#facts
Find someone who is relying on Twitter for news, ChatGPT for facts, and Bitcoin for retirement and you’ll have found someone with an unfortunate case of debilitating brain-worms.
#news #facts #retirement #brainworms #Twitter #ChatGPT #bitcoin
A quotation from Austen, Jane:
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What could I do! Facts are such horrid things!
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/austen-jane/61096/
The fall of the 🇷🇴#Romanian ☭#CommunistParty and the transition to democracy were accompanied by significant social and political changes, including the establishment of a multiparty system and the privatization of state-owned industries.
Foods that should not be given to cats include onions, garlic, green tomatoes, raw potatoes, chocolate, grapes, and raisins. Though milk is not toxic, it can cause an upset stomach and gas. Tylenol and aspirin are extremely toxic to cats, as are many common houseplants. Feeding cats dog food or canned tuna that’s for human consumption can cause malnutrition.
The Bank of America was originally the Bank of 🇮🇹#Italy!
The person with the Guinness World Record for setting the most Guinness World Records is Guinness World-Record, who changed his name by deed poll as part of a Guinness World Record attempt.
#GuinnessWorldRecords #RecordBreakers #records #facts #QI #NotQI
In 2006, a naked in California was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon
The mass transit network in #Bucharest is the fourth largest in 🌍#Europe.
All bonobo chimpanzees are bisexual!
A cat ran for mayor of #MexicoCity in 2013.
In 1968 a man called Mick Meaney tried to set the world record for longest time spent in a coffin underground, forgetting that millions of people already had a very significant head start.
#worldrecords #recordbreakers #guinnessworldrecords #history #facts
The premiere of Carmina Burana went so well that Orff, then 41, wrote to his publishers: “Everything I have written to date, and which you have, unfortunately, published, can be destroyed. With Carmina Burana my collected works begin.”
10 things you might not know about Carol Orff's Carmina Burana:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2023/06/8-june-carmina-burana.html
🇷🇴#Romania is a member of the 🌍#European Union since January 1 2007, and the 🇺🇳#UnitedNations. It also has a number of trade agreements with other countries.
🇷🇴 #RandomFact #Facts #EU
Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
Cats have a unique “vocabulary” with their owner — each cat has a different set of vocalizations, purrs and behaviors.
Domestic cats hate lemons or other citrus scents.
Mi, 7/6/2023
#uhlenspiegel 2837.2:
In den vergangenen Jahren waren seine Reiseziele Duisburg, Wolfsburg und Sindelfingen. Nun fliegt er nach Accra, Toronto und Brasilia. Seine Arbeit wandelt sich, weit über die Frage der Flugstunden hinaus
#Geduld #sprüche #gedanken #leben #seele #spirit #sinn #welt #bedeutung #charakter #facts #grenzen #beachtung #regeln #jurist #justiz #rechtsanwalt #recht #quarks #hagen #hagenliebe #hagennrw #meinhagen #hagencity #hagenwestfalen #hagenentdecken #ischeland
To “hallucinate” means wandering in your own mind.
#AI #neuralnetworks #LLMs #hallucination #facts #reality #statistics #coincidences
7 June 1933 | An Italian Jewish girl, Nedda Segrè, was born in Venice.
In February 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
The city of #Sibiu is home to a number of important cultural landmarks, including the Brukenthal National Museum and the ASTRA National Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization.
Cat urine glows under a black-light!
Five #Fascinating #Insights into the Lives of #NightOwls – Crazy #Facts
https://crazyfacts.com/five-fascinating-insights-into-the-lives-of-night-owls/
Cats may yawn as a way to end a confrontation with another animal. Think of it as their “talk to the hand” gesture.
The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
The year 158 was a common year starting on Saturday. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tertullus and Sacerdos.
On the 158th day of the year, 10 facts about the number 158:
Cats have an amazing way of catching their prey. They chase while keeping their head level. On the contrary, dogs bob their head up and down when chasing prey.
The #Danube is home to over 80 species of fish, including pike, carp, and catfish.
Hollywood has had a population of feral chickens living under a freeway since the 1970s. Nobody knows how they got there and all efforts to remove them have failed.
#funfacts #Hollywood #chickens #facts #info #information #wtf
15 Second Thoughts: RE-Thinked Ep. 11 - Fact Vs Truth - Bitesized wisdom chunks
#wisdom #bitesize #thoughts #facts #truth #fact #true #15SecondThoughts #lifecoach #lifecoaching #help #helping #awareness #inspiration #lifestyle #bethesolution
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Dienstag, 6/6/2023
#uhlenspiegel 2836:
Wer kein #Bier hat,
hat nichts zu trinken.
