TIL on 10 August 2018 in England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a "'floating ball of fire'" -- ball lightning -- was "spotted during a thunderstorm outside an Essex care home." This "orb of fire" "drifted for 15 to 20 seconds...It exploded and caused damage to the woodwork." essexlive.news/news/essex…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/trot-trot
πŸ“…︎ Nov 24 2018
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'Ball of fire' spotted floating outside Great Wakering care home during thunderstorm: "The cause of this rare meteorological phenomenon has remained unexplained for centuries" [Essex, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland] essexlive.news/news/essex…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/trot-trot
πŸ“…︎ Aug 15 2018
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πŸ”₯ πŸ”₯ πŸ”₯ 'Ball of fire' spotted floating outside Great Wakering care home during thunderstorm: "The cause of this rare meteorological phenomenon has remained unexplained for centuries" [Essex, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland] πŸ”₯ πŸ”₯ πŸ”₯ essexlive.news/news/essex…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/trot-trot
πŸ“…︎ Aug 15 2018
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Man declares that a poster's wife (In the United Kingdom) is "not getting the best care" despite having never worked in the UK. General American exceptionalism ensues. reddit.com/r/MurderedByWo…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/cavecricket49
πŸ“…︎ Feb 26 2020
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[OT] Another update on Juan Manuel Correa: He will be transferred to a specialised ICU located in the United Kingdom to continue his recovery process under the care of a specialised team of physicians. twitter.com/ChrisMedlandF…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Aratho
πŸ“…︎ Sep 03 2019
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TIL that Liverpool is home to the oldest black community in the United Kingdom and the oldest Chinese community in Europe. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liv…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/sober_disposition
πŸ“…︎ Mar 02 2020
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Asked about any possible U.S. role in the tensions, Pompeo said, β€œThe responsibility ... falls to the United Kingdom to take care of their ships.” uk.reuters.com/article/uk…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/eulenauge
πŸ“…︎ Jul 22 2019
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Redditors that live in the United Kingdom, how much do you actually care about the royal family drama?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/CRicetheGOD
πŸ“…︎ Mar 13 2020
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Keir Starmer: I spent 20 years of my life fighting against the death penalty in other countries. I never thought that in the 21st century I would see a Home Secretary of the United Kingdom who believes in capital punishment twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/debaser11
πŸ“…︎ Jul 26 2019
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Boris Johnson has promised offshore wind will produce more than enough electricity to power every home in the United Kingdom by 2030; creating a new target for floating offshore wind to deliver 1GW of energy by 2030 governmentbusiness.co.uk/…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Wagamaga
πŸ“…︎ Oct 06 2020
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SOCIALIST NIGHTMARE! The United Kingdom has the best preventative health care in the world. pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/JoshSN
πŸ“…︎ Feb 26 2010
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UK ranked #1 in healthcare: "The United Kingdom, which spends just $3,405 per person on health care, placed first overall in the comparison of 11 nations that include Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Canada, France, Germany and others." washingtonpost.com/news/t…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/FooFighterJL
πŸ“…︎ Jun 17 2014
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Who has the UK nuclear button while Johnson is ill? No comment. The British government declined on Tuesday to say who had responsibility for the United Kingdom's nuclear codes while Prime Minister Boris Johnson is treated in intensive care for COVID-19 complications. uk.reuters.com/article/us…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/GoodNewsBot
πŸ“…︎ Apr 07 2020
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Spotted in today Coventry, United Kingdom 02/06/19. Was on my way home from Gloucestershire and happened to stop in town to take my train back to London. Folks say there ain’t much in Coventry, they were wrong. The car is way bigger than I had initially imagined.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/StrawberryWodka
πŸ“…︎ Jun 02 2019
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Posted at 5 minutes past midnight in the United Kingdom at home
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πŸ‘€︎ u/greg-the-egg
πŸ“…︎ Jun 23 2019
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Official handover ceremony of first British Airways Concorde in the Heathrow Airport. London, United Kingdom. January 15, 1976. [1023x681]
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Johannes_P
πŸ“…︎ Sep 26 2021
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This is Charlie T. Doggo, all the way from the mean streets of Bucharest to his forever home in the United Kingdom!
