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March 21, 2008
Topics children, moon, world, man, mars, nasa, planet, disney, chocolate, earth, led, war, bar, real, newspaper and school
A recent survey done on elementary school students revealed that about one-third of the population thought that Sir Winston Churchill was the first man on the moon, instead of NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong. The survey, gathering a number of 1,400 students aged 4 to 10, was commissioned by the Royal Astronomical Society, in conjunction with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.
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March 5, 2008
One place where you won't find a new kid in the office block - Canada. It may have been barely noticeable two decades ago, but there's no denying the fact now that Canada's workforce is going grey. Census data shows that the country's labor force is increasingly being made up of older workers. Recent labor statistics found the new median age of Canada's workforce is over 41-years-old, and revealed that more than two million Canadians aged 55 to 64 are still gainfully employed.
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February 14, 2008
Melbourne International Airport tower officials and Palm Bay, Florida police are investigating reports that a real air plane was buzzed by a model airplane. The incident reportedly occurred about noon Thursday above R. J. Coinlan Boulevard and U. S. Highway 1. According to reports, the incident hasn't been confirmed and officials are speculating that the pilot might have mistaken a buzzard for a model air plane.
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February 4, 2008
A recent survey done on 3,000 Britons under the thought that World War II prime minister Winston Churchill was merely made up. The poll, which was conducted by UKTV Gold, concluded that the responses gathered reflected significant differences between the younger generation's view of history, and that of the older generation.
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January 31, 2008
Teaming up with real estate developer Live Smart Home, furniture giant IKEA has built Britain's first flat-pack village at St. James in Tyne and Wear, northeast of England. Amazingly, almost all of the 93 timber-framed homes, the price of which range from $180,000 to $320,000, were immediately cornered by first-time buyers.
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