Pub Frank
The weather’s hot – so Frank (the Death & Disease skeleton) went to the pub for a pint in the sun ๐บ๐Can you find Frank? He looks like this: ๐
June 2022
Dog Frank
Frank – the Death & Disease skeleton – has been messing around in boats ๐คCan you find Frank? He looks like this: ๐
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Did you know you have a butterfly in your neck? The thyroid is a lepidoptera shaped gland just below your Adamโs apple. Itโs job is to control the process of turning food into energy If it isnโt working properly, you may gain weight, and feel tiredor depressed Luckily, an underactive thyroid is easily treated by
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Galileo famously deduced that the earth went round the sun rather than vice versa โ and was put under house arrest by the Catholic church as a result of this outrageous heresy. 95 years after his death, his middle finger was removed and is now on display in a glass case in the Florence History of
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Paralympian Olivia Breen hit the headlines this week in a controversy over the shortness of her shorts Livvy has cerebral palsy โ a lifelong condition that affects movement and co-ordination. CP is caused when a babyโs brain does not develop normally before they are born, or is damaged during or soon after birth (though this is
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Forced to drink molten gold
The Spanish conquistadors famously had a thirst for gold from The Americas. In the 16th Century, returning conquistadors horrified Spain with reports of their captured companions being tied up and having molten gold poured down their throats (shown here in an engraving by Theodor de Bry) with the word โEat, eat gold, Christian!โ After the
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Itโs only the women. Male horse-flies buzz sedately from flower to flower, feeding on nectar. But, female horse-flies need protein (itโs an egg thing).And how they get their grizzly diet is reasonably brutal, according to Dr Whitmore, Senior Curator of Diptera and Siphonaptera at the Natural History Museum. (Which is possibly the most splendid job
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Murdered with a Stone Frog
Was it the lead piping in the billiard room or the candle stick in the library? No, it was the stone frog in the garden Leigh Ann Sabine murdered her husband by inflicting (to quote the police) โblunt force head traumaโ with a stone frog. She then wrapped his corpse in 41 layers of plastic
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Sunburn
Sunlight has 3 parts: visible light, infrared (this is the bit that makes it feel warm), and ultraviolet (UV). UV gives us vitamin D, is thought to lower blood pressure (which explains why there are less high blood pressure issues in the summer), but it can also burn and give us skin cancer. Sunburn is the
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Human remains are mostly carried on cargo flights Generally, if the deceased has been embalmed, an โair trayโ is used to protect and conceal the coffin. This is not actually a tray, but an outer container that meets the airlineโs regulations. If the body has not been embalmed โ or has died of a contagious
