Quirky News / 17 March 2022
The Eiffel Tower grows taller, Ed Sheeran’s tour, and you can’t beat a Labrador…
The Eiffel Tower has grown another 6 metres after Parisian authorities installed a new digital radio antenna aimed at improving coverage in the city. Now standing at 330 metres tall, the iconic landmark used to be the tallest man-made structure in the world. These days, it hasn’t got a chance against Dubai’s 828-metre Burj Khalifa building…
Labradors may still be America’s favourite dog breed, but for the first time since 1997, poodles have made it back onto the American Kennel Club’s top 5 list. And not to be smug about it, but French bulldogs took out the #2 spot…
+-=÷ is not a typo… It’s the title of pop megastar Ed Sheeran’s latest international tour – and he’s officially bringing it to Oz in February next year. If that seems like too much of a mouthful, it’s actually pronounced ‘The Mathematics Tour’. As long as there’s no test at the end, we’re in.
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