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Obama came into the vernacular as a synonym for "cool"

The name of President Barack Obama is included in the next edition of the dictionary of slang, published by University of California. It said research leader of Labour, Professor Pamela Munro, quoted by Reuters. The dictionary is updated every four years, adding to it are words and phrases, which are preferred in the everyday language of young people.

Europeans are most sladokusnite

Scientists have found that Europeans have the highest degree of sensitivity to sweet, compared with the other inhabitants of other parts of the world. Researchers have conducted experiments in two phases with volunteers from different continents, writes MIGnews. They had to assess sugar solutions with different levels of sucrose from (0% to 4%). It turns out that most sweet sensitivity depends on the genome of two specific variants of Tas1r3, which encode taste receptors for sweet.

Putin demonstrated skills to handle a hammer

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the architectural and ethnographic museum in the village Taltsi where continued his tour in the Far East. In the museum kochavnitsata 56-year-old Russian politician demonstrate his skills to handle a hammer. Recalled Vladimir Putin on Saturday rushed to the bottom of Lake Baikal at 1400 m depth.

Rome launched a major campaign to combat mosquitoes

Roman municipality launched a vigorous campaign against the invasion of mosquitoes during the summer days, inform ProntoSofia. With this purpose in the suburbs of the city were installed 25 Bat-box, or boxes for bats. These are the bat that eat mosquitoes.

Bridal bouquet plane crash cause

Traditional wedding bouquet throwing caused a plane crash in Italy, announced BBC. Bride and groom hired a small plane and once uploaded, throwing the bouquet to a group of women below.

3 years in prison for Egyptian official, ridiculed President Mubarak

Egyptian official was sentenced to three years in prison for satirical poems dedicated to President Hosni Mubarak. Mounir Hanna Said, a civil servant from a small provincial town city, was convicted on charges of insulting the head of state, transmit BBC, referring to the Egyptian media.

Snipers protect penguins in Australia

Snipers guarding the colony of 120 penguins on the Australian coast near Sydney. The reason is the death of nine animals of endangered species a small penguin. Rare species of penguins have been killed by a fox or a dog for ten days, reports the Australian Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Chicago remains without the "Sears Tower"

Everyone in Chicago knows skyscraper "Sears Tower" (Sears Tower) - the tallest building not only the city but also in America. When it was built in 1973 was the highest in the world. They say that in clear weather towers on top of it are visible even from neighboring states.

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