The Week Junior UK – 24 August 2019

Fart ends debate

Adebate betweenKenyan officials

came toasudden end when one of the

politiciansfarted. After someone in the

room brokewind, Julius Gaya, who

representsCentralKarachuonyo at the

Homa BayCounty Assembly,said, “One

of us has polluted the air andIknow

who it is.“The accused manresponded,

“I am not the one.Icannot do such a

thing in front of mycolleagues.”Itwas

decided that everyone should leave the

ay.

Arubber-duckrace

On8August, morethan 63,000 rubber

duckswerepoured into the Chicago

River for the US city’s14th annual

DuckyDerby–arubber-duckrace that

is organised toraise money for charity.

People pay about £4.10 to enter one

duck into therace,and canpay up to

around £820 if theywant to enter 240

ducks. The ducksare poured into the

river at the same point and float slowly

downstreamtothe finish line. Each

duck hasatag that shows who owns

it, and the winnersreceive prizes,

includingacar andaholiday.

ethis part of its delivery system. However,*Rubbish! Amazon has no plans to mak

wassurprised to find her package of lightbulbs had been thrownone customer

.She said she found it funny but might have feltthrough her open upstairs window

differently if the bulbs had broken.

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windows, allowing items to be delivered even when no one is home. Amazon’s

delivery manager,Chuck Flinger,explained, “The new system will mean wecan

get items that won’t fit throughaletterboxinto the house.”Headded they are

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Dorothy got around

her phone ban.

The bread

rose perfectly.

“Catch!“

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24 August 2019•The Week Junior

Teen tweetsfromfridge

A15-year-old’stweets have gone viral after she claimed she sentatweet using

thefamily fridge. On8August, theTwitter user,Dorothy,sentatweet thatread:

“I do not know if this is going to tweetIamtalking to my fridge what the heck

my Momconfiscated all of my electronics again.”Dorothy had been banned

from using her phone after she became distracted whilecooking andcaused a

fire. Luckily for Dorothy,the family’ssmart fridge isconnected to the internet,

allowing her to send the message. Some social mediaexperts say the tweet

wasn’treally sent fromafridge, however,and that itwasjustaprank.

Scientist bakes loaf of breadusing

4,000-year-old Egyptianyeast

AUSscientist has baked breadusing an ingredient dating back 4,000 years.

Seamus Blackley used yeast samples he had been allowed to takefromancient

Egyptian pottery ataUSmuseum.Yeast isatype of fungus that makes bread

rise. Blackleywanted to see what baking would have been likefor Egyptians

who lived thousands of years ago.Posting an image of his breadonline, he

said, “The crumb is light and airy,especially fora100% ancient grain loaf. The

aroma and flavour areincredible. I’m so amazed that it worked.”

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