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Political Economics 
🎉 Fun Fact!
Did you know that the word "tariff" comes from an old Arabic word "ta'rif," which means "to notify" or "to announce"? Tariffs have been used by countries for thousands of years, even ancient Rome collected taxes on goods that passed through its ports!
Artificial Intelligence
🎉 Fun Fact!
The word "robot" comes from a Czech word "robota," which means "forced labour" or "drudgery" it was first used in a 1920 science fiction play! Today, there are more industrial robots working in factories around the world than there are people living in the whole of Australia.
Amazing Science
🎉 Fun Fact!
Your brain sends electrical signals faster than 270 miles per hour, that's quicker than a Formula 1 racing car! The human brain has about 86 billion neurons (brain cells), and each one can connect to thousands of others, making it the most complex object in the known universe.
Space
🎉 Fun Fact!
If you fell into a black hole, time would actually slow down for you compared to everyone watching from far away, scientists call this "time dilation!" A black hole with the mass of our Sun would be only about 6 kilometres wide, that's smaller than most cities!
 Sports
🎉 Fun Fact!
Football (soccer), the sport Bukayo Saka plays, is the most popular sport in the world with an estimated 3.5 billion fans globally, making it over seven times more popular than rugby union, which has around 475 million fans worldwide!
Entertainment
🎉 Fun Fact!
Did you know that just five major media conglomerates control over 90% of what Americans watch, read, and listen to? These giants include Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, Sony, and NBCUniversal (Comcast). This kind of concentration is why big mergers like Warner Bros. and Paramount joining forces have such a huge impact on what entertainment we get to see!
Quiz Time! Test Your Knowledge 🧠
Let's see how much you remember from the articles! Choose the correct answer for each question.
1
Which two countries started the attack on Iran?
A) Russia and China   
B) USA and Israel   
C) UK and France   
D) Germany and Japan
2
What did the US Supreme Court say about Trump's tariffs?
A) He could raise them to 25%   
B) All tariffs were banned   
C) He had to lower them from 15% to 10%  
 D) Only food tariffs were allowed
3
Who is the famous British man arrested and then released by police?
A) Tony Blair   
B) Gordon Brown   
C) Prince Andrew   
D) Peter Mandelson
4
What is the name of the special trick black holes use to bend and brighten starlight?
A) Nuclear fusion
B) Gravitational lensing   
C) Radio waves   
D) Magnetic fields
5
Why do bacteria like growing inside tumors?
A) Tumors are very bright   
B) Tumors are full of water   
C) Tumors have no oxygen   
D) Tumors are very warm
6
What do tiny electrodes placed in the brain help AI do?
A) Control robots   
B) Turn brain signals into words   
C) Play music automatically   
D) Take photos of thoughts
7
Why was President Trump upset with the AI company Anthropic?
A) Their AI was too expensive   
B) Their AI was too slow   
C) They wouldn't change their safety rules   
D) They stopped making AI
8
How many people use ChatGPT every week?
A) 100 million   
B) 500 million   
C) 900 million  
D) 2 billion
9
Which two streaming services might join together to become one big app?
A) Netflix and Disney+   
B) Paramount+ and HBO Max   
C) Apple TV and Amazon Prime   
D) Hulu and Peacock
10
Where is the big rugby league game being held in 2026?
A) London   
B) Sydney   
C) Las Vegas   
D) New York
Amazing Fun Facts You Won't Believe! 🤩
Here are some incredible facts about this week's topics that will totally blow your mind, none of these were in the articles!
☢️ Nuclear Facts
There are only 9 countries in the entire world that have nuclear weapons. The most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested, the "Tsar Bomba," was so big its explosion could be seen from 1,000 kilometres away!
🛒 Trading Fun
The United States trades with over 200 countries and territories! The very first international trade agreement was made about 4,000 years ago between ancient Mesopotamia and India, trading things like copper and cotton cloth.
🌌 Black Hole Speed
When two black holes finally merge after their cosmic dance, they release more energy in a split second than all the stars in the entire universe combined produce in one year — as powerful gravitational waves!
🦠 Bacteria Power
Your body contains more bacteria cells than human cells! For every one human cell, there are about 1.3 bacteria cells living alongside it. Most of them are friendly and actually help you digest food and stay healthy.
💭 Dream Reading
Scientists have already used brain-scanning technology to partially reconstruct images that sleeping people were dreaming about! In experiments, the reconstructed dream images were recognisable to outside viewers about 60% of the time.
🎬 Hollywood History
Warner Bros. is one of the oldest movie studios in the world, founded in 1923! They made the very first movie with sound in 1927, called "The Jazz Singer." Before that, ALL movies were completely silent with music played live in the cinema!
🏉 Rugby Rules
Rugby league was invented in 1895 in a hotel in Huddersfield, England, when 21 clubs decided to break away from rugby union! The sport's oval-shaped ball is deliberately designed to bounce unpredictably, making the game even more exciting and surprising.
🤖 AI Learning Speed
Modern AI systems can read and learn from more books in a single day than a human could read in 10,000 lifetimes! The amount of data used to train some AI systems is so large that if it were printed out as books, it would fill over 100 million libraries.
🔭 Telescope Power
The James Webb Space Telescope is so powerful it could detect the heat of a bumblebee on the Moon from Earth! It orbits the Sun about 1.5 million kilometres away from our planet, that's about 4 times farther than the Moon.
Quiz Answers 📝
Here are the correct answers! How many did you get right?
Answer 1
✅ B) USA and Israel 
The United States and Israel launched the attack on Iran to stop Iran from having nuclear weapons.
Answer 2
✅ C) He had to lower them from 15% to 10% 
The Supreme Court ruled against the higher tariffs, so Trump had to reduce them.
Answer 3
✅ D) Peter Mandelson 
 The former UK ambassador to the US was arrested and released while police investigated his connection to Jeffrey Epstein.
Answer 4
✅ B) Gravitational lensing 
 Black holes bend light with their super strong gravity, making distant stars flash like magic lights.
Answer 5
✅ C) Tumors have no oxygen 
 The bacteria love places with no oxygen, which is exactly what the middle of tumors has.
Answer 6
✅ B) Turn brain signals into words 
 Tiny electrodes catch electrical signals, and AI turns these into letters, words, and sentences in real time.
Answer 7
✅ C) They wouldn't change their safety rules 
 Anthropic refused to allow their AI Claude to be used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.
Answer 8
✅ C) 900 million 
More than 900 million people use ChatGPT every week to ask questions, write stories, and solve problems.
Answer 9
✅ B) Paramount+ and HBO Max 
Warner Bros. and Paramount might merge, combining their streaming apps into one big platform.
Answer 10
✅ C) Las Vegas 
 Hull KR and Leeds Rhinos will play a big rugby league game in a huge stadium in Las Vegas, America.
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