News about Johnny Weissmuller

Kyrgyzstan is compensated by the fact that it has a stunning landscape. There are forests of walnut and fir, deserts, meadows, mountains and lots of water, in the form of alpine lakes. Lake Issyk-Kul is the largest lake in Kyrgyzstan and the second-largest mountain lake in the world, after Lake Titicaca in South America. It is known as the 'Pearl' of Kyrgyzstan and a ­stunning alpine landscape surrounds it. Intrepid travellers to the region can enjoy watersports, hiking, horse riding and visiting the old Soviet bath houses and sanatoriums. Its crystal clear water is slightly saline, so it doesn't freeze in winter and can reach a balmy 24 degrees in summer. The most distant point from an ocean, known as the Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility, is in China. It is in the Gurbantunggut Desert, in the Xinjiang region near the border with Kazakhstan, 1,645 miles from the nearest coastline.

Edgar Rice Burroughs described the Tarzan animal cry in Tarzan's 1912 debut, Tarzan Of The Apes. Here, a 'Belgian' describes it as 'the cry of a great bull ape who has made a kill'.In The Return Of Tarzan (1913), Jane witnesses: 'The man [Tarzan] placed a foot upon the carcass of his kill, and, with his handsome face raised toward the full moon, gave voice to the most frightful cry that ever had smote upon her ears.' However, the famous ululating cry that we used to shout in the school playground was likely developed by Johnny Weissmuller, the actor most associated with the character.

Paris 1924, the eighth modern Olympics, was a historic one for swimmers. For starters, the Piscine de Tourelles - in use for the city's 2024 games - was the first 50m Olympic pool to be built and the first to feature actual swimming lanes, made from cork floats.

A prolific burglar was discovered with the book 'Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief' after bungling a raid by leaving his DNA on the scene and allowing his face to be caught on CCTV. Peter O'Halloran, 49, carried out a string of home invasions in five counties over three years, looing hundreds of thousands of pounds in cash, gemstones, and other valuables. An estimated £700,000 worth of designer watches, jewelry, and other family heirlooms from an elderly Northamptonshire couple in 2019 were included on BBC Crimewatch's Crimewatch show. Although they were out of town and spent hours in their house before deciding to flee, O'Halloran escaped by using their security systems. He was on the loose until he fell out by leaving his DNA on a ladder that was used to break into a house in Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, in March last year. He was caught on CCTV sneaking around the property's boundary, peering through glass before entering and taking jewelry and watches.