News At A Glance #33

By ASH Smyth
February 2023

—    The Nelson Evening Mail, 19 January 1907

The forest raven is unprotected in Tasmania.

The term ‘gridiron’ comes from the Middle English ‘gridirne’.

American cider isn’t alcoholic.

Vlad Dracul(a) was raised by women.

Frederick Dennis Burns has no political affiliation.

Switzerland has mushroom police.

The Godfather is short and facetious.

All people 70 years and older are eligible for shingles vaccine.

Joe Biden has been told to stop covering up UFO evidence.

You can trust a Whistler.

Things don’t always go as planed.

The true worth of a man is not to be found in the drawing rooms of Belgravia.

Neck Beard is currently World No. 1.