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Reinventing the wheels Skateboarding made its debut at the Olympics. Who invented the skateboard? — There are many reports of…
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Waiting Games What did Japan, and the world, look like the last time Tokyo held the Olympics in 1964? —…
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Space cadets Richard Branson joined a test flight on his Virgin Galactic craft to the edge of space, to promote…
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Mask crusader Who first wore a medical face mask? — The beaked outfits worn by plague doctors aside, the first…
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Isolated cases Large numbers of people are still being ordered to self-isolate in spite of having been vaccinated — 137,560…
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Royal waves Does any other country have a royal yacht? — The Queen of Denmark uses HDMY Dannebrog, a 260ft…
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On this day Would 19 July make a suitable ‘freedom day’ (assuming Covid restrictions are lifted even then)? There is…
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Rare Lili Other than the new royal baby, is there anyone in the world formally called Lilibet? — There are…
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Game, set, chat Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open after being fined $15,000 for failing to…
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Marrying in office It was announced Boris Johnson will marry his fiancée, Carrie Symonds, next year. This will be only…
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Call to arms Is hugging important to health? A study by Carnegie Mellon University and published in the journal Psychological…
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At Redwall Abbey Does fiction provide any guide as to the ultimate fate of Labour’s Red Wall? — Redwall Abbey…
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Flat spin Which prime minister spent the most on their Downing Street flat, according to figures reported over the years?…
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Falling from grace Six Premier League football clubs had announced their intention to join a European Super League, from which…
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D of E awards A few of the late Duke of Edinburgh’s lesser-known titles and honours: — Royal Chief of the Order…
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Positive thinking The government wants us to test ourselves for Covid-19 twice a week, using lateral flow kits which will…
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Mounting losses The England football team beat San Marino 5-0, taking to 56 the number of competitive games that the…
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A long way from home A walrus turned up off the Pembrokeshire coast, thousands of miles south of its normal…
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Calculated risk It is a year since Neil Ferguson’s Imperial College team published the paper that inspired the government to…
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Good for the goose The government indicated that it will ban foie gras, out of animal welfare concerns. While it…
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French lessons France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to three years in jail, with two of them suspended, for…
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State of the art Graffiti on Edvard Munch’s first version of ‘The Scream’ was revealed to be the work of…
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Target practice The government hit its target of giving a first Covid vaccine to 15 million of the most vulnerable…
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Temper, temper A Zoom video of a disruptive parish council meeting in Handforth, Cheshire, went viral. It is not the…
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Best before The government plans to introduce labels on domestic appliances informing consumers how long they are likely to last.…
