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I think I only almost cried once – during the Megan Thee Stallion scene, because I had to twerk and I cannot twerk.
“Lottie just said ‘the core of my apple looks exactly like George Harrison’. I just said ‘stop eating the apple’. I had a look and said ‘oh my God, it’s George’.” By George! Hard-core Beatles fan and record store owner Mark Thorne was bowled over when a vision of the band’s lead guitarist – complete with signature mop top – appeared in his wife’s lunchtime snack. THE SCOTTISH SUN I UK
“We need to seize the opportunity and do it as quickly as possible. I want to be frank: civilisation is feeling a little fragile these days.” SpaceX founder Elon Musk on building capability to establish a self‑sufficient city on Mars. THE NEW YORK TIMES I US
TikTok comedian Sarah Cooper – best known for lip-synching Trump – on the downsides of getting your own Netflix special.
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“I think it’s important to be honest with yourself about what really makes you happy. I’ve chosen myself. I think it’s okay to choose you.” Reality-TV billionaire Kim Kardashian on joining “Team Me” in her forties.
“I’m not really keen on sax, but I think this record needed it. I always find it a bit creepy…” Oasis singer Liam Gallagher gets all saxy on his upcoming album, C’Mon You Know.
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“We’re still small and scrappy, but we’re not so innocent anymore.” Stu Upson, CEO of USA Pickleball, on the rising popularity of the sport, which is a cross between tennis, pingpong and badminton.
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“If I were to jump to the philosophical realm, I would speculate that if the brain did a flashback, it would probably like to remind you of good things, rather than the bad things. But what’s memorable would be different for every person.” Dr Ajmal Zemmar, a neurosurgeon at the University of Louisville, on data that suggests life may actually flash before our eyes before we die, after a team of scientists recorded the brainwaves of an 87-year-old epilepsy patient, who suffered a fatal heart attack mid-test.
“We’ve all experienced these same symptoms – coughing, trouble breathing, fever – and here’s a 150-million-year-old dinosaur that likely felt as miserable as we all do when we’re sick.” Cary Woodruff, of the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and the University of New Mexico, on evidence that a long-necked herbivorous sauropod dinosaur (they’ve nicknamed her Dolly, for short) suffered a respiratory infection way back in the late Jurassic period.
“Having a bad day? Spare a thought for New Zealand’s Meikayla Moore.” BBC journalist Alistair Coleman on soccer player Meikayla Moore, who scored three goals – left foot, right foot and a header – for the wrong side in a match against the US women’s team.
“We would like to issue a timely reminder that this crop will deliver absolutely no ‘high’ and is similar to agricultural crops such as wheat (which no-one has tried to steal before!).” Tasmania’s Institute of Agriculture with a sobering reminder that hemp won’t get you high, after thick-as thieves nabbed several industrial hemp plants from one of its research farms.
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