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How Norwegians start their vacuum cleaner
Yes!, in Norway everything is powered by oil
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Why Are Norwegian Tank Drivers Wearing Oculus Rift Headsets?
If you are a soldier, the inside of a tank is a very desirable place to be to avoid enemy bullets. The downside, of course, is that if you are piloting a gigantic armored vehicle, it can be very difficult to see what's going on around you on the battlefield. What to do?
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North Sea 'Atlantis' hit by tsunami
A prehistoric "Atlantis" in the North Sea may have been abandoned after being hit by a 5m tsunami 8,200 years ago.
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Iraqi Farouk al-Kasim behind Norway oil fund that is envy of world
Like parts of Canada and the United States, Norway has a very lucrative oil and gas industry. But unlike Alberta and Alaska, Norway chose not to use its resource wealth immediately to pay for hefty tax cuts or social programs. Instead, the Scandinavian country squirrelled its money away in a fund for future generations, a decision that is paying enormous social dividends.
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Man found in Oslo with total memory loss
Police in Oslo have released photos of a man found wandering aimlessly in the city in December, having apparently suffered total amnesia, in the hope that someone from his past life will recognize him.
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How did a small cabin near the North Pole get some of the world's fastest Internet?
On a cold shore in the icy archipelago of Svalbard, a relative stone's throw from the North Pole, a small cabin belonging to Svein Nordahl is a hive of activity. He has no running water and not one of Svalbard's 31 miles of roads stretches as far as Bjørndalen, the small community of scattered shacks where he has made his home.
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Masked Russians seized our gear: Norway journos
Masked guards seized computers and storage devices from three Norwegian journalists on Tuesday and labelled them as spies as they attempted to leave the Crimean peninsula for mainland Ukraine.
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Norway will cut through an island in tribute to massacre victims
How do you adequately craft a memorial for one of the worst days in a country's modern history? That's the question that was posed to architects and artists as part of a competition for a dual-site memorial commemorating the attacks in Norway on July 22nd, 2011. On that day, 77 people were killed, eight by an Oslo car bomb and 69 in a massacre at a youth event on the island of Utøya.
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Norway Landscape Wound Commemorating Utoya Mass Shooting
Svein Bjørkås decided that Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg would build a symbolic landscape wound paying tribute to the Utoya mass shooting.
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Norway will cut through an island in tribute to massacre victims
How do you adequately craft a memorial for one of the worst days in a country's modern history? That's the question that was posed to architects and artists as part of a competition for a dual-site...
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Norwegian Speedskater Captures Majesty Of Olympic Flame
Norwegian speedskater Håvard Bøkko uploaded this picture of the Olympic flame to Instagram.
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Dark lands: the grim truth behind the 'Scandinavian miracle'
Television in Denmark is rubbish, Finnish men like a drink – and Sweden is not exactly a model of democracy. Why, asks one expert, does everybody think the Nordic region is a utopia?
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Norwegian school using The Walking Dead to teach ethics
Norwegian teacher Tobias Staaby is getting a fair bit of good press today for playing Telltale's The Walking Dead with his students at Nordahl Grieg Upper Secondary School in Bergen, Norway. Staaby incorporates the game into his religious studies curriculum to help spur discussion about morality and ethical choices.
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25 Reasons Norway Is The Greatest Place On Earth
Norway is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful places on Earth. It's home to more natural wonders than we can count and it has stunning cities, fascinating history and really happy people.
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120,000,000 Ylvis Fans Can't Be Wrong
The exceedingly strange world of the "What Does the Fox Say?" viral-video sensations, costarring nosy Norwegian journalists, Paris Hilton, and Kathie Lee Gifford.
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Top-Selling Cars In Norway Now Electric Cars (Two Months In A Row) — 4 Reasons Why
For two months in a row, the top-selling car in Norway has been an electric car. (Yes, the #1 best-selling car of any kind was an electric car in both September and October.) Interestingly, it wasn't the same car. In September, it was the Tesla Model S that led Norwegian auto sales. In October, it was the Nissan Leaf.
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Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen is new chess champion
Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen has become the world champion, beating Indian title holder Viswanathan Anand. Carlsen, 22, secured a draw to win the World Chess Championship in 10 games, with two left to play.
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Norway's military goes veggie to save climate
The Norwegian military said Tuesday it plans to put its troops on a vegetarian diet once a week in a bid to fight a new kind of enemy -- climate change.
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NSA logged 33m calls in Nato ally Norway
The US National Security Agency (NSA) logged more than 33 million phone calls made by its Nato ally Norway over just one month, a secret document seen by Norway's Dagbladet newspaper has revealed.
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Village in Norway
Breathtaking view of a fishing village in Reine, Norway
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