Ten Things of Food and Fray

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1. A cow set for a slaughterhouse has instead escaped, by ramming a fence and swimming to an island. The runaway bovine has sought sanctuary on the islands of Lake Nyskie in southern Poland for the past few weeks.
2. Animal bones dating back five million years - including some from a mammoth - have been handed into a charity shop.
3. A vegan food company has recalled all of its dairy-free coconut yoghurts after they were found to contain milk, while a third of people in the UK underestimate how many calories they are eating, according to an analysis of Office of National Statistics data.
4. Research shows that heavy drinking can increase the risk of developing dementia. Studies have also found that even in moderation, drinking alcohol could increase the risk of dementia.
5. A Bangkok court has awarded paternity rights to a Japanese man over 13 babies he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers in a case that shed light on Thailand's booming surrogacy industry.
6. Religious groups have condemned a bill in Iceland's parliament that would ban circumcision for non-medical reasons. Jewish and Muslim leaders however have called the bill an attack on religious freedom. Iceland would be the first European country to ban the procedure.
7. The family of a Brazilian woman have claimed she was buried alive and may have spent 11 days trying to fight her way out of a coffin.
8. An Australian town has been hit by a dust storm that covered the outback community in orange dust.
9. A Japanese company is planning to build the world's tallest wooden skyscraper, to mark its 350th anniversary in 2041.
10. At the Winter Olympics, Canada's Justin Kripps and Germany's Francesco Friedrich tie for gold in the men's two-man bobsleigh - the first time in 20 years the title has been shared.

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