Author Ian McEwan helped his son write his A-level English exam about one of his own novels, Enduring Love. The teacher disagreed with his interpretation.
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Take your height and divide by eight. That's how tall your head is!
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Omar bin Laden (Osama's son) was denied citizenship in Britain in 2007 because "Omar failed to provide his father's permanent address".
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Scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
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There is a village in Ireland called Muff, and they have their own diving club.
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Over 1,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
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McDonald's did away with its spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons.
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