{"id":768871,"date":"2026-06-29T13:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/768871\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:12:09","slug":"water-cooler-talk-june-29-july-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/768871\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Cooler Talk (June 29 &#8211; July 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/istockphoto-146814459-612x612-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s 5 interesting things you can talk about this week with your family, friends and co-workers!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1: Did you know that Reed\u2019s Point Wharf (Lower Cove Terminal) was established in the 1850s? This area was the birthplace of Saint John\u2019s transatlantic and steam ferry networks during an era when the city was the largest shipbuilding hub in British North America!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2: This Monday will mark the first full moon of summer, often called the \u201cStrawberry Moon\u201d. It has nothing to do with the moon\u2019s color, however. It\u2019s meant to mark the beginning of the short, sweet season when \u201cJune-bearing\u201d wild strawberries are ripe and ready to be harvested!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3: The exact chemical makeup of your sweat, much like your fingerprint, is unique to you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4: Grasshoppers have existed on Earth for more than 250 million years!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5: The first-generation Apple iPhone was released on June 29, 2007. It revolutionized the smartphone industry by popularizing touch screens and eliminating physical keypads.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/YourSaintJohn-1024x206.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cory Morrow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b2c4c9ec13d0f51d88142d62f914cb9dc124f1b6a3e615c50b91b69c8f1ea544.png\"  itemprop=\"image\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\"\/>                                                                                                                                                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>Cory Morrow is a 2014 graduate in Media Studies and Broadcasting. He is based in Charlotte County, New Brunswick. He has a passion for the outdoors and local history. Contact Cory at morrow.cory@radioabl.ca<\/p>\n<p>                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/yoursaintjohn.ca\/author\/morrowc\/\" title=\"View all posts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                                                                            View all posts<br \/>\n                                                                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                <a class=\"ppma-author-user_email-profile-data ppma-author-field-meta ppma-author-field-type-email\" aria-label=\"Email\" href=\"https:\/\/yoursaintjohn.ca\/water-cooler-talk-june-29-july-5\/mailto:morrow.cory@radioabl.ca\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s 5 interesting things you can talk about this week with your family, friends and co-workers! 1: Did&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-768871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}