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Guugu Yimithirr, also rendered Guugu Yimidhirr, Guguyimidjir, and many other spellings, is an Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Guugu Yimithirr people of Far North Queensland. It belongs to the Pama-Nyungan language family. …

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Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.

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Michael Carroll won nearly £10 million on the National Lottery and squandered the lot within 8 years. Read the complete story of the notorious winner here!

The Buddhas of Bamiyan have revealed oil paints being used to decorate associated caves in the mid 7th century AD

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Jazz guitar’s resident shaman pulls back the curtain on his latest album, Formidable, and his complicated—yet inspiring—relationship with his instrument.

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As Winnie-the-Pooh has been proving for the best part of a century, honey is absolutely awesome. Deliciously sweet, incredibly healthy and almost indestructible, few foods can claim to have contributed more to human eating habits over the course of our history…

A bridge built especially for squirrels to be able to cross a busy motorway in the Netherlands – which cost €150,000 (£120,000) to construct – has been used five times since its erection, according

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