🌞 The surprising thing that slows ageing

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We know speaking many languages is a huge flex.

But what if it could slow the ageing process?

An international team of scientists have found that multilingualism “emerged as a protective factor,” while monolingualism (speaking only one language) “increased risk of accelerated ageing”.

Their study, published in the journal Nature, had more than 86,000 participants from 27 European countries and showed that on average, multilingual people were half as likely to experience premature ageing. 

It also found that for every extra language spoken, ageing was delayed more over time.

The only logical thing to do now is move to Europe.

Dartmoor Zoo in the UK has welcomed an Amur leopard cub.

This is an incredible milestone - not just for the zoo, but for the world. 

Amur leopards are a critically endangered species, and the zoo said the cub is one of only 15 born globally this year.

The zoo shared this video of the cub, where it almost looks like it’s waving at the camera!

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Today’s account of the week, courtesy of TDA journo Anju.

She says: “I stumbled on Joel Sunny on a random doomscroll (as you do) and I was completely captivated. He reimagines songs, turning them into mini movie soundtracks on his violin. 

Words can never do music justice, so have a listen here.”

Every time I hunt for good news, I find something that I never would have believed existed.

Today, I want to introduce you to SpoGomi: competitive rubbish collection. 

Participants have to work in teams to pick up litter in a specified area within a time limit. They get points based on the quantity and quality of the litter.

SpoGomi’s purpose is to clean spaces in a fun way. The name is a combination of ‘sport’ and ‘gomi,’ the Japanese word for garbage.

This year, Australia held a qualifying competition for the SpoGomi World Cup (yep, that’s a thing), with the winners qualifying for the finals in Japan.

From 2008 to 2024, SpoGomi’s community of over 165,000 people collected almost 200,000kg of rubbish.

Definitely a good way to incentivise a good deed among the more competitive of us!

In a win for the environment and our back pockets, France is phasing out paper public transport tickets. 

This month, France stopped selling paper tickets for the metro and train system in the Île-de-France region, which includes Paris.

Earlier this year, it stopped paper ticket sales across other parts of its public transport system, such as buses and trams.

The new tickets operate similarly to Australia, where commuters can tap a rechargeable pass or their phone.

The discontinuation is aimed at reducing the environmental impact of producing/ recycling paper tickets and improving the commuter experience. 

World Kindness Day was on Thursday, so we asked the TDA team about recent acts of kindness they’ve seen. 

Here’s what they said: 

Wes: I went on a big cycle trip on the weekend and we stopped at a fruit stand on the side of the road. We told the owner we were on a journey from Sydney to St Albans. The owner told us we were crazy for the large ride but proceeded to cut us up watermelon, peaches, gave us a punnet of cherries and got his child to bring us cups of water. We sat and chatted for 20 minutes about the ride and his farm. When we went up to pay, he said it was all on the house and just told us to have a good ride just to be nice knowing we would probably never see him again. It was some beautiful hospitality

Mia: My building organised a rubbish collection last week, but my neighbour left everyone in the building a note saying he would love the chance to clean/refurb/fix all items and donate the salvageable items to Vinnies rather than going to landfill. What a man.

Zara: I came back from Japan this week to find out that my mum had done my groceries for me and picked me up at the airport. It meant all I had to do was go to bed, and when I woke up, I had milk in the morning. She’s the best.