He became a national hero during the Second Boer War in South Africa for defending a town for 217 days and is mostly known today for founding the world Scout Movement. But Lord Baden-Powell is also considered as a racist by some for forcing Africans out on cattle drives by threatening them with floggings and … Read more
Hours after President Trump said he woudn’t be renaming military bases named for Confederate leaders, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flaunted her opposition by highlighting her work to get Confederate statues in the U.S. Capitol removed. Pelosi sent out a copy of a letter she had addressed to the chairs of the Joint Committee on the Library, … Read more
Have you been cleaning your oven wrong your whole life? Mind blowing video shows a little-known feature that removes the glass door in seconds A homeowner has revealed how she made her greasy oven door squeaky clean Woman said she’d struggled to thoroughly clean her ‘double glassed’ oven door But her husband recently showed her … Read more
Man, 30, has a whole fish stuck in his rectum after ‘sitting on it by accident’ The 30-year-old went to a hospital in China after having abdominal pain Doctors were shocked to find a fish inside his body during an X-ray scan The man said the fish slipped into his backside after ‘he sat on … Read more
An app designed to remove Chinese apps from smartphones and tablets has been pulled from the Google Play Store. The app, called ‘Remove China Apps’, garnered nearly five million downloads in India, where anti-Chinese sentiment is growing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was free to download, had no adds, and its sole … Read more
Groomer honeybees can boost a colony’s immunity by clearing deadly parasites off their nestmates using their mandibles, a study has found. For a short period of their lives, some worker bees take on the role of removing debris including dangerous pests from other members of the colony. These bees – dubbed allogroomers – develop a … Read more
Dead 40ft fin whale washes up on beach in Essex as operation begins to remove body The giant marine mammal, which has died, was swept to shore at the Clacton-on-Sea resort in Essex on Friday Essex Police said that it is working with other organisations on a plan for how to remove it from the … Read more
Trying to analyze Donald Trump made a speech recognition bot literally CRASH – and the only way to make it work properly was to strip out its grammar and syntax tools Researchers assigned a speech recognition bot to analyze Donald Trump The bot struggled to make sense of his rambling and fragmentary sentences The team … Read more
I moved into a property in October and found out there is a first generation smart meter already installed. The incumbent energy supplier in the property is Bulb, who I am happy so stay with. But when I contacted them to ask for the meter top be removed, they said it would cost £150. They … Read more
Google, Amazon and eBay remove products advertised on their sites claiming to ‘protect’ customers from 5G By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 22:28 BST, 18 April 2020 Google, Amazon and eBay have removed dozens of products advertised on their sites claiming to ‘protect’ customers from 5G. … Read more