THE HALF-DOZEN MOST INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES BRENT BAMBURY FOUND THIS WEEK

Hungarian researchers monitored young people’s heart rates when they are separated from their phones and find the stress is comparable to PTSD.

dailymail. co. uk

Australia intends to cull two million feral cats, claiming the animals are threatening 124 native species with extinction.

ibtimes. co. uk

Iran has banned two teen siblings from international chess: Dorsa Derakhshani, 19, for not wearing a headscarf, and Borna, 15, for playing an Israeli.

rferl. org

Archie Bunker’s overcoat, sold for $ 40 by Carroll O’Connor’s widow at an estate sale, was appraised on Antiques Roadshow as worth US$ 10– 15,000.

gothamist. com

Police in New Zealand say garden ornaments, including many gnomes, are being stolen and sold as part of the region’s methamphetamine trade.

stuff. co. nz

Harrods is selling 750ml bottles of water harvested from icebergs in the Arctic Ocean for UK£ 80 ($ 131) calling it “a sophisticated alternative to alcohol.”

businessinsider. com