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What is the best angle to hold a hosepipe at to spray water furthest?

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Part of the Guadiana river has dried up and gives way to dry land under the Puente de la Mesta medieval bridge in Villarta de los Montes, in the central-western Spanish region of Extremadura, on August 16, 2022. - Temperatures in Spain have been very high this summer with several unusual heat waves. Scientists say human-induced climate change is making extreme weather events including heatwaves and droughts more frequent and more intense. (Photo by THOMAS COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)

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What percentage of carbon dioxide emissions is from us breathing out?

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Does anything actually cure hiccups? (Part 2)

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Issue no. 3402 published 3 September 2022

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