june-2012

Facts
figures +
Cocky bull story
400,000 calves
Dairy cows across the world are
mourning the loss of ‘Jocko’, one of
the most virile bulls to walk this earth.
Leaving behind more than 400,000
offspring, the French bovine had an
industrious 17-year career that saw
him rake in a small fortune for his
owners. “An international star from
the Prim’Holstein breed, this bull
rose to become an unquestionable
reference and was ranked third
globally in terms of use,” said a
spokesperson for the virile stud.
Just desserts
€252.1 million win
An 81-year-old Rhode
Island woman, who
used to sleep cuddled
up with her weekly
lottery ticket in a Bible,
pocketed a whopping
€252.1 million PowerBall
prize in a recent draw.
One of the highest
jackpots ever in the US,
the first thing Louise
White wanted after
collecting her cheque
was some rainbow
sherbet dessert. “I
couldn’t just go out and
spend all that money,”
she said. “But I did want
something sweet.”
26 Holland Herald
“Spread love everywhere you go.
Let no one ever come to you without
leaving happier”
Romance is dead
€1.2 billion settlement
Top cat
29km per hour
A four-legged robot, affectionately called
‘Cheetah’, has set a new land speed record
for robots by running at 29km per hour on a
treadmill at a laboratory in Massachusetts.
The former record was made by ‘Panther’, who
ran 21km per hour in 1989.
Mother Theresa
Crowd
surfing
1 billion travellers
GO!
British media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s first divorce was the most
expensive in history. For Anne Murdoch to go, he shelled out a
reported €1.2 billion, far beyond Tiger Woods’ €74 million settlement
with his former wife Elin.
The annual Chunyun
season (otherwise
known as the Spring
Festival Holiday) in China
is the largest human
migration on earth and
usually lasts 40 days in
April and May. Last year,
more than one billion
people migrated from
the north to the south
of the country.