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Disgust of Tunbridge Wells over BBC blunder that called the town ‘Royal Tonbridge Wells’

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Disgust of Tunbridge Wells over BBC blunder that called the town ‘Royal Tonbridge Wells’ – its less affluent neighbour five miles down the road BBC confused Tunbridge Wells with Tonbridge, its less affluent neighbour Citizens of Tunbridge Wells were left bristling with indignation over the mix up   Average house price in spa town is £520,000 – … Read more

People with low ‘disgust’ threshold ‘less vulnerable to infections’

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People of a sensitive disposition who are easily repulsed may have evolved this trait as a natural way of avoiding infections.  Scientists found people with a low threshold for feeling disgusted are less likely to be infected with bacteria or viruses.   This, researchers say, proves Charles Darwin’s 19th-century theory that disgust evolved as a self-defence … Read more