Martin #Luther
Zu dieser Zeit gab es kein sauberes #Wasser,
leichtes Bier war damit #Grundnahrungsmittel.
#soul #seele #spirit #sinn #welt #bedeutung #charakter #facts #grenzen #beachtung #regeln #jurist #justiz #rechtsanwalt #recht #quarks
#hagen #hagenliebe #hagennrw #meinhagen #hagencity #hagenwestfalen #hagenentdecken #ischeland
During the 🗡️#Medieval era, 🇷🇴#Romania was a crossroads of trade and cultural exchange between the East and the West, and it was influenced by both Byzantine and 🌍#WesternEuropean culture.
🇷🇴 #RandomFact #Facts #EU
Cats love to sleep in laundry baskets, too, because they’re basically hiding places with peep holes.
Your skin is actually an organ.
10 #Facts About #JackieChan That Prove He's One of the World's Most Fascinating Actors — From his early days in #HongKong cinema to his #Hollywood blockbusters, Jackie Chan has created a remarkable legacy that is hard to match.
To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
🇷🇴#Romania is home to a number of important industrial museums and exhibitions, including the Industrial Museum of 🇷🇴#Romania and the Museum of Technology in #Bucharest.
Cats can make a variety of facial expressions, including a "slow blink," which is a sign of trust and affection.
Forests cover approximately one quarter of 🇷🇴#Romania, with oak, elm, maple, beech, ash and linden as well as conifers like pine, fir, spruce and larch filling them. Almost 34,000 different species of animals can be found in the country, including deer, lynx, wolves, the largest of all chamois species and over 6,000 🌍#European brown bears, the last remaining on the continent.
A group of kittens is called a “kindle.”
Research* shows that elephants can fire peanuts from their trunk like a machine gun.
*Dumbo (1941)
🇷🇴#Romania has a number of important cultural and historical landmarks, including the Palace of the Parliament in #Bucharest, which is the second-largest administrative building in the world.
Cat breeders are called “catteries.”
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #293: Willem Arondéus.
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#willemarondeus #lgbt #pride #pridemonth #dutch #history #artists #authors #writers #freedomfighters #yadvashem #righteousamongthenations #resistancememorialcross #webcomic #comics #facts #badass #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
🇷🇴#Romania has a number of important foreign affairs initiatives, including the Eastern Partnership, which aims to strengthen relations with countries in 🌍#EasternEurope and the Caucasus.
🇷🇴 #RandomFact #Facts #EU
Wist je dat kinderen het beste zink kunnen gebruiken voor proefjes met gesmolten metaal? Lager smeltpunt dan aluminium, dus minder heet, en ook nog eens minder giftig dan lood! Dubbelveilig!
Dat en meer aluminiumfolieweetjes op dit schraapselsamenraapsel:
https://nl.helpr.me/17265-will-aluminum-foil-melt-on-a-grill
#wtf #facts
A chess robot in Moscow broke the finger of its 7-year-old human opponent after the boy made a quick move without waiting for the robot to complete its turn.
A new Quiz has just been posted on our website!
Ready for a challenge?
https://youknowwhatblog.com/quizzes/quiz-43/
#CoffeeTime #Coffee #CoffeeLover #Geography #MarvelStudios #Quizzes #Quiz #trivia #TriviaTime #TriviaChallenge #facts #DidYouKnow #youknowwhat #blog #blogger #KNOWLEDGE
3 June 1903 | A Pole, Maksymilian Loegler, was born in Sanok. A teacher.
In #Auschwitz from 2 April 1942.
No. 28791
Date of death: 22 May 1942.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #ww2 #Poland #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #education #history #histodons #Remember #otd #facts
Edgar Allen Poe wrote a novel in 1838 about a shipwreck where the survivors ate one of their own, Richard Parker. About 46 years later, a yacht called the Mignonette sank, leaving 4 survivors. They too ate one of the survivors, a cabin boy named Richard Parker.
Long read but great details—start of "trolling", fact checking lineage—from Chantel Tattoli (T: @ChantChantel) on Fast Company.
https://fastcompany.com/90901113/inside-snopes-the-rise-fall-and-rebirth-of-an-internet-icon
Insights into business model behind #FactChecking, content management choices (edits, transparency #CMS), abutting #journalism #Facts
I always forget that Wentworth Falls to Leura is the longest gap between stations on the whole network #facts
You should use fresh eggs when poaching them because of the “yolk quality”. In a fresh egg, the yolk sits up high, and the white is thick and closely surrounds the yolk. An older egg has a flatter yolk that breaks easily, and a thin, watery white.
Really not that hard to understand, I grew up with it after all :blobcatgoogly:
Rye is an underrated bread.
