Hidden planets, nude news and the inspiring powers of beer
Bonjour mes amis! Here's Kronenbourg 1664's round up of the stand out watercooler moments from the last seven days. A bientôt!
In the dark
Mon dieu, the end is nigh! Conspiracy theorists believe that the American éclipse solaire due on 21 August will portend a collision between Earth and a hidden planet called Nibiru. Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we learn that “hidden” is a synonym for “non-existent”.
Cold facts
Enfin, chemists have found a way to keep ice from melting at room temperature. Magnifique! Although there is another method of achieving this en Grande Bretagne: leave it outdoors during a typical August day. Sometimes, mes amis, the old ways are the best.
Creative juice
A new study at a university in Austria finds that a glass of beer (of roughly the strength d’un certain bière française) can boost creativity and cause flashes of inspiration. Call it “the Eureka beaker” if you will, but tell us something we don’t know already!
Screen sensation
Quelle horreur in the BBC newsroom, where naked bodies were spotted on a computer screen in the background during a news bulletin. Since this was surely essential research for a breaking story, we trust there will be no “et enfin” for anyone’s career.
Catch the bug
A policeman’s lot is not a happy one, as the old saying goes, but it gets happier when he’s bitten by an insect! A West Midlands gendarme has been given £12,000 in compensation for a flea bite. If it had been a hornet, he could have retired to a villa on the Riviera! Next time, peut être.
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