are now banned in several countries such as the US, Canada, and the UK. Microplastic also comes from the breakdown of synthetic fibers during washing machine cycles and the disintegration of large plastics...
Their highest-charting single in the UK, “My Generation”, includes a vocal stutter and became a massive hit. It has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and was also the center of a strange rumor that said the lyrics were inspired by the Queen Mother who had guitarist Pete Townsh...
With the advent of the Internet, technology now allows a cheaper viewing experience. If you are lucky enough to live in an area where most of the material on TV is available online and on demand, there really is no reason to pay for TV anymore. In the UK, the cost of a TV license...