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Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Does Britain have the world’s worst national anthem?: “A suitable Morrissey lyric could be tailored to a melody from Portishead.”
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Does Britain have the world’s worst national anthem?: “A suitable Morrissey lyric could be tailored to a melody from Portishead.”
Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number :: AO: “More than 200,000 computers spent years looking for the largest known prime number. It turned up on Michigan State University graduate student Michael Shafer’s off-the-shelf PC.”
Fisticuffs and flanking manouevres: “On Thursday, 4 December, the Amsterdam Forum shifted its attention to the new sport of chess boxing. The brainchild of a Dutch conceptual artist, chess boxing combines the physical punishment of pugilism with the mental exertion of chess, in quick succession.”