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Journalism student tries a headline

Doctors wanted to try a Bottle of Bleach on Trump’s Brain but were Unable to find One.


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On the subject of tea

TYPHOO TEA

Founder John Summer

dai fu, Chinese for doctor

Tea, as  medicine


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Obscure words explained 88. – chyron

CHYRON

A text based graphic

Like the crawl of a newscast

on televion


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Obscure words explained 87. – perigree

PERIGREE

Point in the orbit

of a heavenly body

which is nearest earth


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Obscure words explained 85. – assiduity

ASSIDUITY

Workers in the hive

apply a constant effort

when making honey


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Unusual U. K. place names 83. – Nailsea

NAILSEA, Somerset

Early coal mining

occupied by the Romans

Known for Nailsea glass

 


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Unusual U.K. place names.81. Baddesley Ensor

BADDESLY ENSOR, Warrickshire

known for its Common

Beautiful views to be seen

Close to Watling Street


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Unusual U.K. place names 79. – Par

PAR, Cornwall

Par is clay country

Kaolin or China Clay

Used to make paper


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Ubusual U.K. place names 73. – London Apprentice

LONDON APPRENTICE, Cornwall

St. Austell hamlet

a tin-mining settlement

A true Cornish place

 


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Unusual U.K. place names 69. = Trewhiddle

TREWHIDDLE, Cornwall

Francis P. Pascoe

noted entomologist

studied beetles here