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πŸ‘€︎ u/thefixisin2000
πŸ“…︎ Nov 16 2019
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In the morning! I am from Hong Kong and hope to collect a United Kingdom 2020-SLOGAN postmark (Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save lives.) I will provide stamp exchange in Hong Kong or China! Or the exchange method proposed by you! Thank you for your help ! Please contact me!
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πŸ‘€︎ u/HK-LAU
πŸ“…︎ Apr 18 2020
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Novavax Files for Authorization of its COVID-19 Vaccine in the United Kingdom ir.novavax.com/2021-10-27…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/DeathridgeB
πŸ“…︎ Oct 27 2021
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Charles de Gaulle inspecting Free French Navy sailors in the United Kingdom, 1941.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Beeninya
πŸ“…︎ Nov 30 2021
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The United Kingdom is the global healthcare leader. They lead the word in health care quality, access and efficiency. imgur.com/7hBldv0
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πŸ‘€︎ u/drblackmamba
πŸ“…︎ Aug 29 2014
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Pembrokeshire is home to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, the only coastal national park of its kind in the United Kingdom facebook.com/Pembrokeshir…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/PembDave
πŸ“…︎ Mar 27 2018
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World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Now Operational - According to Earther, the first 50 turbines at the Hornsea One wind farm, located 75 miles off the east coast of Yorkshire in the United Kingdom, are now generating electricity for up to 287,00 homes. e360.yale.edu/digest/worl…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/IAmHumanFriend
πŸ“…︎ Jun 14 2019
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The protests were a rare occurrence for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler who faces no overt criticism at home and who received a lavish reception earlier in his tour in visits to Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt reuters.com/article/us-mi…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/DoremusJessup
πŸ“…︎ Nov 27 2018
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ELI5: How exactly does the health care system work in the United Kingdom and how does it differ from then United States?

I know the United Kingdom has a publicly funded health care system, but how does that exactly work and how does it differ from the United States way of handling things? Any links to further my knowledge on this topic are greatly appreciated

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πŸ‘€︎ u/IscoAlcaron
πŸ“…︎ Nov 12 2015
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[13:06] How The United Kingdom's Health-Care System Works youtube.com/watch?v=45PfR…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/BlunanNation
πŸ“…︎ Mar 31 2020
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"Ball lightning" by Christine Muir -- "My husband Tommy came in and was about to light the gas light . . . when a whirling ball of light, golden orange in colour, and about a foot in diameter, moving very fast, shot in . . ." [Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland] web.archive.org/web/20150…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/trot-trot
πŸ“…︎ Nov 21 2021
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Allianz picks brave moment to double down on UK. Allianz has picked a brave moment to expand in the United Kingdom. The German insurer on Friday announced it was spending 820 million pounds ($1 billion) to bulk up its car, pet and home insurance businesses in Britain. uk.reuters.com/article/us…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/oskar81
πŸ“…︎ Jun 01 2019
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What will happen to the flags of Australia and New Zealand if United Kingdom decides to get rid of their monarch? Will they retain the union jack in their flags?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Ashwath_S
πŸ“…︎ Nov 01 2021
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Narendra Modi targets Rahul Gandhi over association with UK firm |The Home Ministry recently served a notice on Gandhi claiming that a company named Backops Limited was registered in the United Kingdom in 2003 with the Congress leader as one of its directors. economictimes.indiatimes.…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/chosieleuser
πŸ“…︎ May 19 2019
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Is social health care improving in the United Kingdom? Report: "The proportion of adult social care services rated as good or excellent rose from 69% in 2008 to 77% in 2009" politicallyillustrated.co…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/stevenkneff
πŸ“…︎ Mar 22 2010
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Shades of Red of Flags of Countries (including the Home Nations of the United Kingdom) with European Territory
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πŸ‘€︎ u/InkyScrolls
πŸ“…︎ Oct 31 2019
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[muh free market health care] We must learn from the failures of the United Kingdom and Sweden and say no to single payer youtube.com/watch?v=35Mpa…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/broadfuckingcity
πŸ“…︎ Jun 06 2017
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Archaeologists in Israel find the gateway to the city of Goliath Home of Goliath and the greatest city on earth during the tenth-ninth century BCE, around the time of the "United Kingdom" of Israel and Ahab, king of Israel.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Chapoisat
πŸ“…︎ Dec 25 2018
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A boy born weighing 268 grams (9.45 oz) was sent home healthy after months in the neonatal care unit in Tokyo. He's the smallest child to ever be born and survive
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