10 things we learnt while putting this issue together:

1. You don’t have to be a good cook to make a tasty meal – chucking some ingredients in a jar and shaking them about can be enough.

2. On the scale of pancakes to hot dogs, Aussie tongues tend to be on the more bulbous side, which is part of what gives us our distinctive vocal twang (and why other folks struggle to mimic it).

3. Fun dates can sometimes include maggots and cadavers.

4. Chickens are actually big snugglebugs, and use a different voice when ‘speaking’ to humans they know.

5. It’s possible to be a feminist and go absolutely wild for household chores. (A Sunday spent vacuuming and washing the dishes? Bliss.)

6. We have more in common with worms than we realised: the squirmy invertebrates struggle to digest dairy and onions, and start to wither when it gets too hot.

7. Grifters love an opportunity to turn their scams into a stage show.

8. Our old, broken phones and laptops can – truly – change someone’s life.

9. Church bells are rung by a friendly team with strong biceps (but, despite what pop culture would have us believe, no hunchbacks).

10. Grief is a highly complex, unpredictable and forever shifting phenomenon, and sometimes the only thing to say is, “Well, this is fucked.”

There are plenty more handy factoids tucked away inside these here pages, from thoughtful life lessons to the truly wackadoo. One thing they all have in common, though, is that they’re best ingested in a peaceful moment, alongside your favourite tipple or a warm, comforting brew.