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Britain's oldest twins who pride themselves on leading “frugal lives” have celebrated their 102nd birthdays – with cheese sandwiches. (Steve Chatterley, SWNS/Zenger)

Britain’s oldest twins celebrate 102nd with cheese

Edith Dumbleton and Dorcas Tobin were born 45 minutes apart on June 28, 1920 at their family home in Banbury,Oxfordshire, England.
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A shop window was offered as accommodation on Airbnb – for the steep price of CHF 3,300 ($1,300) per night during Art Basel art fair, in June 2022, and got actually booked, the room was subsequently completely remodeled together with the architectural office Studio Hammer and the Berrel Gwind. (Leihlager, Gawin Steiner/Zenger)

Woman pays big to stay in Airbnb shop window

The listing was supposed to serve as a joke as part of the international Art Basel art fair in Switzerland.
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A way of covering a robotic finger with living human cells has been developed by Japanese scientists. (Jon Mills/Zenger)

Japanese scientists develop living skin for robotic finger

The method not only gave a robotic finger a skin-like texture, but also provides water-repellent and self-healing functions.
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Freshman Winston Yan enters the Admissions Building at Harvard University September 12, 2006 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.(Photo by Glen Cooper/Getty Images)

Nearly 20% of Americans lack post-grad plans

And nearly a fifth of respondents who attended college admitted they didn’t have a plan for after senior year (17 percent).
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