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In Lebor Ogaim, 16th century.

This manuscript gives a variety of some 100 secret modes of writing ogham.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Lebor

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I am thinking that old content posting are going useless, and I need to create something new.

What do you like from the content which I post, repost or publish on other my channels (@lostinwiki, @linguopunk)?

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In Spain, they don't fear Friday the 13th.

Here they are afraid of Tuesdays (because martes, the day of the war god Mars) and are therefore more afraid Tuesday the 13th.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_t

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While the USSR launched dogs and the USA launched monkeys, France went its own way and sent cats into space in 1963.

However, it ended badly for the cat: “she was euthanised two months later for the examination of her brain”.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Félicette

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There is an alternative black hole hypothesis—gravastar.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravasta

This object consists of a false vacuum inside and a shell of Bose-Einstein condensate.

Such object will have the same properties of a black hole, only without singularity and other paradoxes.

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In 2003, two men boarded a Boeing 727 at an airport in Angola, took off and disappeared. Neither they nor the plane were ever seen again.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Ang

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An-71 is very cool-looking airplane.

It’s a radio reconnaissance airplane. There is an antenna in the dish on forward-swept fin.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_

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There's a lot of time zone madness in Australia.

On Lord Howe Island, daylight saving time is shifted not by an hour, but by 30 minutes (+10:30 → +11:00).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_How

There is a +8:45 time zone. A shift not by an hour, or at least 30 minutes, but by 15 minutes from its neighbors.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B08

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Iwao Hakamada is the person who has been on death row the longest in the world (46 years).

But it ultimately went in his favor, as he was eventually acquitted and released.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwao_Hak

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Pando is the largest and oldest living organism on Earth. 47,000 clone trees with identical genetics growing from the same root.

It’s about 34,000 years old. When he appeared, there were still mammoths on Earth.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(t

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In Spain in 1914, Aurora Carballeira gave birth to a daughter to raise her as a model of the “woman of the future”: a prodigy, a feminist, a political activist.

But when her daughter turned 18, her mother killed her in her sleep. Most likely she was afraid she was starting to lose control of her daughter.

Her official reason for the murder: “the sculptor, after discovering the most minimal imperfection in her work, destroys it.”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegar

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Sprites are a rare type of lightning that are very large and strike upwards.

They were only discovered in 1989 with the development of cameras because the event is too rare (although there is evidence from 1956 and maybe even earlier, but those were probably written off as demons/UFOs).

The new photo by Matthew Dominick from ISS does a great job of showing how huge sprites are with the example of the height of the Earth’s atmosphere.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(

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In World War II, they were able to make an electronic lamp inside the projectile that would not be broken by the acceleration of the shot (20,000 g).

These lamps were used in the remote fuzes.

Their secret was guarded to a similar level as the atom bomb project. They were used only in those situations (air defense) where they could not fall into enemy hands.

Because of them, the chances of shooting down a Fau-1 went from 24% to 79%.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximit

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The BBC Radio news bulletin, April 18, 1930:

“Good evening. Today is Good Friday. There is no news.”

Piano music followed for roughly 15 minutes.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_

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Columbus wasn’t in trouble because people thought the Earth was flat.

The monks not only knew the Earth was round, but they knew its radius, and that’s a distance to Asia you can’t sail.

It was Columbus who came up with the wrong Earth radius.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyages_

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Even if you don’t like Durov or Musk, new cases is very dangerous because they break old rule, that platform is not responsible for users actions.

Without this rule we will have even more monopoly because small startups will not have money for moderation

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_

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The last Russian Emperor Nicholas II was influenced not only by famous Rasputin.

French magician Nizier Philippe really influenced political decisions.

“Remember that m-r Philippe said that you should not give a constitution, as it will be the ruin of Russia and you.”
— From the letters of the Empress

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizier_A

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Large sailing ships continue to be made today.

For example, the 2nd largest sailing ship in the world was completed in 1996.

List of the largest sailing ships:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_

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In 1922, New York had riots because of hats.

At that time there were strict fashion rules - a straw hat could be worn only in summer. Those who forgot to update their closet could even be beaten (in 1924 a man was even killed).

But in 1922 the tradition went too far. Teenagers in groups of 1000 people mocked people who forgot to update their hats.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_Ha

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Mata Hari, the famous courtesan of the Belle Époque, was shot on charges of espionage.

The head ended up in the Museum of Anatomy in Paris and then "lost".

I imagine some rich private collector bragging to his friends.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Har

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