The Sun [UK] | 15 March 2019
FLIPPIN' COIN
A LUCKY penny that saved a World War One soldier’s
life by deflecting a German bullet is being sold 101 years on. Private John
Trickett kept the coin in his breast pocket on the Western Front. He was still
badly injured as the bullet went up through his nose and ear, leaving John deaf
and disabled for the rest of his life. Born in Lincolnshire, John later lived
in South Yorkshire and died in 1962 aged 63. The penny, unearthed by his
granddaughter, will be auctioned with his war medals this month in Etwall,
Derbys. […]
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Times of India
15 March 2019
Fact Check: Do paracetamol
tablets contain ‘machupo’ virus?
A viral
message on WhatsApp advises readers against consuming paracetamol tablets with
‘P-500’ written on them. The message claims that the tablets contain a deadly virus
named ‘Machupo’, which gets transmitted to the person consuming the pill. […]
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The Age
[Melbourne]
17 March
2019
Column 8
[…] Nola
Tucker's delight in watching traffic lights change colour in Kiama (C8) reminded
Tim Ingall of Scottsdale, Arizona, of his time living in Cooma years ago when
"we used to disparage Goulburn by saying that the highlight for its locals
was to watch the chickens rotating on the rotisserie in the front window of the
fish and chips shop."
John
Holstein of Yerong Creek - a town with no traffic lights and only a railway
crossing for excitement - is a bit cheeky. "Goodooga in North West NSW was
voted the most boring town in Australia. Rumour had it that people would visit
the service station every time a car arrived just to watch the numbers change
on the petrol pump. Given that the servo closed long ago perhaps they could
follow Kiama's lead (C8) and install a set of traffic lights to amuse the
locals." […]