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PINEAPPLE PIZZA
Does pineapple belong on pizza? It's an argument that's raged on for decades. Pineapple and pizza have a complicated relationship, and while some people love it, others don't. In fact, one Italian pizza chef in Brisbane hated it so much he refused to put the fruit on it at all, even calling it offensive. See, pizza as we know it today evolved from dishes in Naples, Italy, in the 18th and 19th centuries. It's even been given a special status in the EU, protecting the original recipe and production methods against "misuse or falsification". So, where does pineapple fit into this? Well, traditionally, it doesn't. Pineapple pizza was invented by a Greek man in Canada in 1968, who called it Hawaiian, riddle me that. And many traditional pizza chefs say the flavour of pineapple clashes too much with the tomato base. The Brisbane chef who refused to put it on actually ended up being fired, claiming that directions from management "need not be followed when it is offensive to his culture". Managers of the restaurant say that there were other workplace performance concerns as well. But it's got the pineapple on pizza debate raging once again. So, what do you reckon?
RONALDO RETIRES
Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international soccer. He's one of the greatest players ever, and has played 234 matches and scored 146 goals for Portugal, the most in the country's history. But now, at 41, he's hanging up his boots, for Portugal at least. His retirement comes after a bit of a falling out with the national team's coach. But Ronaldo will keep playing for his club team, Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia.
PEANUT ALLERGIES
New research has found more than a third of babies thought to have a peanut allergy may not actually be allergic. They're the crunchy, oily legumes that pop up in heaps of stuff we eat, and while they can be extremely dangerous to people with allergies, studies have found some babies diagnosed with a peanut allergy may actually be able to eat them. According to a new study by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the National Allergy Centre of Excellence, 35 per cent of babies previously diagnosed with an allergy showed no reaction after an oral test. They hope to roll out this testing in hospitals across the country and expand it to include other food allergies like cashews. While it's good news for the kids who've safely had their allergies reviewed, peanut allergies can still be extremely dangerous, so medical experts stress that anyone with the allergy should never test it at home and should speak with a doctor first before reaching for a spoonful of peanut butter!
SWIFT UPDATE
Finally today, we're going to revisit some stories we told you about earlier this week, because there are some updates I'd like to tell you about. Starting with the Swift telescope from NASA… on Monday we told you: "Swift is due to crash back down to Earth sometime on Friday. And in this area, which includes northern Australia. And lots of other places, clearly." Well, it's Friday! And I can tell you, it did in fact, re-enter Earth's atmosphere, in one of those other places, specifically, above northern Sumatra in Indonesia. But it didn't happen on Friday. It actually happened on Wednesday, a bit ahead of schedule.
NAPLAN UPDATE
Moving on to NAPLAN. Earlier this week, the question was being asked: should NAPLAN go back to being done with pen and paper? Well, since then, education ministers agreed that Year 5s should return to using pen and paper for their writing tests, starting in 2028. However, no decision has been made for Years 7 and 9 yet.
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