1 pigeon A noble pigeon did the avian version o
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A noble pigeon did the avian version of streaking this week when it stormed the court during a Wimbledon qualifying match and delayed the game by about a minute.
The pigeon was lucky Rufus the Hawk wasn’t on the job at that moment. Normally, Wimbledon employs Rufus to discourage lesser birds from bugging players. [Deadspin]
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/27/wimbledon-2016-rufus-the-hawk-has-new-partner-in-game-of-stop-th/?ex_cid=SigDig
1.4 million children
An internationally renown Syrian doctor who coordinated a campaign that vaccinated 1.4 million Syrian children has given up on coming back to the U.S. — he was studying at Brown University — because of the travel ban. Instead, Khaled Almilaji will settle in Canada. [The Associated Press]
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/signific...cid=SigDig
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