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Strange cave with salt cured
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Strange cave with salt cured

Grace Hart is the landlady of a salt cave in West London, and claims that her strange cave works to reduce asthma, improve blood circulation and lower blood pressure.

December 16, 2018
Ship Coca Cola bottle made of ice
Environment

Ship Coca Cola bottle made of ice

A unique new idea for the more environmentally-friendly purpose of Coca-Cola, which is the ice cube bottle, so after drinking this Coca-Cola bottle, you won't have to wo…

December 16, 2018
Radiation detection is 10 times higher in Japan
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Radiation detection is 10 times higher in Japan

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced on July 7 that it has detected triti radioactive toxins with high concentrations in groundwater at Fukushima nuclear power…

December 16, 2018
Climate change affects 10% of the world population
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Climate change affects 10% of the world population

If the greenhouse gas emissions situation does not decline, by the end of this century, 1 in 10 people in the world must live in areas where crops, water, ecosystems and…

December 16, 2018
Heavy storms caused heavy damage in China
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Heavy storms caused heavy damage in China

Chinese officials on July 9 said the heavy rainstorm caused floods in many cities in Sichuan Province, in the southwestern region, leaving two people dead and thousands…

December 16, 2018
Landslide buried 17 people in China
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Landslide buried 17 people in China

Seventeen people in southwestern China were buried in a landslide, while heavy rain followed flash floods that also destroyed many houses and bridges in the area.

December 16, 2018
8,000 people were killed in flooding in India
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8,000 people were killed in flooding in India

On June 24, the rescue of flood victims in Uttarakhand state, northern India, had to be halted due to continued rain pouring in and causing two landslides on the roads R…

December 16, 2018
Melting ice makes Norway approach Asia
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Melting ice makes Norway approach Asia

The northernmost town of Kirkenes in Norway was farther away from Asia than any other European port, but suddenly the gap between them narrowed significantly due to melt…

December 16, 2018