AI-generated misinformation likely to pose hazard in U.S. election campaigns | The Japan Times
Expect bad actors to exploit artificial intelligence to sow chaos in an already hyperpolarized political climate, with many voters disputing verified facts.
#GOP #Republicans #Democrats #Biden #Trump #DeSantis #BidenHarris #chatgpt #bard #bingchat #facts #tech #technology #elections #democracy
Fact check: U.S. debt ceiling myths and misconceptions.
From NPR: https://www.npr.org/2023/05/24/1178021275/fact-check-debt-ceiling-myths-and-misconceptions
During the appalling corruption and gigantic lack of integrity of Trump and Brexit, I realised that, going forward, the only way to counter the lies/misinformation of the likes of Trump/Murdoch/Boris, would be to legislate that anything labelled as News, must be truthful. All else must be labelled 'Opinion' (or maybe just 'crap').
It's good to see the BBC moving towards making the distinction.
#BBC #Truth #Facts #News #BBCVerify
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/bbc-news-transparency-bbc-verify
#Oni masks are a popular symbol in Japanese culture, particularly in the samurai tradition.
These masks depict Japanese demons, typically featuring two horns and an angry expression. These scary Oni demons ward off evil spirits and protect their users from bad luck and harm. During Japanese festivals, people often wear Oni masks as talismans; many styles and designs exist today.
According to legend, tea was discovered when some leaves from tea bushes accidentally blew into a pot of Water being boiled for Emperor Shen Nong to drink, back in 2737BC. He drank it anyway, and liked it.
10 things you might not know about tea:
http://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2016/12/15-december-international-tea-day.html
The Way It Was
paduasoy posted "English Historical Fiction Authors," a group blog that has been going since 2011, where researchers and novelists post about British history. "There are posts about wool and war, Schools of Gardening for Ladies, beds and bugs, aspirin, theatrical censorship, magazines, tours of Ruthin and Snowdon, slipcoat cheese and posset, subversive fairy tales, and The Learned Pig," and more fascinating linked selections. Lovely.
https://www.metafilter.com/199324/for-the-pig-was-proud-of-his-dress
#blog #BritishHistory #details #England #facts #GreatBritain #history #information #lore #past #trivia
A green cat was born in 🇩🇰#Denmark in 1995. Some people believe that high levels of copper in the water pipes nearby may have given his fur a verdigris effect.
Good news! When given unambiguous information, partisans can agree on the facts
Bad news! They attribute responsibility to whatever partisan group makes them look good and are resistant to persuasive arguments to the contrary
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ajps.12432
#polisci #polpsych #polarization #responsibility #facts #factcheck #research #newresearch #politics #socpsych #goodnews
@AmyDentata Artifical-Intelligence: oxymoron. Sadly we live at a time when we modify the meaning of words in order to justify, or proof, any misleading, false, and/or preposterous position.
#Florida #rejects# Holocaust #education #textbooks in clampdown on #woke instruction. Increasingly asking Floridians - is this the state where you want to live - and if so, why? https://www.jta.org/2023/05/11/united-states/florida-rejects-holocaust-education-textbooks-in-clampdown-on-woke-instruction?mpweb=1161-57338-6589 #Antisemitism #hatred #fascism #DeSantis is a #hater of #facts #truth #history #K-12 #textbooks #education #InstructionalMaterials
Victorian maid Kate Webster chopped up her mistress, boiled her and then assumed her identity. Her body was discovered in the garden of English naturalist David Attenborough 130 years later.
#history #histodons #histodon #fact #facts #wtf #wow #Information #info
Boring Report is an #app that aims to remove sensationalism from the #news and makes it boring to read. In today’s #world, catchy headlines and articles often distract readers from the actual #facts and relevant #information.
RIP Zofia 🕯⚘️
RIP Adam 🕯⚘️
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#facts #otd #remember #histodons #history #education #neverforget #germany #nazis #poland #WW2 #Birkenau #auschwitz
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RIP Marlene 🕯⚘️
RIP Rika 🕯⚘️
Zichronam livracha
#facts #otd #memory #remember #Memorial #WW2 #neverforget #germany #nazis #histodons #history #Jews #shoah #holocaust #Birkenau #auschwitz
10 May 1894 | A Polish woman, Zofia Skorek, was born in Tomaszów Mazowiecki.
In Auschwitz from 29 July 1943
No. 50582
She perished in the camp on 27 October 1943.
