In today’s news, Saudi Arabia gives displacement camps in Somalia essential services and infrastructure, use of fiber optic cables helps uncover hidden processes in Greenland’s melting glaciers, Argentine cities develop new techniques to keep animal-people safe, international study finds vegan diet reduces multimorbidity risk, father and son from New York, USA, save driver moments before car erupts in flames, Qatari beauty salon first to launch safer vegan gel polishes, and US non-profit provides service dog-people for veterans in need.
Being handy around the house means knowing lots of tricks to re-purpose common things. Here is a nifty DIY tip for you. If your broom snaps, don’t throw it out. You can repair it using a plastic bottle, scissors, and a couple of screws. First, cut off the bottle’s drinking spout and keep the cap. Next, line up the bottle’s mouth with the end of the broomstick and fix it in place with a screw so it stays firm. Then, trim the broken plastic on the broom head until the base is smooth and flush. After that, screw the saved bottle cap into the broom base to act as the new connector. Finally, screw the handle, with the bottle attached, back onto the base. Just like that, your broom is sturdy and ready for action again. A quick DIY like this saves money and gives discarded objects a new purpose.
We could all use a good laugh! So, here’s today’s joke, it’s called “Flight Expectations.”
Mrs. Hatch’s second-grade class was raising butterflies from caterpillars. The kids watched as each caterpillar formed a chrysalis on the aquarium lid. A week later, the butterflies began to emerge—wet, crumpled, and slowly drying their wings. Three days after hatching, they started to fly. Two students, who’d been watching closely all week, saw this and lit up.
“Look! They’re flying! Well, yeah. They’re butterflies. If they didn’t fly, they’d just be butter.”
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And now we have a heartline in Malay, from Mohsin in Malaysia
