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I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Stop Trump's Illegal Forever War with Iran. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
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NEWS: CBS blocked Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico and ordered him not to mention the cancellation over fear of FCC chair Brendan Carr.
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.
โHe was supposed to be here, butโฆ 1/
See the banned Talarico interview here:
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Per Britannica:
Bombardier beetles shoot a corrosive, boiling discharge when threatened. They have two chambers in their abdomens filled with two different reactive substances that become volatile when mixed.
(Remind me to not threaten those beetles) ๐ฎ
Per Britannica:
In the early 20th century Koreaโs national anthem was sung to the tune of the Scottish folk song โAuld Lang Syne.โ After the creation of the Republic of Korea in 1948, the country kept the songโs lyrics but gave it new music.
#Trivia ๐ถ๐ต
Per Britannica:
Groundhogs are also known as โwhistlepigsโ because when they are alarmed they make a high-pitched sound to alert the others in their colony.
#Trivia
(I know, should have posted this on 2 February) ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Per Britannica:
During one of her raids to free enslaved people in the American South, Harriet Tubman fed a baby a piece of bread soaked in laudanum (a mixture of alcohol and opium) to make sure the infant didnโt cry out.
#Trivia
Per Britannica:
In 1717 Russian tsar Peter the Great went to France to seek an alliance. The king of France was Louis XV, then just 7 years old. When he met the boy king, Peter (who was said to stand taller than 6 1/2 feet) scooped him up into his arms, a terrible breach of royal protocol.
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Mid-1840s Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier predicted the existence of an 8th planet in the solar system based on irregularities in the orbit of Uranus, then thought to be the last planet in the solar system. His calculations were so precise astronomers were able to find Neptune w/in an hour of looking.
Per Britannica:
The fake snow used during production of The Wizard of Oz was made from asbestos.
#Trivia #ThingsWeDidNotKnow
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UGH! South Florida weather warning, freeze warning.
๐ฅถ Watch out for falling iguanas.
This is just insane. Itโs only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
The United States Postal Service has temporarily suspended mail delivery to some residential and business customers across parts of Arkansas due to hazardous conditions caused by Winter Storm Fern.
I grew up with "neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail, nothing stops the U.S. mail.
Safety 1st
๐๐ Bruce!!
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This is actually a long, but well worthwhile read! Please take the time.
It will most likely connect with those from post WWII idealism.
I, for one, never thought the USA would become as toxic as it has.
#25thAmendmentNow
Per Britannica:
Some athletes drink pickle juice as studies suggest it alleviates cramps 40 percent faster than water. In part it replaces sodium lost while sweating, and it also triggers a reflex in the mouth that sends signals to muscles to stop cramping.
#trivia
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Congress to Abolish ICE. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
All regime mouthpieces who have lied about the murder of VA nurse Alex Pretti must resign immediately. All DHS officials and agents involved must be prosecuted.
Per Britannica:
Earth is about 15 times larger in the Moonโs sky than the Moon is in Earthโs sky. Light from a โfull Earthโ can be about 50 times brighter than the light from a full moon.
Per Britannica:
The 20th U.S. president, James A. Garfield, published an original proof confirming the Pythagorean theorem (a2 + b2 = c2) while he was a congressman.
Per Britannica:
Martin Luther King, Jr., skipped two grades in school and entered college when he was 15 years old.
Per Britannica:
Florence Green served in Britainโs Womenโs Royal Air Force during the last two months of World War I. She was 17 at the time. She was the last surviving World War I veteran, dying at age 110 in 2012.
#trivia
Per Britannica:
In 2010 the U.S. Postal Service wanted to put an image of the Statue of Liberty on a stamp. Instead, it mistakenly used a picture of a replica statue found at the NY-NY casino in Las Vegas. A court ordered the agency to pay the replicaโs artist $3.5 million for using his work.
Per Britannica:
Several U.S. Navy nuclear submarines have photonic masts (modern periscopes) that are operated by Xbox controllers.
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