Daughter: Did you know there's only 12 seconds in a year?
Dad: Trust me there's more than that.
Daughter: If I can prove it to you can we go to Mcdonalds?
Dad: Ok.
Daughter: January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd....
Dad: (At the McDonald's drive through) One happy meal please.

A teenager in Australia swam for 4 hours in choppy waters and fading light to raise the alarm after a freak wind swept his family out to sea on inflatable paddleboards and a kayak. Austin Applebee, 13, was tasked by his mum to kayak back for help, but it took on water so he had to swim 2.5 miles back. On the beach, he sprinted another mile to the nearest phone to ring the coastguard, then passed out. Rescuers found his mum and two younger siblings clinging to the paddleboard about 9 miles out.

Israeli forces have bulldozed part of a Gaza cemetery containing the war graves of dozens of British, Australian and other allied soldiers killed in the first and second world wars.

Scotland has become the first UK country to put “swift bricks” into law. From now on, new buildings must include special nesting spaces for swifts and other birds, helping wildlife thrive alongside growing cities. Such a fab way to help our feathered friends!

Knitters are protesting ICE presence in Minnesota with red hats. Yarn shop Needle & Skein is encouraging knitters and crocheters to take part in a project inspired by resistance to Nazi Germany in the 1940s, when Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of protest against Nazi occupation who made the hats illegal. The shop shared a $5 knitting or crochet pattern for their “Melt the ICE” hat, with all proceeds going to those impacted locally by ICE.