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ago were creating art around a fire at night, with flickering shapes and shadows.” Dr Andy Needham, from the Department of Archaeology at the University of York, on findings that cave art was often created at night, deduced from heat damage to the painted stones. SCIENCE DAILY I US
For a long time, it felt like the only thing that was mine was my sex life.
“Getting a mullet was a necessary step to becoming the person I’m proud to be today. I don’t see it as a haircut, but a true personification of my essence.” Mattia, a model, on his new 80s-inspired ’do. His hot tip for mullet maintenance: sea salt spray after washing creates volume. GQ I UK
Singer Harry Styles on the life of a boy band member being something of a Ken Doll existence.
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“We saw the fries and were like, ‘This is unreal. How on Earth are these fries still in this bag and how are they preserved so well?’ It was wild.” Home renovators Rob and Gracie Jones on finding a half-eaten order of McDonald’s fries in the wall of their 1959 Illinois home – still crispy, brown and intact some decades later. But no, they weren’t tempted to pop them in the microwave.
“I played cricket in the backyard with Shane Warne, I danced in the garage with Kylie Minogue, I sat and had dinner with Barry Humphries dressed up as a monk.” Actor Pete Rowsthorn, aka Brett Craig, on news that the four-bedroom Melbourne home used to film Kath & Kim was being demolished. It’s O-V‑A-H!
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“Ozzy’s very well known in Ukraine, I think they’d be happy.” Sharon Osbourne on how she and rocker husband Ozzy came to be hosting two families of Ukrainian refugees on their country estate.
“It would have been a lot easier if Herschel had his way and it was called George.” Jonti Horner, from University of Southern Queensland, on the oft‑mispronounced planet Uranus, which astronomer William Herschel wanted to name Georgian Sidus, or George’s Star, after King George III, when it was discovered in 1781. ABC I AU
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“In the modern day, we might think of art as being created on a blank canvas in daylight or with a fixed light source; but we now know that people 15,000 years
“If you can’t shave your hair off while we’re living through what we’ve lived through, when are you going to do it?” Hair historian Rachael Gibson on the way many women appear to have embraced the buzz cut during the pandemic as a way to take ownership of their identities. THE NEW YORK TIMES I US
“Ultimately, sleep-deprived magpies were slower to attempt the reversal learning task, less likely to perform and complete the task, and those that did the test performed worse than better-rested birds.” John Lesku, from La Trobe University, on new research that sleepy magpies don’t get the worm. THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD I AU
“There’s not a ton of us out there who have publicly lost our freedom, had breakdowns in front of everyone, become punchlines and fought our way back.” Actor Drew Barrymore on why she’d be uniquely placed to interview pop star Britney Spears on her talk show. VARIETY I US
