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# urine

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# urine trouble
Politician forced to drop out of race over video of him peeing in mug at woman's home
The man was repairing a sink at a woman’s home when he grabbed a mug, urinated in it and then emptied it in the sink.
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Sep 7th 2015, 10:42 PM
# refreshing
Has Obama been drinking his own urine in a bid to highlight climate change?
The US President is taking part in Bear Grylls’ show in a bid to bring the issue to a wider audience.
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Sep 3rd 2015, 6:55 AM
# Don't unzip. Hold it!
San Francisco paints walls with repellent that makes pee spray back on your shoes and pants
San Francisco was forced to tackle public urination after a light pole corroded by urine recently fell on a car.
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Aug 16th 2015, 7:45 AM
# alkaline state
Elle MacPherson thinks we should be checking our wee for acid
Elle herself is in an ‘alkaline state’, don’t you know.
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Apr 24th 2015, 8:32 PM
# urine
Refugee camps could soon be powered by… PEE
And it’s all thanks to a urinal.
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Mar 5th 2015, 1:15 PM
# embarrassed
The 'miserable' pregnancy problem Irish women don't like talking about
Some women stop exercising or socialising because they are afraid of the problem being noticed – and many feel isolated and embarrassed by it.
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Mar 3rd 2015, 2:00 PM
# rotten
This blood-stained mattress was offered to a family in a Dublin homeless shelter - Councillor
Councillor Chris Curran says the recently homeless woman was made ‘visibly upset’ at the shelter.
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Jun 9th 2014, 10:15 PM
# urine trouble
It turns out urine is not actually sterile
If you’re a woman, that is.
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May 18th 2014, 5:30 PM
# f-wee-zing
Here's what happens when you pee outside in below freezing weather
All in the name of science, obviously.
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Jan 8th 2014, 3:26 PM
# whizz kids
University physicists explain how men can prevent urinal splashback
It’s the problem all men face at some point.
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Nov 7th 2013, 7:30 PM
# Anti-social behaviour
Bus Éireann passengers terrorised by 'rowdy' youths throwing urine around coach
One passenger told TheJournal.ie that she and her boyfriend were threatened and that the bus driver was too intimidated to do anything about it.
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Sep 1st 2013, 8:45 AM
# Daniel Chong
Student 'forgotten' in cell for four days to get $4 million from US
Daniel Chong said he had to drink his own urine to stay alive in the windowless Drug Enforcement Administration cell.
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Jul 31st 2013, 8:27 AM
# News Fix
Here’s What Happened Today: Tuesday
Everyone’s talking about the abortion legislation passing the Seanad, Magdalene laundries, and Katy French’s inquest.
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Jul 16th 2013, 10:09 PM
# had to happen
Now there's an app that analyses your pee
It’s on the way – and it won’t involve you urinating on your phone…
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Mar 2nd 2013, 6:00 PM
# Afghanistan
US denounces video showing Marines 'urinating on Taliban dead'
Defence secretary Leon Panetta calls Hamid Karzai and promises a full investigation into the video, which was leaked online.
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Jan 12th 2012, 6:11 PM
# Ig Nobel Prize
Wasabi, yawning, and needing to pee: the winners of the 2011 Ig Nobel prizes
The alternative annual prizes – honouring science that makes us laugh and think – are as off-the-wall as ever.
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Oct 5th 2011, 3:56 PM
# Austria
Austrian man says he was fired for washing hands, face with own urine
Alfred Zoppelt claims his ‘urine therapy’ was not a problem before now.
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Aug 13th 2011, 4:50 PM
# Drought
Drought forces town to recycle urine
A Texan town has been hit so hard by drought that it will begin recycling treated effluent and turning it into drinking water.
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Aug 6th 2011, 2:53 PM