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1/ Koalas bellow.

2/ Facebook hosts 4% of all photos ever taken.

3/ Victorian housewives made jam with carrots as

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• Arrive at office – 8.07am
• First chat with colleague – 8.20am

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1/ Male dolphins are bisexual

2/ Nearly six million cats and dogs in Britain are obese.

3/ Barack Obama knows

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In the

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