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Mr Fluffy has a special place in my life. He's been with me for longer than I can remember through tears and laughter. Mr Fluffy is my teddy bear, one of the first toys I ever played with and a powerful reminder of the carefree days of my childhood.
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What historical site impresses you the most? I've always been fascinated by the pyramids in Egypt. A few years ago I braved a long queue and climbed through a narrow passage to reach the main chamber deep inside one of them. Like millions of other to
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Why do we always want to go faster? I am talking about travel. We want our cars, trains and planes to get us to places quicker. This century, there's been a rise in high-speed rail travel as people have seen the benefits of this form of transport. I
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Are you a bookworm? Is your head permanently stuck in a book? If so, that's a good thing. There are many benefits to reading. Getting into a good novel improves our literacy. But who or what encourages us to pick up a book and start reading? Of cours
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People who want you to part with your cash and property can steal your passwords and personal details, but what about your voice? That's what some big companies asked themselves before turning their attention to voice biometrics in their war against
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Do you scream on a roller coaster ride? You slowly climb up a steep slope until an almost vertical drop, and then... Ahhhhhhhh! Thrill-seekers like me are in luck because theme parks are pushing the boundaries of technology to create the fastest, tal
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Can you resist the pleading eyes of a cat keen on the piece of ham you're just about to eat? I can't, and this is bad news for my cat Freddy. He is getting very fat. More than 18 million of the UK's pets could have a premature death because of their
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I'm sometimes told you have to make your own luck. If you don't try something, how can you succeed? This is very true for competitions - if you want a chance of winning something you have to take part. In other words, you have to be in it to win it!
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Here's a hotel worth writing home about: a company in Poland plans to build tourist accommodation under the sea. The structure can be towed to a suitable location and placed on supports on the sea bed. The 'Water Discus' will be made up of an underwa
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Do you lose sleep when you are invited to parties? I do - and I wonder if I'm part of the estimated 10% of the UK's population who suffer from what's called social anxiety. The first clinical guideline on the subject, published by the National Instit
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Do you shop for groceries online and have them delivered to your door? Well, this might be just the start of a digital revolution in food. How about tattooed fruit, ice cubes which send text messages, and wine from the bottom of the ocean? All these
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Can you be brainy and brawny at the same time? The sport of chess boxing suggests you can. The former boxing world heavyweight champion, Lennox Lewis, is keen to dismiss the idea that if you're muscular you can't be smart enough to succeed in a cereb
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Are you angry? Unhappy in your job? Wish you had an outlet for those feelings? Well, if you lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, you could go to Break Club. It's made up of a group of people who get together to smash up rubbish as a way of venting their
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What's the allure of coffee shops? It's been said that JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books sitting in one in Edinburgh. Many people spend hours in these places nursing a coffee as they work away on their laptops. But if you're spending all day bu
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For me, one of the greatest pleasures in life is going to watch a great film - or movie - at the cinema. It's a chance for escapism - getting away from real life. There's nothing better than being engrossed in a story unless, of course, someone decid
