Quirky News / 25 January 2023
The UK’s youngest Mensa member, museums want us to stop saying ‘mummy’, and a wild start to Paris Fashion Week…
A 4yo called Teddy Hobbs has become the UK’s newest/youngest Mensa member. At just 2yo, he taught himself to read and count in English and Mandarin, leaving his parents to brainstorm how to “keep him grounded”…
UK museums are cracking down on how patrons describe the ancient Egyptian human remains, saying ‘mummy’ has become too synonymous with supernatural tales. Instead, they’re adopting terms like ‘a mummified person’. Doesn’t have quite the same ring…
Fashion house Schiaparelli has kicked off Paris Fashion Week with dresses featuring life-sized lions, leopards and wolves’ heads. The brand says they’re all (very well made) faux animals – and we’ve always thought that 2 heads were better than one…
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