“Reading brings us unknown [Twitter/X ] friends.”
- Honoré de BalzacFound on this Twitter (X) account via Swiss Miss.
On July 14, 1789, in an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside
Steve’s birthday to day after Christopher, but after L and M or Dr C
Oldest Wine EVER in Spain Just Discovered In Spain Rewrites History
A person is a note in the mouth of probability hungry for song, reverberating with echoes of the impossible. To exist at all is as close as this universe of austere laws and inert matter gets to a miracle. At its most miraculous, life has a musical quality, harmonious and symphonic with meaning. The word person itself takes its root from the Latin for “to sound through.”
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- Czechia’s Barbora Krejcikova won the Wimbledon women’s singles final 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 against Italy’s Jasmine Paolini.
- Seeded 31 for this tournament, she is the fifth Czech woman to win Wimbledon in the open era
Stunning 820 year old linden tree, also known as lime or basswood, is the national tree of the Czech Republic.
The youngest goalscorer in Euro history!
Photo of a young Lionel Messi with Lamine Yamal as a baby resurfaces after almost 17 years
Scientists Baffled: Webb Uncovers Ancient Galaxies That Defy Explanation SciTech Daily
Research finds humpbacks were happier during pandemic pause Phys.org
Great tits have a surprisingly good memory — and are much smarter than we thought ZME Science
Jaroslav Rudiš Q & A
Czech author Jaroslav Rudiš' Winterberg's Last Journey is now available in English -- see the Jantar publicity page -- and at Radio Prague International Ian Willoughby has a Q & A with Jaroslav Rudiš: Everything is connected in Central Europe.
Only in French nunnery - An 18th century CE ivory dildo complete with contrivance for simulating ejaculation and its own discreet cloth bag. Now housed at the Science Museum in London.
Found on the Museum of Artefacts
Teehee. Find the Wikipedia page here.