Fly like an eagle

Fred’s sights were set high when he won flying lessons from the Water Buffalo Lodge. Being a pilot seemed like a step up from the quarry, but after a kerfuffle with a dodo bird and a military base, he realized being grounded was more zen ☺️

Not everyone is of the same mind as our favourite Stone-Aged fellah though. In fact, many seem to feel the opposite. A new fad has arrived and its redefining air-obics—believe it or not, airplane yoga is taking off as the latest viral trend. 

Hmmm, stretching in the air tonight? ;)

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TRAVEL TUESDAYS

Travel mayhem comes for Spanish beaches

Spanish authorities have done what they can to mitigate the wild overcrowding on the country’s pristine beaches, but the travel bug continues to have its way.

While Spain’s top 25 Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal spots saw local tourism crater by 800,000 people last year, they were swarmed by an additional 1.94 million international travellers, according to analysis firm inAtlas.

Spain has a population of 48 million people, and is visited by twice that many on an annual basis. The country expects 100 million international tourists this year, and though it’s trying to manage overcrowding, it also relies on tourism for 13% of its entire GDP.

Its methods of managing the nearly unbearable influx of travellers thus far have only served to price locals out of visiting their own tourist destinations. Hotel prices are up 23% in three years to an average of US$159 per night, and beachfront rentals specifically have risen 20.9% in two years.

Like in other major tourist hotspots, Spaniards are increasingly protesting the growing difficulty of vacationing inside their own borders, and are pivoting their plans inward, travelling to inland destinations that international tourists seemingly have little interest in.

WELLNESS

Morning or nighttime shower?

Showering at night or in the morning both have benefits, and it all depends on what kind of bodily reaction you’re trying to foster.

Let’s start with bedtime. If you take a warm or hot shower at night, your body will perceive the heat, send warm blood towards your skin, release the heat and cool your body down—a necessary precondition for sleeping deeply and comfortably, derived from ancestral shelter conditions.

On the other hand, taking a cold shower in the morning can help the body warm up, which is also a necessary precondition for alertness and sharpness when waking, similar to warming up the car on winter mornings.

Both of these techniques are based on a theory of showering with the intention of circadian syncing—aligning your waking and sleeping states with your body’s natural biological rhythms.

Ultimately, scientists advise picking a side that best works for your lifestyle and responsibilities, or—if you’re really feeling up to it—simply showering both at night and in the morning.

CURIOSITIES

Martian rock heads to auction

There are 400 known meteorites on Earth known to have originated from the surface of Mars, and the biggest one is about to head to auction.

It’s believed the rock was ejected from the surface of Mars after the Red Planet was hit by a massive meteor, travelling 140 million miles and landing in Earth’s Sahara Desert. It’s unclear when that meteor struck, but tests conducted on the rock suggest it hasn’t been on Earth for very long.

So if you’re wondering why the 54-pound, 6×11 hunk of Martian history is expected to sell at a Sotheby’s auction for between $2 million and $4 million, that’s why; the chances of it being here at all are—pardon the pun—astronomical.

To get another sense of just how rare any Martian meteorite is, there are 77,000 general meteorites known to have been discovered on Earth. About half of one per cent of them are from Mars.

“This Martian meteorite is the largest piece of Mars we have ever found by a long shot,” Cassandra Hatton, vice chairman for science and natural history at Sotheby’s, said in an interview.

MUSIC

Ozzy announces memoir

After bringing together one of the best lineups for a concert in the history of heavy metal at his last show ever, Ozzy announced he has an upcoming memoir.

Despite being called Last Rites, the Prince of Darkness is known for infusing his work with religious themes, and doesn’t plan on returning to the other side any time soon.

Plenty of books have been written about Ozzy, both with and without his authorization, but Last Rites will be just the second one from the horse’s mouth, following 2009’s I Am Ozzy. It will include detailed stories about his health issues, including the 2020 revelation that he’d been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, forcing him to ultimately retire from touring.

It will also include never-before-heard anecdotes about the various rock icons he’s shared moments with over the years, including Bon Scott, John Bonham, and Keith Moon, along with the lifestyle that kept him on the crazy train for decades.

"People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I’m like, f**k no," Osbourne said in a statement regarding Last Rites. "If I’d been clean and sober, I wouldn’t be Ozzy. If I’d done normal, sensible things, I wouldn’t be Ozzy. Look, if it ends tomorrow, I can’t complain. I’ve been all around the world. Seen a lot of things. I’ve done good…and I’ve done bad. But right now, I’m not ready to go anywhere.”

STAKE TRIVIA

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Today’s issue written by Michael Cowan, Joey Cowan, and Maureen Norman.


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