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The annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe has crowned its best joke of the year, along with nine runner-ups. Fair warning: If you don’t like puns, you won’t like this year’s winner from part-time stand-up Masai Graham. The arts festival runs every August in the Scottish capital (pandemic permitting), and each year, a panel of judges compiles a list of jokes from the festival’s many comedians, per the Guardian. At that point, the public votes for their favorites. This year’s top 10:

Contact Lens of the Future Is Remarkable Ethiopia Planted 353M Trees —in Half a Day Egypt Opens “Bent Pyramid” Meet the New Electric Road The Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas (Our Lady of Wonders) sank in the Bahamas in 1656, laden with gold and jewels. The Spanish shipwreck had already been salvaged many times in the following centuries, and yet another expedition was recently launched and turned out to be very Egypt opened two of its oldest pyramids, located about 25 miles south of the capital Cairo, to visitors for the first time since 1965. Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anany told reporters that tourists are now allowed to visit the Bent Pyramid and its satellite pyramid in the Dahshur royal necropolis, which is part of the Memphis Necropolis, You may one day drive down roads charged with electricity that your vehicle automatically detects and sucks up through an automatic arm—if a Ethiopia claims it has smashed a world record in the name of climate change— and the tree planting isn’t even done. More than 353 million tree seedlin gs were planted across the country in just 12 hours as part of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Green Legacy refores tation campaign. The campaign hopes worthwhile. The debris trail that marine a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Bent Swedish project gains any headway. Called eRoad- to see 4 billion indigenous trees plant archaeologists and divers found the treasure along spanned more than 8 miles. Among the finds: gold chains and pendants; jewelry including clusters of emeralds, amethysts, ed between May and October. Citizens had been encouraged to plant 200 mil lion trees but Ahmed tweeted that 150 million had been planted after just hours. At the end of 12 hours, the country’s minster for innovation and te chnology, Getahun Mekuria, announced 353,633,660 seedlings had gone into the ground—more than five times as many trees as were planted in India over Pyramid, which the AP reports was built during the Old Kingdom of the Pharaoh of Sneferu, in about 2600 BC, is unique in that it has two internal structures. El-Anany said the Bent Pyramid represents a transitional form of pyramid construction between the Djoser Step Pyramid (2667-2648 BC) and Arlanda, it has turned 1.2 miles of road outside Stockholm into a kind of slot-car track where electric trucks insert movable arms into a rail to recharge the vehicle’s battery while driving. Designers say the technology is weather-proof and the arm will rise automatically when one car passes another, Sky News reports. The rails are also said to be safe to the touch. 12 hours in 2017. Some schools and government offices closed to allow stu dents and civil servants to take part, which notes 2.6 billion trees have now been planted across Ethiopia. The Guardian reports each citizen is asked to plant at least 40 seedlings. The goal is to transform Ethiopia’s landscape, which the Meidum Pyramid (also about 2600 BC). The Guardian notes its "unusual" shape: The first 160 feet rise at "a steep 54 degree angle, before tapering off towards the top." “One of the most important issues of our time is the question of how to make fossil-free road transportation a reality,” says eRoadArlanda Chairman Hans Säll. “We now have a solution that will make this possible, which is amazing.” Among its pluses, is seeing degradation, soil erosion, deforestation, and droughts and flooding tied to agriculture. About 80% of Ethiopia’s population relies on agriculture to make a living, with the result that just 4% of land is now forested, com pared to 30% at the end of the 19th century, according to Farm Africa. Per El-Anany also announced that Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a collection of stone, clay, and wooden sarcophagi, some Säll says the electric road lets vehicles have smaller batteries and therefore makes vehicles cheaper to produce. The $7.7 million project will be tested with a truck fleet for two years, and if the government approves, it could be implemented for $1.9 Al Jazeera, a recent study estimates that 1 trillion new trees could pull al most 750 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—or about as much as humans have released in the last 25 years—over several decades of them with mummies, in the area. He said archaeologists also found wooden funerary masks along with instruments used for cutting stones, dating to the Late Period (664million per mile and include buses and cars. “Sweden is at the cutting edge of this technology, which we now hope to introduce in other areas of the country and the world,” Säll says. US Teen Wins $3M at Fortnite World Cup 332 BC). Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said they also uncovered large stone blocks teen contestants Emil Bergquist Pe dersen from Sweden and David Wang from Austria shared a $3 million prize. Art Expert Gives Museum Some Really Bad News A museum in southern France suffered a terrible blow when experts declared that over half its paintings are forgeries, The Pennsylvania 16-year-old Kyle along with limestone and granite fragments Terrus museum, dedicated to the work of painter Étienne TerGiersdorf plays 8 to 10 hours of Fortnite a day, but his parents aren’t complaining: Giersdorf, indicating the existence of ancient graves in the area. Egypt has been whipping up publicity for its new historical discoveries in rus, apparently knew nothing of the fakes until an art historian informed them. “It’s a catastrophe,” the mayor of Elne, where the museum resides, tells the Telegraph. “I put myself in the place of all the people who came to visit the museum, With a total prize pool of $40 million provided by Epic Games, Fortnite’s pa rent company, the tournament broke an better known as ”Bugha,” won the hopes of reviving a devastated tourism who saw fake works of art, who paid an entrance fee. It’s in- e-sports record, though that record is expe “I tried to steal spaghetti from the shop, but the female guard saw me and I a record-breaking $3 million at the inaugural Fortnite World Cup at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. The contest featured sector still recovering from the turmoil following a 2011 uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. cted to be broken by an August event cal led “The International” Giersdorf, the first player in the North American East Region to qualify for the tournament, was domi tolerable and I hope we find those responsible.” Police have taken the fakes and are trying to find those responsible. couldn’t get pasta.” - Masai Graham100 participants out of around 40 million who entered the onnant in the six-game series, beating rivals including runner-up Harrison “Psalm” line competition. Giersdorf, who Chang, who took home $1.8 million. “Did you know, if you get pregnant in the won the solo event in front of a Giersdorf was hugged by his family after Amazon, it’s next-day delivery.” - Mark packed stadium, says he plans to the win. “This is life-changing for him,” Simmons save the prize instead of going on a spending spree. ”All I want mother Darcy Giersdorf says. “He’s been playing video games since he was three, so “My attempts to combine nitrous oxide is a new desk and maybe a desk for my trophy. In the duo event this is his passion. He told us he could do this, he put his mind to it and he di and Oxo cubes made me a laughing stock.” - Olaf Falafel “By my age, my parents had a house and a family, and to be fair to me, so do I— but it is the same house and it is the same family.”—Hannah Fairweather “I hate funerals—I’m not a mourning person.”- Will Mars

