News At A Glance #3
By ASH Smyth
April 2022
— The Nelson Evening Mail, 27 July 1906
Patrick Watts is a famous racing driver.
March was duller than average.
The word ‘akimbo’ is of Old Norse origin.
Lord Salisbury believed that the constant study of maps was apt to disturb men’s reasoning powers.
Africa is not a country.
Every American recipe starts with a tin of mushroom soup.
The Supreme Court says not to eat snow.
In the 17th century, many Quakers were fined for refusing to swear.
Sometimes a lighthouse doesn’t have to be tall in order to get the job done.
Princeton University is in Princeton, New Jersey.
Big mamas caused China to become the biggest purchaser of gold.
The numerical value of ‘Stap my vitals’ in Chaldaean numerology is 3.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead.
