It just feels like this story pretty much sums up life during the current Covid-19 shutdown. A surprise outing in a fighter jet unnerved one defence company executive so much he accidentally ejected himself while flying at over 500km/h (320mph), an investigation into the debacle in France has found. The 64-year-old civilian got the most …

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An interesting slice of life series of articles at the Songfacts webpage focuses on the changes to their lives that writers of famous songs have experienced. In most cases these are not the people who sang the songs that became hits. Some of the names are familiar, lots aren’t. But each story demonstrates that one …

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Guardian News featured this clip of a woman playing the violin while undergoing brain surgery. The aim was to ensure that the surgeons were not damaging parts of the brain responsible for fine motor skills. Apparently having patients awake during such operations is not rare, but the violin playing was unusual.