Indholdsfortegnelse for September 2020 i KRASH

KRASH MAGAZINE LAUNCH In 2003, the first issue of KRASH magazine landed on shelves and changed our lives forever. That’s right; featuring everything from WWE, gaming  and news to cars, movies and comics, the world’s coolest magazine is a massive 200-issues-old. SOCIAL MEDIA MOVES In February, 2004, social networking service, The Facebook, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his college roommates at Harvard University. By September that year, the platform was renamed Facebook and its popularity soared. As the company grew, it expanded by purchasing photo and video-sharing site, Instagram in 2012, followed by WhatsApp in 2016. Earlier this year, Facebook was estimated to have 2.89 billion monthly active users globally. Twitter emerged as a new player in the social media game in March, 2006, where users communicated via short…

KRASH: When did you sign with WWE? RANDY: I signed my contract with WWE in October of ’99, so I was just a kid. And when I look back at the last 20 years they’ve gone by really fast but I have so many memories. I’m humble to a point because I know a lot of the matches that were considered great that I’ve had were because of the extremely talented opponent that I was on the other side of the ring with. I’m one of the last few guys to get to work with a lot of these old-school cats like Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Triple H, Mick Foley and BookerT. KRASH: How many matches have you had? RANDY: I know that I’ve had about 3000 matches and I…

FUTURISTIC FLYING CARS Flying cars may launch much sooner than we expect according to international start-up, Airspeeder. The company has been developing futuristic vehicles and plan to host a full scale flying car race in the South Australian outback of Coober Pedy this year. Matt Pearson, co-founder of Airspeeder, explained, “With electric aviation, with the drone industry, with the autonomous vehicle industry boom - all the technology that makes autonomous electric cars possible, are making the electric flying cars industry.” Pearson suggested that Airspeeder cars are cheaper to build than helicopters and have been produced with competitive racing in mind. With approval secured from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority to fly, Airspeeder is yet to receive a licence to fly with people. Pearson added, “it is in process and we…

Powderfinger’s album, ‘Vulture Street’, won the ARIA Award for Album of the Year. MySpace was the way to connect with friends online and was one of the most visited sites on the internet. Australia hosted the 2003 Rugby World Cup with England defeating Australia 20 to 17 in the final. Popular video games included The Sims, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain. Television host, Rove McManus, won the 2003 TV WEEK Gold Logie. Apple introduced iTunes and sold 10 million songs within four months of its launch. We were reading J.K. Rowling’s fifth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The Prime Minister of Australia was John Howard. Popular gaming consoles included the…

Q: What did the calculator say to the math student? A: “You can count on me!” Q: What do you call a story about a broken pencil? A: Pointless. Q: What do planets like to read? A: Comet books. Q: How do you cut a wave in half? A: Use a sea saw. Q: What do you call a bear with no teeth? A: A gummy bear. Q: What is the slipperiest country? A: Greece. Q: What did the lawyer name his daughter? A: Sue. Q: What kind of potato chips fly? A: Plane ones. Q: Why did the sun go to school? A: To get brighter. Q: What do you call an exploding monkey? A: A baboom! Q: What do frogs order when they go to a restaurant? A:…

RAZOR SHARP YOU’LL BE LOOKING RAZOR SHARP WHEN YOU ROLL THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD ON THE RAZOR E300 ELECTRIC SCOOTER. BIG IS BEST The Razor E300 Electric Scooter has had a major upgrade. It comes with a larger deck, frame and tyres than previous models. That means it can handle just about any punishment you can throw at it. SPEED MACHINE You can easily hit a top speed of 15km/h, which gives this high-torque speeder plenty of zip. It can also tackle hills, and the extra-wide tyres will give you a comfortable ride on smooth surfaces. BATTERY POWER The problem with old electric scooters is that they ran out of battery just as you were getting started. Not this one! You can get up to 40 minutes of continuous ride time…

The brand-new Guinness World Records 2020 book and Guinness World Records 2020 Gamer’s Edition are bursting with all-new records on topics as diverse as black holes, domes, owls, and killer plants. Want to know the highest anyone has travelled on a skateboard, or the largest loop-the- loop completed in a car? Dying to know just how many tricks a cat can do in one minute? The answers to these questions and so much more are inside. KRASH will be bringing you a selection of records every issue through 2020 and beyond, so let us know your favourites at krash@nuclear.com.au! MOST CANDLES ON A CAKE The most lit candles on a cake is 72,585 and was achieved by Ashrita Furman and the Sri Chinmoy Centre (both USA) at the Sri Chinmoy…

THE HYPERLOOP Picture a long tube on an air-cushioned track and inside that tube are pods which are transported along faster than the speed of sound thanks to solar power. Inside those pods are passengers, and even their cars, all whisking their way to their destination. Transport tycoon Elon Musk has pictured all of this and more and has put the idea out there for engineers to improve upon. Yes, it would cost a crazy amount of money but you gotta love a transport system that feels more like a roller coaster than a train. NO DRIVER Google’s got the world talking with its ‘Google Chauffeur’ technology that allows a car to generate a 3D map of its environment and use it to navigate. The Google project team has equipped…

Once it was my brother’s soccer match and at the end there was a raffle and the man said someone’s number and I stood up and started screaming because I thought that I won so I went to get my prize and I found out it wasn’t my number. On the way back I fell over and everybody started laughing. Alfred One day at school I was playing soccer and when I went for the goal a kid tackled me and then I accidentally kicked it and it hit the post and came back again and hit me. It happened twice ‘cause another guy kicked the ball at the goal and hit the post and it hit me really fast when I was on the ground. That was the worst…