So, here’s a bit of everything for you today. Amy Dyson over in Milton Keynes just shattered a record—well, she set a new one anyway—for the largest collection of ‘Tomb Raider’ games. She’s got 291 of them. It’s actually pretty moving, because she uses the games to help manage her neurological condition. It’s one of those stories that makes you stop and think for a second.
Then there’s the speed on display in Sydney. At the Australian Athletics Championships, 22-year-old Lachlan Kennedy absolutely flew. He clocked a 9.96 in the 100-meter dash. You know, he’s the first Aussie to ever break that ten-second barrier on home soil. I can almost hear the roar of the crowd just thinking about it.
But not everything is celebratory. In Japan, the folks running Arakurayama Sengen Park had to cancel their cherry blossom festival. Over-tourism, right? Too many people. They’ve blocked tour buses and cranked up security, even though the 650 trees are still blooming away. People are still showing up, though. It’s hard to keep a crowd away from those flowers, I guess.
Wait, there’s this weird situation in Quebec. Misryoum reported that some grocery stores are basically selling fake maple syrup. Like, the TV show ‘Enquête’ tested five cans that claimed to be ‘pure’—bought in different stores—and they all turned out to be at least half cane sugar. The kicker? Even after the scandal broke, stores were just putting stickers over the producer’s name on the remaining stock. Unreal.
And then there is David Olvera. This guy—or maybe it’s a machine, who knows?—just set another world record. Only ten months after his Manhattan swim, he did 52.8 miles nonstop from Cozumel to Cancún. Sixteen hours and forty-eight minutes in the water. Just… wow.
I’m not sure what to make of the syrup thing, honestly. It’s just wild that it’s still on the shelves. Anyway, that’s the news for now.