/ 01 February 2021

Apropos of nothing

Is there nothing that family of plucky pups can’t do? Bluey: The Album is the first children’s music album to top the ARIA album charts. And it hit #5 in the US too. Wonder how many dollarbucks that’ll make ‘em?

Speaking of pretty pennies – the Holden Commodore given the manufacturer’s final serial number has been snapped up at auction – for $750,000. We don’t speak hoon, but it’s said to be a VF Series II SSV Redline sedan with just 102km on the clock.

And speaking of things that are red hot – Mike Jack of London, Ontario has broken a world record for eating 3 of the world’s most potent chilli peppers. He downed them in 9.72 seconds with each pepper delivering an average of 1.5 million Scoville Heat Units (SHU). For context, the average jalapeño rates 2,500-8,000 SHU. Flamin’ heck…

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