Flushing toilets generate visible droplets from turbulent flow, but also produce numerous smaller airborne droplets (∼micrometres in size) through atomisation. Flushing may aerosolise pathogens from stool or urine, spreading disease. This study continuously…

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New study reveals that more people die of heart attacks and cardiac arrest when they fall ill on days a\u00a0marathon is taking place in their city.

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The Code Duello, covering the practice of dueling and points of honor, was drawn up and settled at Clonmel Summer Assizes, 1777.

This private island is still in the family after a 400-year history including a witch hunt and a pirate.

On a beautiful spring day in May—40 years ago this past weekend—FBI Acting Director L. Patrick Gray announced that “women applicants will now be considered for the FBI special agent position.” He noted that all other…

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.ass or amalgam scene specification is a source file type. An intermediary format file produced by the 3ds Max exporter. When run through Halo 2 Tool, .ass files generate .scenario and .scenario_structure_bsp files, which can then be edited by other tools.…

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The siege of Arrah (27 July – 3 August 1857) took place during the Indian Mutiny (also known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857). It was the eight-day defence of a fortified outbuilding, occupied by a combination of 18 civilians and 50 members of the Bengal…

One person has managed to highlight a link between the 'Golden Arches' of the monopoly that is McDonald's and the likelihood that a country will go to war.

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Federal Reserve Cash Services is committed to its environmental initiatives, and we are continually looking for new and innovative ways to reduce our impact on the environment.

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Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine class. It is mainly used recreationally, as a eugeroic (wakefulness promoter) or as a mild cognitive enhancer to increase alertness and attentional performance. Caffeine acts by blocking…

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Ophiocordyceps sinensis (formerly known as Cordyceps sinensis), known colloquially as caterpillar fungus, is an entomopathogenic fungus (a fungus that grows on insects) in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. It is mainly found in the meadows above 3,500 metres…

The United States goes off the gold standard, a monetary system in which currency is backed by gold, when Congress enacted a joint resolution nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in gold.

If you hang around courts long enough, regardless of which side of the law you're on (ahem), you're bound to see some crazy things. Usually, the craziness comes from the litigants in the court cases, but sometimes judges lend their own sense of loopiness…