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“The founders of Australia's oldest micro-nation, the Hutt River Province in Western Australia, have been ordered to pay more than A$3 million (£1.8m; $2.3m) in taxes owed.

The former self-proclaimed sovereign Prince Leonard Casley set up the independent state of Hutt River 47 years ago after a stoush with the State Government over wheat production quotas, and anointed himself sovereign.

The province near Northampton in Western Australia's Mid West, about 500 kilometres north of Perth, is not legally recognised by the Australian Government.

Prince Leonard was ordered to pay $2.7 million to the ATO, while his son Arthur was ordered to pay $242,000. They would also have to pay an undisclosed sum in interest and court costs.

The principality has long been pursued by the Australian Taxation Office. In 1977, following repeated demands for payments from the ATO, the province declared war on Australia, which it withdrew several days later.” [x][x]

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“Differenze Linguistiche (English: Linguistic Differences) is a series of vertical rage comics illustrating various stereotypes or misperceptions associated with Western languages and their phonetic systems. The meme originated with the Italian Facebook group Differenze Linguistiche created on February 27th, 2012.”[x][x][x]

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"A Dutch TV network has filmed border officials confiscating ham sandwiches and other foods from drivers arriving in the Netherlands from the UK, under post-Brexit rules.

Under EU rules, travellers from outside the bloc are banned from bringing in meat and dairy products. In one scene, a border official asked the driver whether several of his tin-foil wrapped sandwiches had meat in them.

When the driver said they did, the border official said: "Okay, so we take them all."

Surprised, the driver then asked the officials if he could keep the bread, to which one replied: "No, everything will be confiscated - welcome to the Brexit, sir. I'm sorry." " [x][x]

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“Joulupukki translates to “Yule Goat.” Yule, a pre-Christian pagan festival, was a midwinter celebration with feasting and sacrifice that took place in many Germanic cultures. So what do goats have to do with it? While sadly there’s no definitive answer, the most popular theory suggests that goats are linked to the god Thor. Associated with storms and fertility, Thor commanded a goat-driven chariot, and goats became associated with harvests and fertility through him. Traditions evolved as they tend to do, and men took to dressing up in horned goat costumes as part of the rituals. In Finland, the nuuttipukki as they are called, were evil spirits who would go door to door demanding gifts and leftovers from the Yule feast.” [x][x][x]

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"The blue and gold braided beard on the burial mask of pharaoh Tutankhamun has been hastily glued back on after it was damaged, museum employees say. The 3,000-year-old artefact, with other relics from the boy king's tomb, is among Cairo's biggest attractions." "One report, in the Daily News Egypt, quoted prosecutors as saying: "Ignoring all scientific methods of restoration, the suspects tried to conceal their crime by using sharp metal tools to remove parts of the glue that became visible, thus damaging the 3,000-year-old piece without a moment of conscience."" [x][x][x]

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“On 5 July 2018, the chief minister of the Malaysian state of Johor suggested that the price at which Singapore buys water should be raised by 1600 percent. Water-scarce Singapore has depended on Malaysia for supply since their split in 1965, and has been buying water at 3 Malaysian cents per thousand imperial gallons. The same deal that has provided Singapore with up to 60 percent of its water has been the biggest wrench in relations between the two countries ever since.” [x][x]

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"Two misleading ads for mobile games that bear little relation to the actual product have been banned by UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

The ads, for the Homescapes and Gardenscapes games, both come from developer Playrix.They showed a game where users pull pins in a specific order to solve a puzzle - though the actual games had totally different "core gameplay".

The ASA said the ads should not be used again." [x][x][x]

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"It was a tough year for many in 2020, but dictionary publisher Sanseidou selected the cutest of distressed voices for its word of the year. Pien, which took off in popularity among young Japanese people, represents the sound of crying to express mild sadness or disappointment. In online usage, it is frequently paired with the puppy eyes of the “pleading face” emoji 🥺."

"In fact, you just have to look on social media to see that the word "pien" has been widely adopted by Japanese users, especially teenage girls. The hashtag has already been used tens of thousands of times on Instagram by young girls who even use filters to get the famous pleading face captured in the emoji." [x][x][x][x]

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"The Philippines has the worst traffic in Southeast Asia, among six different members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It also ranked ninth worst on a global scale, according to the 2020 Numbeo Traffic Index report.

The report covered 81 different countries, focusing on the average time spent in traffic, the amount of carbon dioxide consumed in traffic, as well as overall inefficiencies in the traffic system.

Over in ASEAN, six countries were ranked, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam." [x][x][x]

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“The British centered their tea production in India. In 1823, tea was discovered growing in northern India, but the British did not organize its cultivation until 1834, under the direction of Governor General Lord William Henry Cavendish. By the 1880s, Indian tea supplanted Chinese tea in the British market. Soon afterwards, Indian tea was the most popular tea everywhere, except in Arabia, which continued purchasing Chinese tea. The British success depended on the more efficient usage of fertilizers and labor.” [x][x]

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Alphonse Mucha, The Abolition of Serfdom in Russia [x][x]

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“With a population of over 36,000 people packed into an area considerably less than one square mile, the Principality of Monaco is the second smallest and most densely populated country in the world. Managing the unique needs of the city state's waste is a combination of vehicles and underground bins as well as a vacuum collection system and a waste-to-energy plant.

The privately-owned waste collection service, Societe Monegasque D' Assainissement (SMA), has a workforce of forty staff who collect waste seven days a week. Two-thirds of the waste is collected during the day with the remainder collected at night. It is then transported through an underground network of pipes directly into the waste storage bunker of the waste-to-energy plant at Fontvieille. The system, which uses a vacuum to suck waste from residents into underground containers, is well suited to the densely populated principality. This reduces the need for additional waste storage infrastructure, where waste from the system is transported directly to the principality's incineration plant and discharged into the waste storage bunker.” [x][x][x][x]

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Traditionally, German beachgoers construct a Strandburgen (Sand castle), often intricately decorated, at their spot on the beach. A work of German engineering marvel, a circular wall is built around a shallow pit to provide shade, protection against the wind, as well as support for the back when seated. The cooler, moist sand after digging is also more comfortable to sit on. The practice fell out of fashion in the late 20th century, but the stereotype remained. [x][x]

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