Hello and let's start things off with something weird!
IBTimes: Ronald Reagan’s Blood Sold at Auction Angers Supporters - Simple Reaganomics says Seller
Ronald Reagan's foundation has expressed outrage towards a British
auction house for selling a vial of the former US President's blood in
an online auction.
Also, this last min. item I wanted to post.
DailyMail: Girl, 16, kills herself after researching doomsday disasters and becoming convinced the world was about to end
Isabel Taylor, 16, thought civilisation would end in 2012 after researching nuclear meltdowns
IBTimes: Ronald Reagan’s Blood Sold at Auction Angers Supporters - Simple Reaganomics says Seller
Also, this last min. item I wanted to post.
DailyMail: Girl, 16, kills herself after researching doomsday disasters and becoming convinced the world was about to end
Isabel Taylor, 16, thought civilisation would end in 2012 after researching nuclear meltdowns
A teenager hanged herself after becoming convinced the world would end in 2012 after researching doomsday scenarios on the internet, an inquest heard.
Schoolgirl Isabel Taylor, 16, turned to Buddhism after becoming fed up with the 'complications and injustice' of the modern world.But while searching for answers she began researching doomsday scenarios - becoming convinced a nuclear reactor meltdown would end civilisation in the coming months.
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