East Coast Breakfast

Another segment of Get Fact'd with Darren Maule. He shares some facts that you would never hear anywhere else.

Today's facts:

- Most of the bacteria found during a recent study of the microbiome of the London Underground were previously unknown to science.

- There’s no such thing as a chemical that makes your pee visible in swimming pools.

- Tutankhamun's tomb contained a collection of boomerangs.

Anna's daughter has moved in with Darren, Anna, Mouse and their dog, Max. The girls click and their conversations just go from one topic to another effortlessly.

1/3 of Darren, Keri and Sky chose to take a break from alcohol for the month of June. Well, another 1/3 doesn't engage in alcoholic endeavors anyway, so we'll just say Sky Tshabala, is almost nearing his alcohol hiatus.

This is his last week and we got to check how he's doing thus far.

This segment of the show has Darren Maule share facts that one would less likely hear anywhere else. Always interesting!

Today's fact:

- The UEFA EURO championship was founded in 1960. 3 out of the first 5 countries that won don't exist anymore: the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and West Germany.

- If an election in New Mexico is tied, the two candidates play a single hand of poker as a tiebreaker.

- American inventor Elias Howe had a dream where he had been captured by a tribe of savage cannibals. Just as the cannibals were about to eat him he noticed they held spears with holes in them. He awoke with an idea for the sewing machine.

With so much happening each weekday morning with Darren, Keri & Sky, you'd be forgiven for missing parts of the action! Here are the best bits from Darren Maule, Keri Miller and Sky Tshabalala.

Benefits of Box Breathing

Box breathing can be useful in many situations such as:

It can help you cope with panic and stress when feeling overwhelmed. Counting helps to take the focus from the panic-producing situation enabling you to handle and control your response.

Helps you to sleep when you are having insomnia.

Helps to control hyperventilation as you can instruct your lungs to breathe rhythmically.

Helps you refocus when you are having a busy or stressful day.

Eases panic and worry.

Keeps you calm while preparing for the day.

When making a big decision.

Lowers blood pressure and decreases Cortisol — a stress hormone — which can improve your mood.

The Protection of Personal Information Act, or POPI, is five years in the making, and comes into force soon. But should you as an individual or you as a business be worried about the new POPI law? Jeandie Leone, the commercial Executive at Workforce explains the basics

The advice the Durban & Coast SPCA give the community as a whole is that should one find a stray animal, the first thing to do is make a call to the nearest SPCA for collection. She continues that this first and only step is critical as one is not aware of what disease the animal may have and you simply do not know the nature of the animal - an animal expert is therefore inclined for such situations.

We also contacted her for more information regarding the steps taken for microchipping of pets; listen on.

With so much happening each weekday morning with Darren, Keri & Sky, you'd be forgiven for missing parts of the action! Here are the best bits from Darren Maule, Keri Miller and Sky Tshabalala.

With so much happening each weekday morning with Darren, Keri & Sky, you'd be forgiven for missing parts of the action! Here are the best bits from Darren Maule, Keri Miller and Sky Tshabalala.