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The Stone of Scone,Is,The Stone of Destiny, the Coronation Stone,Kings,Queens of Ireland,Scotland,England,Crown ed for Century Af
Offbeat  (tags: he Stone of Scone, is, The Stone of Destiny, the Coronation Stone, Kings, Queens of Ireland, Scotland, England, scott shaubel, crowned for century after century )

Scott
- 1665 days ago - scotlandview.co.uk
The stone goes back to Old testament times when according to the legend Jacob used the stone as a pillow when he saw the ladder going into heaven.This is the legend of one of the greatest artifacts of all time.QE was crowned on it.
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Problems With Tree Ring Dating,and Carbon 14 Calibration,Timber Circle Discovered at Holme, England
Offbeat  (tags: Problems With Tree Ring Dating, Carbon 14 Calibration, timber circle discovered at Holme, England, love, jesus, earth, yourself, everything )

Scott
- 1722 days ago - detectingdesign.com
a very old living tree has 2,500 rings,very near 2,500 years - right? Wrong! living trees could be dated as far back as 4,700 years. The Methuselah Tree is has around 4,767 rings, making it the oldest living thing on Earth)... Not.
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Animal Dung Coffee at £50 a Cup
Offbeat  (tags: drink, unusual, humans, money, england )

Linda
- 1866 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A gourmet coffee blended from animal droppings is being sold at a London department store for £50 per cup.
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The Grandfather Who Won £1million With a 50p Flutter on the Horses | the Daily Mail
Offbeat  (tags: england, uk, millionaire, grandfather, racing, bet, gamble )

Chrissy
- 1912 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A frugal grandfather has been revealed as the punter who won £1million with a 50p horseracing bet. Hours after discovering the flutter of a lifetime had come up, Freddie Craggs celebrated his 60th birthday having a pub meal with friends - but chose not
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Shock Horror for Would-Be Power Cable Thief
Offbeat  (tags: power, cable thief, England )

Elisabett
- 1922 days ago - reuters.com
LONDON (Reuters) - Police in central England are hunting for a badly scorched would-be copper power cable thief after finding a hacksaw embedded in an 11,000 volt power cable Saturday night. The thief, who also left a lit blow torch at the scene, is ex
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Exorcist Hired to Expel Ghoul From Council House - UK/England
Offbeat  (tags: uk, england, ghost, psychic, council, family, exorcist )

Chrissy
- 1923 days ago - sunderlandecho.com
AN EXORCIST was hired by a council to expel a ghoul from a family home. And the move was worth every penny of taxpayers' cash, according to the terrified tenants. District of Easington Council paid £60 towards the psychic's fee after the frightened Fallon
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Hay Presto! Farmer Unveils the 'Illegal' Mock-Tudor Castle He Tried to Hide Behind 40ft Hay Bales - UK/England
Offbeat  (tags: england, uk, hay stack, house, tudor, home, farmer, castle, interesting, bizarre )

Chrissy
- 1942 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Hiding a needle in a haystack is easy enough. But Robert Fidler kept something much bigger concealed among the piles of straw down on his farm... a castle. Over the course of two years, he managed to secretly - and unlawfully - build the imposing mock
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Dog Leash Goths 'Hounded Off Bus' - UK/England
Offbeat  (tags: england, uk, goth, gothic, dog, pet, bizarre )

Chrissy
- 1944 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A goth who leads his girlfriend around with a dog lead and collar was stopped from getting on a bus amid fears for passenger safety, a bus firm confirmed. Dani Graves, 25, and his fiancee Tasha Maltby, 19, of Dewsbury, West Yorks, claim they have been dis
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Devilish Debate on End for Church of England
Offbeat  (tags: britain, queen, church, state, england, uk, Church of England, parliament, odd, strange, devil, god, house of commons )

Ceci
- 1957 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Eyebrows were raised in the House of Commons on Thursday when a motion calling for the Church of England to be disestablished was listed with the number 666, symbol of the AntiChrist. "This number is supposed to be the mark of the Devil...
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Man Banned From Own House - UK/England
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, england, noise, neighbour, jail, release )

Chrissy
- 1958 days ago - news.com.au
A BRITISH man who harassed and abused his neighbours for years has been banned from living and sleeping in his own house when he's released from jail. Carl Bridson is serving a six-month jail sentence for waging a five-year campaign against his neighbours
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From New Jersey to the UK
Offbeat  (tags: New Jersey, message in a bottle, England, tide currents )

RC
- 1959 days ago - firstcoastnews.com
What a long, strange trip for a message in a bottle tossed into the Atlantic by a girl visting Atlantic City washes up on the shore in North Cronwall, England.
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100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year - UK/England
Offbeat  (tags: uk, england, news, unusual, interesting, humor, humour )

Chrissy
- 1966 days ago - bbc.co.uk
The most interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from the daily news stories and the Magazine documents some of them in its weekly feature, 10 things we didn't know last week. To kick off 2008, here are some of the best of last year.
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'Ogling Pilots Destroy Building'
Offbeat  (tags: england, helicoter, au pair, sun bathing, ogling, detroyed, mansion )

Jacquelin
- 2040 days ago - news.com.au
A BRITISH family is suing the Ministry of Defence for half-a-million dollars after a helicopter destroyed a section of their mansion while hovering over their sunbathing nanny. The Daily Mail newspaper in the UK reported four servicemen were flying a M
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Stone Head Mystery Puzzles Northern England
Offbeat  (tags: Stone heads, England, left on doorsteps )


- 2057 days ago - witchvox.com
They've been left on unsuspecting doorsteps and outside post offices in the dead of night, but no one knows what to make of the mystery of the stone heads.
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Did Curiosity Kill The Cat
Offbeat  (tags: cat, mummy, england, mummified, unusual, entmobed, odd, hellokitty )

Chrissy
- 2111 days ago - gazetteandherald.co.uk
Builders have discovered a 100-year-old mummified cat entombed in a roof space. The crumbling cat, which dates back to the 18th or early 19th century, is believed to have crawled into the tiny space and died.
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