News WorldNews 15 Years Later, Tsunami’s Toll 12 Year Old Steals Moms Credit Card.. Heads on Vacation France Won’t Let Go of Long-Lost MasterpieceRemains Mind-Boggling It still haunts me.” The line from 28-year-old Thai resident Suwanne Maliwan to Reuters expresses a common sentiment Thursday, the 15th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed 230,000 lives. Maon April 21, 2016, and the heirs can’t quit squabbling. Here’s a look at where things liwan, for instance, lost both her parents and five other relatives. ”Sometimes I dream that A 12-year-old Australian boy has pulled off a bold feat that drew international headlines: He stole his mom’s credit card and managed to fly to stand: Even though it’s been nearly two years since Prince died, the executor of the estate, Comerica Bank and Trust, can’t split the money among Prince’s six surviving siblings until the Internal Revenue Service and executor agree on the estate’s value a wave is coming,” she says. Vigils and memorials across Asia were commemorating Bali, Indonesia, for a posh, four-day vacation before getting caught. As recounted in the Australian program A Current Affair, the boy did some research online and figured out he could fly alone without needing a It’s not clear when that might happen. The IRS and state of Minnesota are entitled the staggering loss of life in what was one of the world’s deadliest natural disasters. A 9.1 letter from a parent on Jetstar Airways. He nabbed his mom’s credit card, tricked his grandmother into giving him his passport, took a train to the airport, and flew to Bali. “They just asked for my student ID and to collect about half, though the estate can stretch out the payments over time. Court magnitude earthquake off Sumatra island passport to prove that I’m over 12 and that I’m in secondary school,” filings several months after Prince’s death suggested that it was worth around $200 million before taxes. The actual value remains one of the biggest secrets in the case, the morning after Christmas in 2004 trigsays the boy, identified only as Drew. He then checked into a four-star hotel, having made reservations in advance, telling the clerk that his hidden in sealed and redacted documents. The actual valuation could have gone up gered the tsunami and unleashed waves as older sister would be joining him soon. or down since then. That’s because the various attorneys, accountants, and industry experts at that point had not yet finished appraisals and deals for the use of his music, high as 57 feet. And there he stayed, having a fine time while his panicked mom reportvideos, and assets including his Paisley Park studio. ed him as missing back home. It wasn’t until the boy posted a video of Coastal areas of Thailand, Indonesia, India, himself in the hotel pool that his vacation finally came to an end. “I was shocked and disgusted, there’s no emotion to feel what we felt when sentative contacted school officials Thursday about the surprise message, says a spokeswoman for the district. Sri Lanka, and other countries were deluged. One of the first areas hit was Indonewe found out that he’d left overseas,” says mom, per news.com.au. One reason she’s ticked: Her son had actually tried this stunt twice before, only to be turned away at the airport by Qantas and Garuda Airlines. Johnson said he admires Kelzenberg's courage but that he won't be able to attend sia’s Aceh province, notes CBS News. In fact, most of those killed were in Indonesia alone, Mom says she was informed her son’s passport would be flagged by federal authorities as a result, but that apparently never happened. In the aftermath, Jetstar promises to tighten up its policies. “He just doesn’t prom because he'll be in Hawaii filming Jungle Cruise. Instead, Johnson rented out a nearby movie theater on Saturday for where 170,000 deaths were registered. ”No words can describe our feelings when we like the word no and that’s what I got, a kid in Indonesia.” Kelzenberg and more than 230 friends and family to watch his latest movie, Rampage. Johnson even covered the cost of snacks tearfully saw thousands of corpses lying on this ground 15 years ago,” said acting Aceh Apparently 82 of the museum’s 140 works are phony, spotted at times because they contained buildings constructed after and drinks for the theater. "I couldn't believe it. I was so surprised," Kelzenberg says. "I just kept thinking, 'He saw me! He Gov. Nova Iriansyah at a ceremony in Sigli. ”And now, we can see how people in Aceh Terrus died in 1922. Acclaimed for his landscapes of French Catalonia, Terrus was close with artists Aristide Maillol and Henri Matisse and lived mostly in Elne, a town on the Tech knows who I am!'" Kelzenberg says she became a fan of Johnson's five years ago. Her favorite movies of his include Central were able to overcome suffering and rise again, thanks to assistance from all IndoneRiver that’s less than three miles from the Mediterranean coast of Languedoc-Roussillon. The museum spent over $190,000 acquiring paintings they thought were his. But the Intelligence and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. sians and from people all over the world.” Terrus likely isn’t alone: Art experts say at least one in five paintings in the world’s top museums may well be fake. Shop In RI 5