Her husband Adam was deported with her. He perished in Auschwitz on 14 April 1944.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #ww2 #Poland #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #education #history #histodons #Remember #otd #facts
9 May 1939 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Marcel Jacobs, was born in Enschede.
He was deported to Auschwitz in February 1943 with his mother Rika and his 7-year-old sister Marlene. They were all murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
GATHER 'ROUND, KIDS, DAD'S DROPPING SOME SWEET-ASS #FACTS
If you're lauding #Mastodon for being a German non-profit, public benefit company (gGmbH) — as we all should because that is excellent! — you can't scoff at #Bluesky for being "commercial" because they are basically the same type of company: an independent public benefit LLC (PBLLC). Also 💯!
Both companies produce open-source software/protocols. If you don't like the vibe here/there: that's fine — but stick to facts.
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Some people would just crease to exist if they didn't complain on social media every single damn day. #facts
5) Text "SQUID" to 1-833-SCI-TEXT, get a squid fact! 🦑
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Squid facts is a hotline run by the non-profit Skype a Scientist, and you can buy a sticker to support the project and spread the good word about squid facts
Of course the victim was Black and the perpetrator White (as well as other passengers).
Of course the media don’t name the perpetrator.
And, of course, the police don’t arrest him.
Why?
Because, in America, Black lives don’t matter.
“The ex-Marine was taken in for questioning but released without charges as the investigation continued.”
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-chokehold-death-jordan-neely-michael-jackson-impersonator-subway-marine-20230503-qea6c2easfc63kutzl5ljsw6ie-story.html
#history. #histodons #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackFedi #BlackAndWhite #News #JordanNeely #NYC
2 May 1938 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Benjamin Bloemendal, was born in Amsterdam.
In October 1942 he was deported to Auschwitz with his mother Clara. They were murdered in a gas chamber together after the selection.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
D is for…
Dumbledore, Dandelions and Don’t.
#Dumbledore - an old English word for #bumblebee!
#Dandelions - #flowers not #weeds and vital early forage for #bees.
Don’t - don’t use #poisons like #glyphosate in your #garden. They’re designed to harm and kill.
And they do!
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary
#nature #naturephotography #science #fun #facts #naturebasedsolutions
A news organization isn’t forced to publish or broadcast facts (any particular network come to mind?) And there are no standardized requirements to be a journalist.
25 April 1911 | A Dutch Jewish woman Elisabeth Carolina de Vries-Gersons was born in Tiel.
In February 1943 she was deported to Auschwitz together with her daughter Rosa Henriette. They were murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Netherlands #family #mother #children
@lowqualityfacts Shakespeare was the first person to use the word "hobnob" This demonstrates what a genius he was because the biscuit wasn't invented until 1985.
NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media'
NPR will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds, becoming the first major news organization to go silent there. NPR cited Twitter's decision to first label the network "state-affiliated media", the same term it uses for propaganda outlets in Russia, China & other autocratic countries
#democracy #facts #free #freedom #freepress #notforsale #factsmatter #newhere #introduction
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label
12 April 1936 | A French Jewish girl, Marcelle Brotkiewicz, was born in Paris.
She arrived at Auschwitz on 26 August 1942 in a transport of 1000 Jews deported from Drancy. After selection, she was murdered in a gas chamber.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
3 April 1943 | A transport of 2,800 Greek Jews deported by Germans from ghetto in Thessaloniki arrived at the Auschwitz camp. During the selection SS doctors sent 2,208 people to be murdered in gas chambers. 334 men & 258 women were registered in the camp as prisoners.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Greece #Thessaloniki
2 April 1875 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Karolin Schwartz, was born in Ujpest.
In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Hungary #woman
True Colors
Lots of interesting answers to Charity Garfein's Ask Metafilter question, "Do you know any cool facts about colors?"!
https://ask.metafilter.com/371639/Do-you-know-any-cool-facts-about-colors
#color #ColorFacts #colors #cool #interesting #facts #AskMetafilter
This timestamp is a great clip on 3 types facts: productive, metaphysical, and social.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbnxXUhpjtM&t=1437s #facts #news #timothySnyder #ukraine
31 March 1914 | Grisha Prishkulnik (George Preston) was born in Równe (today Rivne, Ukraine). A Jew, an engineer educated in France. Arrested by Gestapo in Lille, he survived Auschwitz (no 160581) - Bobrek sub-camp. He emigrated to the USA. He passed away in 2006.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
If you stay active on #Twitter, I assume you’ll let the fash kill me.
If you pay for Twitter, I assume you’ll help.
28 March 1926 | A Czech Jewish girl, Edita Spitzová, was born in Kolín (in the middle).
She was imprisoned in Theresienstadt Ghetto on 8 February 1942 and deported to Auschwitz on 26 October 1942 together with her mother Anna (b. 1893) & father Eduard (b. 1886). None of them survived.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts