News At A Glance #18
By ASH Smyth
July 2022
— The Nelson Evening Mail, 16 August 1906
The Iban word for syphilis is ‘syphilis’.
Olena Shevchenko is probably the most famous lesbian in Ukraine.
Probability is not big in the Greek novels.
Bat guano is able to self-ignite.
St Vitus’s hagiography is pure legend.
The climate of Antarctica is inclined to be cold.
Anthony Bourdain was trained by the CIA.
Only the guilty are garrulous in an interrogation.
An occasional Frenchman is not an unpleasant diversion.
Alpacas have been around for something like 10 million years.
The Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery, was only ratified by the state of Mississippi in 1995.
An artichoke is ten times more valuable than any amount of asbestos.
The rules are different on islands.
