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Simon Smith from London got so bored with his name that he had it changed to 'Bacon Double Cheeseburger'.
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The Apollo 14 astronaut became the sixth man ever to set foot on the surface of the moon back in 1971.
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A future powered by clean, limitless nuclear fusion energy has taken another step forward this week.
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The cloud of gas will trigger an explosion of star formation but will take 30 million years to get here.
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A video showing a tree burning from the inside out while producing very little smoke has appeared online.
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New research has revealed that black holes can grow up to 50 billion times the mass of our sun.
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In a remarkable feat of old-age endurance, the pensioner reached the summit of Africa's tallest mountain.
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A new type of material is able to detect pressure and transmit that information directly to the brain.
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A 78-year-old in Hermitage has been fined after using spotlights and tin foil to deter extraterrestrials.
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Aaron Smith had been driving along a road in British Columbia when he spotted something very unusual.
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Professor Brian Cox has put forward the notion that Pluto may he capable of harboring primitive life.
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Scientists have managed to create a device that can transmit a magnetic field from one place to another.
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Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell believes that visitors from space may have prevented armageddon.
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A nearby asteroid loaded with a platinum core is thought to be worth an unfathomable amount of money.
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Contrary to popular belief, human hands are not as evolved as those of our closest living relatives.
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Some universes might provide conditions more favorable to the development of life than our own.
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Footage has emerged of what looks like the moon changing shape as it moves across the night sky.
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Researchers at MIT have developed a robotic cheetah capable of leaping effortlessly over objects.
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Two of the world's most invasive species of termite may be mating to produce a new type of 'super' pest.
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Australian Jarred Smith got the shock of his life when he ventured in to his kitchen to make some lunch.