News At A Glance #12

By ASH Smyth
June 2022

—    The Nelson Evening Mail, 1 December 1906

An odd-eyed cat is one with a feline form of complete heterochromia.

The French name for Rio de Janeiro was ‘Antarctic France’.

Isaac Asimov wondered what the 2014 World’s Fair would look like.

Lyme is full of dissenters.

Insurance is not available for any trips where the destination of your trip, including any part stays and/or stopovers, is, including but not limited to, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Israel (West Bank, Gaza and the Occupied Territories only), North Korea, Somalia and Syria. 

Turtles and TV don’t go together.

Twitter is worth more than Argentina.

Grey Gowrie opened the first bacon exhibition in the Soviet Union.

It’s not a smooth path to general relativity.

The scent of Chanel No.5 is not patented.

The reliance on eunuchs caused some hostility in the Byzantine military.

The White House buys 1,100 copies of the Washington Post every day.

‘Malgaraí pocaide’ is the Irish for billy goats’ balls.