Thursday, March 16 - Kids sport and concussion in the spotlight; Paris gets stinky; AFL season preview; and why we’re afraid of clowns.

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Today’s Quick Links: 

The Squiz Kids Book Club: https://www.squizkids.com.au/book_club/ 

What is a concussion? VIDEO: https://youtu.be/fSRWF44wgn8

Paris fills with rubbish: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64950503

AFL fixture - 2023: https://www.sportingnews.com/au/afl/news/afl-fixture-every-round-2023-premiership-season/fipxlrickx3i7ebrtfwb4rae

The psychological reason you’re afraid of clowns: https://www.inverse.com/science/why-am-i-afraid-of-clowns

National Close The Gap Day: https://closethegap.org.au/close-the-gap-day/

All about Pandas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNxx8jVEm3I

Dig Deeper:

Signs and Symptoms of a concussion: https://qbi.uq.edu.au/concussion/signs-and-symptoms-concussion

Scientific Paper - Longterm Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677116/

How garbage collectors thread the fabric of society: https://fee.org/articles/how-garbage-collectors-thread-the-fabric-of-civilization/

Scientific Paper - Fear of clowns: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1109466/full

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