France is trying to hang onto a medieval painting with a crazy backstory. The nation has blocked the export of a small, 13th-century work by the Italian artist Cimabue, a painting that hung unnoticed for decades above a hotplate in a French woman's kitchen. An auctioneer spotted the painting as the elderly woman was preparing to sell her house, and Christ Mocked then sold for a staggering $26 million at auction earlier this year, recounts the Guardian. The buyers are anonymous, but they're believed to be a group of Chilean collectors based in the US. Now, however, it looks like they won't be able to own the painting after all. France's culture ministry has declared the work to be a "national treasure" and has at least temporarily overruled the sale, reports USA Today. The ministry hopes to hang the painting permanently in the Louvre, and it now has 30 months to come up with the money to buy it. In the meanti me, the family of the unidentified woman who displayed the painting for years, unaware of its origin or its worth, must continue to pay to have it insured. They also owe a multi-million-dollar inheritance tax, and they'll likely have to work out a deal to pay it after the sale goes through. Looking to permanently while away your days overlooking the Tasman Sea and sipping on vino while watching "nice animals" with other "nice people"? Karl Reipen wants to hear from you. The Guardian reports the German multimillionaire has placed an ad seeking 10 people up to age 70 to come live in what he calls his "paradise," a 550-acre, $5.6 million estate in Awakino, on New Zealand's North Island. "If you are interested to live a life with a Group of Interesting people it can be a new life for you," reads the ad, which Stuff NZ reports was published twice in the New Zealand Herald. Reipen,

