3. Some excellent words that have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2019: bampot (a foolish or annoying person), chipmunky (like a chipmunk), fantoosh (fancy or showy), maltipoo (Maltese terrier/poodle crossbreed) and cannabusiness (we'll let you work that one out).
4. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now. (Via @qikipedia)
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Small-world stories
"Some 12 years ago my son's best friend went to visit his family in Beijing and invited my son to come along," writes Emile from Epsom. "One day while they were out, my son's friend called into a shop while my son waited outside on the footpath. Along the footpath came a girl who suddenly stopped, looked at him and went 'Noooo ... Martin?' Turned out she had attended Mt Roskill Grammar School with my son and his friend, but after completing secondary school she had gone to Beijing to do her university studies there. At the time, there were 18 million people in Beijing so the odds against this chance meeting, half a world away from where they first knew each other, would have been astronomical."
