Child sexual abuse - some facts:
At least 3.1m adults suffered it (ONS)
2/3 happens in family
85% of offenders are White
In relation to one model of abuse i.e. street grooming, Brit Pakistanis disproportionately involved
Far Right only ever exploit victims and nearly collapse trials.
According to Full Fact...
The standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number.
Why was that gauge used?
Well, because that's the way they built them in England, and English engineers designed the first US railroads.
Why did the English build them like that?
Because the first rail...
The origin story of the breakfast behemoth, is actually a very adult one. The first cold cereal was introduced in 1863, when a religious conservative vegetarian and health spa (then called a “sanitarium”) proprietor named James Caleb Jackson created what he called “granula” made out of graham flour. The cereal was...
You are 23 times more likely to be prosecuted for benefit fraud than tax fraud in the UK. Tax crimes cost the economy at least nine times more. It’s a rigged two tier system. One rule for us and another for them.
And its getting even more unjust:
According to the...
Have a look and have a think.
There are clues below for those who are struggling?
AndorraBelarusBoliviaBurundiCentral African RepublicChadCongo, Republic ofGuatemalaIvory CoastKyrgyzstanLiechtensteinLuxembourgMaliMarshall IslandsMonacoMongoliaParaguaySao Tome and PrincipeSwedenTajikistanUzbekistanVatican City
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Clues:
1. It began in 1066 and hit its heights during the Victorian era but the above either did not succumb or did not...
Sod, the Da Vinci Code, Templar, Mary Madelaine Conspiracy theories..... If you want a cover-up, they are nothing compared to the well hidden fact that all the early christians were vegans!
Christians that refused to eat meat were deemed herectical by the state, Emperor Constantine (3rd Century) made the Christians...
Young female doctors are two and half times likely to take their own lives.
(University of Psychiatry)
The reasons for suicide among doctors, as in the general population, are often related to untreated or under-treated depression, bipolar disorder, or substance misuse.
We know that there are specific risk factors including GMC involvement,...
In the US, is it true that when you ride an ambulance to go to the hospital, it costs money for the drive there? Why would it cost money for you to be taken there if you’re in emergency need?
Yes. The day I learned that there are places in...
The first edition of 'In the Parlour' discusses how propaganda is used to undermine democracy and reduce free will. It also offers up a solution to enable democracy to be enhanced and to empower the public consciousness.
Focusing on the likes of Colonel Tom Walker, Edward Bernays and George...
Are you one of the vast majority of people who shampoos first and then conditions? If you are then like the others you have been doing it the wrong way around if our hair is foremost in our thoughts. Also how we condition it is often done wrong.
According to...
