That’s Odd

schools, defined as those that promote a particular faith or belief system and teach material “through the lens of this faith.”

Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said Maine’s program “promotes stricter separation of church and state than the federal Constitution requires.”

The tuition program is not neutral, he said, because “the state pays tuition for certain students at private schools — so long as the schools are not religious. That is discrimination against religion.”

He also noted that the state money does not go directly to schools but flows “through the independent choices of private benefit recipients.”

Two years ago, in a case from Montana, the court ruled that when states make tuition money generally available, they cannot exclude schools that are run by religious institutions — that have, in other words, a religious status. But that decision left unresolved the issue of whether it would matter if the schools actually offered religious instruction.

The court has now answered that question, saying it doesn’t matter.

It’s O-Fish-ial

Cambodia is officially the location of the world’s largest recorded freshwater

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fish. The giant stingray was caught in the Mekong River on June 13.

Measuring almost 13 feet and weighing a whopping 660 pounds, local residents named the underwater creature “Boramy,” or “full moon,” because of its round shape and because the moon was on the horizon when it was freed on June 14.

The previous record for a freshwater fish was a 293-kilogram (646-pound) Mekong giant catfish, discovered in Thailand in 2005.

The fisherman who caught Boramy notified scientists of his catch. They arrived within hours of getting a post-midnight call with the news and were amazed at what they saw.

“Yeah, when you see a fish this size, especially in freshwater, it is hard to comprehend, so I think all of our team was stunned,” Wonders of the Mekong leader Zeb Hogan said.

Freshwater fish are defined as those that spend their entire lives in freshwater, as opposed to giant marine species such as bluefin tuna and marlin or fish that migrate between fresh and saltwater like the huge beluga sturgeon.

Scientists tagged the fish and then released Boramy into the water, hoping to learn from it as it swims through the waters.

“The giant stingray is a very poorly understood fish. Its name, even its scientific name, has changed several times in the last 20 years,” Hogan said. “It’s found throughout Southeast Asia, but we have almost no information about it. We don’t know about its life history. We don’t know about its ecology, about its migration patterns.”

This is the fourth giant stingray reported in the same area in the past two months, all of them females.

The lucky fisherman who reeled in Boramy last week received a nice sum of $600.

That’s quite the catch.

Little Writer

Bella Jay Dark is an accomplished writer. She sold more than 1,000 copies of her newest book, The Lost Cat.

What makes Bella unique is that she’s not even close to graduating high school. The British girl is just five years old and has nabbed the Guinness World Record for the youngest female to publish a book.

Dark wrote and illustrated the book with help from her mother, Chelsie Syme; the tome was published by Ginger Fyre Press.

“Both her dad and I are very proud,” Syme told The Dorset Echo. “[The book] is about a cat that goes out getting lost and realizes she should not go out without her mum, so it has got a good message to it.”

Syme received confirmation from Guinness World Records this week that Bella is now a record holder.

“She has done the all the drawings by herself apart from one towards the back her older sister Lacey-May produced,” Syme shared. “This achievement is well deserved for all the hard work and dedication she’s put into The Lost Cat, and which we’re sure she will continue to do with her up and coming books. Watch out for The Lost Cat 2.”

Dark’s book was published when she was 5 years and 211 days old. Still, she’s not the youngest person to publish a book. That title goes to a boy, Thanuwana Serasinghe of Sri Lanka, who was 4 years and 356 days old when his book, Junk Food, was published in 2017.

These kids sound like they’re “all write.”

The End of the Floating Eatery

as it headed out to sea. The popular tourist attraction had been around for more than 40 years. During those four decades, more than 30 million people – yes, million, with an M – visited the Asian eatery.

The restaurant had been leaving the city to an unknown destination. But after encountering poor conditions in the South China Sea, the boat capsized on Sunday, and crew were unable to save the 260-foot-long vessel.

It’s been more than two years since the restaurant had served Cantonese fare, as it had shut down during the pandemic and had not reopened since. Due to high maintenance costs, the company had been towing the boat to a cheaper location – only for it to meet its demise.

Sounds like it’s time to abandon ship.

Car Cooking

Too much food being cooked on your stovetop this Friday and need more space before Shabbos begins? Consider using your car to cook your chicken.

Joe Brown, of Phoenix, Arizona, has been showing viewers online how he uses his car to cook his dinner. As temperatures soar in the Southern state, the thermometer inside vehicles can climb even higher on a hot day.

One day, Brown showed viewers how he cooks hamburgers and their buns on his dashboard. He can be seen using a thermometer to check the temperature of the patties, which reached over 203 degrees Fahrenheit. In another video, Brown mixes cake mix into a pan and places it on the dashboard.

Some food, though, is not meant to be cooked in the car. Consider the pizza that Brown wanted to cook. Due to the blistering heat in the vehicle, the food simply melted into goo.

Even so, this gives us some food for thought.