🌊 Miniature octopuses, scuba tanks, life rafts, flippers, sharks and some very rare green dragons are still washing ashore along the Cornwall coast today, 25 years after a container of Lego was washed off the deck of a cargo ship.

https://bbc.in/45lx2zp

#Lego #minifig #diver #sea #ocean #cargo #beachcomber #seaweed #toy

Photo by Nukamari on Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Deed

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 Every year more boys than girls are born, but sometimes the ratio gets even more out of whack. It's been called 'the returning soldier effect'. What causes it? Professor Hannah Fry investigates, on BBC Sounds.

https://bbc.in/3Q2UnBC

#BirthRate #sex #gender #childbirth #statistics

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 📚 The BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University has a brilliant, inspiring pedigree - so many wonderful stories and brilliant authors.

The 2023 shortlist is out. The five stories are 'The Storm' by Nick Mulgrew, 'It's Me' by K Patrick, 'Guests' by Cherise Saywell, 'Churail' by Kamila Shamsie and 'Comorbidities' by Naomi Wood.

From Monday 11 September you can listen to all five of the stories on BBC Sounds.

https://bbc.in/483V4l1

#BBCNSSA #ShortStories #literature #prize

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