Links

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History:

Blackbeard's Booty: Pirate Ship Yields Medical Supplies - http://www.livescience.com/49563-blackbeard-pirate-ship-yields-medical-supplies.html

Why did my grandfather translate Mein Kampf? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30697262

Kenyan grandmother at school with her great-great-grandchildren - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30935874

Miscellaneous:

Poodwaddle World Clock - http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock/

The Strange Life of 'Lord' Timothy Dexter - http://priceonomics.com/the-strange-life-of-lord-timothy-dexter/ via @TwistedSifter on twitter.

Readers' gripes about TV depictions of their jobs - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30815588

India's 'superhero snacks' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-30585109

Politics:

The rubber glove rebellion - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30811426

The end of the CCTV era? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30793614

Science:

Scottish prehistoric reptile discovered - http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2015/fossil via nwhyte.

Sport:

Menstrual cycle 'last taboo' for women in sport - Annabel Croft - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/30908551

Football:

David Ginola wants combined men and women's World Cups - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30903745 Or, to quote a friend, joke candidates aren't supposed to have sensible policies.

Wilfried Bony: Ivory Coast's history-making striker - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30820196

Cambridge Utd v Man Utd: Things you did not know about the U's - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30917494