Quirky News / 15 June 2022
The end of Internet Explorer, the best pie in Oz crowned and paragliding from Mount Everest…
Internet Explorer is being taken offline today – it was the dominant way to find stuff on the interwebs for more than a decade after its release in the mid-90s. The default search engine will be Microsoft Edge if you use Microsoft’s operating system.
South African Pierre Carter has become the first person to legally paraglide off Mount Everest. He reckons ”climb and fly” experiences on the famous mountain are the next big frontier.
A tasty mushroom and truffle number from Rolling Pin Pies & Cakes has been named Australia’s best pie. It’s believed to be the first vegetarian pie to win the top prize, and the store’s Bellarine Peninsula-based manager Nathan Williams isn’t even a fungi fan… “I dislike mushrooms with a passion,” he said.
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