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• Onions CAN taste like apples: the Tony Abbott effect | Dean Burnett

  14-03-2015 14:31
  
  Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott recently caused much confusion by publicly eating a raw onion in the manner people would usually eat apples, with no complaint or objection. Whilst baffling to many, this may be one instance where science supports Tony Abbott’s actions.Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott currently has people scratching their heads as to what he was thinking when he ate a raw onion like most people would eat an apple. While people looking at Tony Abbott’s words and acti
  
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• Onions CAN taste like apples: the Tony Abbot effect | Dean Burnett

  14-03-2015 14:31
  
  Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot recently caused much confusion by publicly eating a raw onion in the manner people would usually eat apples, with no complaint or objection. Whilst baffling to many, this may be one instance where science supports Tony Abbot’s actions.Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot currently has people scratching their heads as to what he was thinking when he ate a raw onion like most people would eat an apple. While people looking at Tony Abbot’s words and actions
  
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• Study reveals sexual appeal of war heroes

  14-03-2015 08:00
  Women are more attracted to war heroes than regular soldiers or men who display heroic traits in other fields, such as in sports or natural disaster work, according to new research from the...
  
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• Sophie Heawood: the zoo is an excellent place to study the habits of human beings

  14-03-2015 07:00
  
  ‘The more I walked around the zoo, the more I felt that this was beyond weird, like some historical flashback to the days of colonial freak shows’It’s the first sunny Saturday of the year, and I’m in a zoo for the first time since I was a teenager, getting excited about exotic animals. Someone has tipped us off that Mrs Gorilla has had a baby, and that Mr Gorilla is getting all angry and protective of them. All the action is happening over there, so we’ve sprinted t
  
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• Why the zoo is an excellent place to study the habits of human beings | Sophie Heawood

  14-03-2015 07:00
  
  ‘The more I walked around the zoo, the more I felt that this was beyond weird, like some historical flashback to the days of colonial freak shows’It’s the first sunny Saturday of the year, and I’m in a zoo for the first time since I was a teenager, getting excited about exotic animals. Someone has tipped us off that Mrs Gorilla has had a baby, and that Mr Gorilla is getting all angry and protective of them. All the action is happening over there, so we’ve sprinted t
  
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