Saturday, January 11, 2025

77 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2024

The wind got up in the night and took our plans away


Indian mom and son cover Radiohead’s Creep.


World’s Oldest Person Dies in Japan at 116 The Japan News






Democracy does not matter to Labour

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is now, as it was in Blair’s days, Labour’s favoured think tank. Half of its leadership from a
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Starting the new year with something, new and fun, as I have always tied  my shoes laces using the same method. Ian’s Shoelace Site – Want to learn how to tie your shoes? Whether you’re after shoelace tying speed, simplicity, security or style, here’s twenty-five different shoelace knots to choose from – including several that Ian has created.


According to Border Report, Timur Praliev, who previously served with Russia's notorious Wagner Group, crossed the Rio Grande on foot, carrying two passports, $4,000 and a drone.

Newsweek has contacted the Department of Homeland Security for further comment via email outside of normal office hours.

Russian Mercenary Caught With Drone On U.S.-Mexico Border


77 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2024Atlantic – Gift Article: “Over the past year, the writers on The Atlantic’s Science, Technology, and Health desk have investigated academic fraud, tracked infectious-disease outbreaks, studied the evolution of artificial intelligence, and chronicled extreme weatherevents. We’ve reported on the quirks of animal behavior and the latest in psychedelics research


Along the way, we stumbled across facts that surprised, sobered, and humbled us, and we wanted to share them with you. We hope they blow your mind too..[snipped]

  • Your body carries literal pieces of your mom—and maybe your grandmother, siblings, aunts, and uncles
  • In July, a cybersecurity company accidentally introduced a single software bug that canceled or delayed tens of thousands of flights and trains, halted surgeries, and blacked out television broadcasts around the world.
  • Elephants and parrots use namelike callsthat identify them as individuals. Whales and bats might too.
  • BRCA mutations, famously linked to breast cancer, can also lead to cancer in the pancreas and prostate.
  • The 10,000-steps-a-day goal doesn’t originate from clinical science. Instead, it comes from a 1965 marketing campaignby a Japanese company that was selling pedometers.