who made his fortune in canned iced coffee, notes in the ad that the estate boasts a winery "for social meetings and dining," and that residents "can enjoy walking, fishing, shopping, kayaking, bird watching, swimming or looking at the nice animals." There are also stables and an indoor equestrian center on-site, and Reipen says, "If you would like to bring your own horse it is possible." Interested parties who prefer privacy will like that the property is an hour and a half from the nearest large town or city. The current government under Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put in place a ban on foreigners owning homes in New Zealand, but Reipen scooped up

Multimillionaire Invites 10 People to Come Live in ’Paradise’ the property years before that manda te. He still had to get the OK from the nation's Overseas Investment Office, which signed off on his purchase after it determined he had the experience and means to build the property up and maintain it. "It took me 10 years to bring it to the standard of today," he writes in the ad. It's not clear how fu ture dwellers in Reipen's self-proclai med utopia will be selected.

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James Webb Telescope Captures Stunning Images Of Jupiter

The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never and other gems; silver coins; Chinese porcelain; a pearl ring. The finds, which are the before, auroras and all. Scientists property of the Bahamian government, will be displayed in the Bahamas Maritime released the shots of the solar system’s Museum, a new museum opening in the Bahamas Aug. 8, the Smithsonian reports. biggest planet at the end of August. The James Webb Space Telescope took the The Maravillas was heading home to Spain with treasures from the Americas (and photos in July, capturing unprecedented some contraband), plus some salvaged from another wrecked Spanish ship, when views of Jupiter’s northern and southern it collided with the flagship of its fleet following a navigational error. Just 45 of the lights, and swirling polar haze. Jupiter’s 650 people aboard survived. Carl Allen, the founder of Allen Exploration, which Great Red Spot, a storm big enough carried out the latest expedition, says the wreck was “heavily salvaged by Spanish, to swallow Earth, stands out brightly English, French, Dutch, Bahamian, and American expeditions in the 17th and alongside countless smaller storms. 18th centuries, and blitzed by salvors from the 1970s to early 1990s.” They weren’t One wide-field picture is particularly interested in the science, just in the treasure, he says; his team is the first to survey it dramatic, showing the faint rings scientifically, investigating how the ship was wrecked and how hurricanes scattered around the planet, as well as two tiny the debris over the ensuing years. moons against a glittering background of galaxies, the AP reports. The team used magnetometers to identify spots with possible metal over a search area that spanned 11 miles by 5 miles, and intricately mapped all their findings over “We’ve never seen Jupiter like this. It’s all quite incredible,” said planetary astronomer Imke de Pater, of the University of California, Berkeley, a period of three years. Says the director of marine archaeology for the project, “This isn’t just forensic marine archaeology. We’re also digging into former excavations, working out what previous salvage teams got up to, where and why. So much data has been lost from this ravaged wreck. It’s time to reverse those trends.” who helped lead the observations. “We hadn’t really expected it to be this good, to be honest,” she added in a statement. The infrared images were artificially colored in blue, white, green, yellow, and orange, according to the USFrench research team, to make the features stand out. NASA and the European Space Agency’s $10 billion successor to the Hubble Space Telescope rocketed away at the end of last year and has been observing the cosmos in the infrared since summer. Scientists hope to behold the dawn of the universe with Webb, peering all the way back to when the first stars and galaxies were forming 13.7 billion years ago. The observatory is positioned 1 million miles from Earth.