Deepest underground concert

A Canadian band set a Guinness World Record when they ventured 6,213 feet and 3.05 inches below sea level to play a 50-minute concert.

Guinness adjudicator Kaitlin Vesper was on hand deep inside Vale’s Creighton Mine in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, to witness the concert played by the Shaft Bottom Boys.

“Working for Guinness World Records, I get to meet a lot of very interesting people and travel to some interesting places, but can confirm I haven’t been anywhere as interesting as Creighton Mine or been this far below sea level before,” Vesper said while handing the group their official certificate.

This was a joint fundraising effort between Vale and Science North to raise funds for Science North summer camps and charity Miners for Cancer.

Pink flamingo sculpture for Tampa airport

The airport’s governing board approved $2.4 million in spending to bring seven pieces of public art to the airport, including giant flamingo sculpture Home by Massachusetts artist Matthew Mazzotta.

The flamingo sculpture, which alone costs $520,000, is planned to be installed in the centre of the airport’s main terminal. The resin and fibreglass sculpture depicts a flamingo dipping its head into water to find food.

The other approved artworks include a 30-foot tall mosaic of a Florida sunset and a moving mobile inspired by a coral reef.

‘Unicorn’ puppy has one ear in the middle of her head

A golden retriever puppy in Michigan has been branded a ‘unicorn’ due to an unusual facial feature: a single ear, positioned on the top of her head.

Rae — ‘ear’ spelled backward — was brought to Family Friends Veterinary Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, as a new-born because she required emergency surgery.

The puppy is in the care of Brianna Aardema, who was one of the people caring for Rae at the hospital.

Rae was dubbed a ‘unicorn’ by hospital staff due to her unusual ear, and she soon found viral fame on various social media sites. Aardema said there is no name for Rae’s condition. She said the dog’s existing ear was originally on the side of her head, but started rising to the top after her surgery.

Message in the sky: ‘Wash hands’

A skywriter encouraged healthy habits amid the coronavirus outbreak by scrawling the words ‘wash hands’ in the sky over Sydney, Australia.

Witnesses captured video as a skywriting aircraft wrote the words in the sky over the city. Experts say washing hands is one important step toward preventing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The identity of the skywriter was unknown.

Published in Dawn, Young World, March 28th, 2020