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Scepticism India鈥檚 rationalist association has offered 拢14,000 to any astrologer who correctly predicts the outcome of the country鈥檚 general election
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Gunther von Hagens The controversial German anatomist has attracted criticism for his latest exhibition, , which features two plastinated corpses having sex
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52 per cent of Americans consider a TV to be a necessity, according to a by the Pew Research Center. This is the lowest figure since the poll began in 1973