FAST FACTS – Interesting and fun facts to keep you entertained.

from My Weekly Preview Issue 720. August 25, 2022

FEATURE STORY – Meet the mother and son storytellers.

Beware the wrath of the crow

Crows holds grudges. In 2010, researchers found that crows that were captured and then released were able to remember the face of their abductor even years after the incident. Once the crows identified the suspect in question, they would attack them by diving and swarming the person who had previously threatened them.

Quote of the week

“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers

Everybody thinks their Italian grandma – or nonna – is the best cook around. Restauranteur Joe Scaravella decided to take this concept and gather as many nonnas as he could to work in his restaurant in Staten Island. Enoteca Maria combines the skill of these talented grandmothers and has them create and cook recipes from their own family cookbooks.

By the numbers

69%

of the world’s fresh water is held in glaciers.

2743 meters

Mount Everest has risen 2743 meters since 1955 due to tectonic movement.

44.2 Tbps

(Terabits per second) The fastest internet speed ever recorded in Australia.

Nearly a decade after the Atari 2600 made its way into people’s homes, Nintendo released the first of its successful gaming consoles to the world market. Backed by a number of gaming titles that included names that would become part of gaming history, the NES quickly became the best-selling games console of its time. With the likes of Duck Hunt, Super Mario Bros and more being first released on this system, the NES shot Nintendo to the forefront of the gaming industry and turned them into a household name.

Today in history – August 25

1835 – First Instalment of the great moon hoax is published. The New York-based newspaper The Sun published a series of articles, starting on this day, that detailed the discovery of civilisation on the moon. 1991 – Michael Schumacher makes his Formula 1 debut. The German race car champion competed in his first Formula 1 race in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps. While he did not win that race, he would go on to win 91 Formula 1 Grand Prix races. 2012 – The first spacecraft enters interstellar space. NASA’s Voyager 1, which was launched on September 5, 1977, left the heliosphere – the part of space that is not influenced by our sun – on this day.