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TIL that Velcro was invented in 1955 by Swiss engineer George de Mestral who got the idea after noticing burrs from a burdock plant clinging to his dog's fur during a hunting trip and spent 10 years developing the hook and loop design.
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From the todayilearned community on Reddit: TIL that Velcro was invented in 1955 by Swiss engineer George de Mestral who got theโฆ
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Israeli air defenses seem no longer capable of stopping Iranian missiles, reports show.
๐ฅ On March 25, the Rotem Industrial Zone in the Negev desert was struck by an Iranian missile, according to Clash Report
๐ฎ On March 24, an Iranian ballistic missile strike injured four people and caused major damage in Tel Aviv, the Times of Israel reports
๐ฃ On March 21, Iranian missiles struck the Israeli towns of Arad and Dimona, near the nuclear research center
๐ Why don't Israeli air defenses work?
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BREAKING: A video on TikTok denying climate change has been ordered REMOVED under the EU Digital Services Act for being "misinformation" against "well established scientific consensus"
This despite the user account of the video wasn't even in the European Union
Global censorship
This despite the user account of the video wasn't even in the European Union
Global censorship
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๐บ๐ธ๐โก๏ธ Americans dying while Israel expands its borders - Tucker Carlson
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is effectively steering US policy in the Iran conflict, while Washington is paying the price for goals it doesnโt control, journalist Tucker Carlson said.
According to Carlson, the war is being used to push Israelโs borders outward, with US money, weapons, and even lives underwriting the process.
๐ US-Israel-Iran war | @geopolitics_prime
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is effectively steering US policy in the Iran conflict, while Washington is paying the price for goals it doesnโt control, journalist Tucker Carlson said.
According to Carlson, the war is being used to push Israelโs borders outward, with US money, weapons, and even lives underwriting the process.
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๐ฆโโฌ๏ธ In Israel people are wondering why there are so many crows, just like in apocalypse movies.
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๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ธ Trump said the US need $2 billion a day to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
US Senator: But it was already open before the war? So what was the point of whole war?
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๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ธ Trump said the US need $2 billion a day to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
US Senator: But it was already open before the war? So what was the point of whole war?
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Why Readers Are Paying a Premium for Human Writing
A curious reversal is underway in publishing.
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The grave of the Bad Dรผrrenberg shaman is one of the oldest burials in central Germany (7,000 to 6,800 BC. c.)
An infant was buried with her. The analysis of the woman's skeleton revealed that her two uppermost cervical vertebrae were malformed and theat blood vessels in the lower skull area could have been spatially restricted. This malformation may have made her a special person. Anthropologists suspect that by holding her head in a certain position, she was able to clamp off a blood vessel. This possibly led to an involuntary eye movement, a so-called nystagmus. The overabundant inventory of grave goods alone testifies to a special social role of the deceased. Certain grave goods also played an important role in interpreting this burial as a shamanโs grave.
Researchers believes that the Bad Dรผrrenberg burial is proof that human spirituality became more specialized at this time, too, with specific people in the community delegated to interact with the spirit world, often with the help of trances or psychoactive substances. Combined with the earlier analysis of the womanโs grave, the teamโs new finds and meticulous look at her bones painted a more complete picture of the shaman. They conjectured that, from an early age, she had been singled out as different from other members of her community. Even in death, her unusually rich grave marked her as exceptional. Earlier scholars, including Grรผnberg, had speculated that she was a shaman who served as an intermediary between her community and the spirit world
An infant was buried with her. The analysis of the woman's skeleton revealed that her two uppermost cervical vertebrae were malformed and theat blood vessels in the lower skull area could have been spatially restricted. This malformation may have made her a special person. Anthropologists suspect that by holding her head in a certain position, she was able to clamp off a blood vessel. This possibly led to an involuntary eye movement, a so-called nystagmus. The overabundant inventory of grave goods alone testifies to a special social role of the deceased. Certain grave goods also played an important role in interpreting this burial as a shamanโs grave.
Researchers believes that the Bad Dรผrrenberg burial is proof that human spirituality became more specialized at this time, too, with specific people in the community delegated to interact with the spirit world, often with the help of trances or psychoactive substances. Combined with the earlier analysis of the womanโs grave, the teamโs new finds and meticulous look at her bones painted a more complete picture of the shaman. They conjectured that, from an early age, she had been singled out as different from other members of her community. Even in death, her unusually rich grave marked her as exceptional. Earlier scholars, including Grรผnberg, had speculated that she was a shaman who served as an intermediary between her community and the spirit world
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Construction of the RC Cathedral in Liverpool was interupted by WWII, and the original St. Peter's-inspired design was no longer financially possible. So, they built this soaring modernistic design on top of the medieval-style vaulted crypt. An architecturally interesting juxtaposition.
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TIL that before trees existed, Earth had giant fungi. Around 420 million years ago, before forests existed, some of the tallest living things were actually massive fungi. Some grew over 8 feet tall and dominated the landscape in the Devonian period.
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From the todayilearned community on Reddit: TIL that before trees existed, Earth had giant fungi. Around 420 million years agoโฆ
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