3-in-1-daily-dose

[fair quartz]

Science
Courts sometimes terribly misuse statistics and probability that end up giving false convictions and inaccurate explanations, often just presenting probabilities found by just multiplying probabilities of different events THATS NOT HOW YOU FIND PROBABILITY ON A CASE!!!

read more on this article listing a few cases of misused probability:
https://www.significancemagazine.com/science/622-statistics-in-court-incorrect-probabilities

Vsauce2 makes great videos about this topic too:
https://youtu.be/mTNlVAz2fdA

at this point I want to write paragraph long facts about physics

[pastel niche]

Do it

[fair quartz]

k

Science
It is a common misconception that astronauts and the moon don't fall to the earth because there is no gravity, however this is completely false. The moon is in fact constantly accelerating towards the Earth however its velocity is directed 90 degrees from Earth's centre (moving tangent from Earth's center), this phenomena is known as centripetal (centre) force which causes circular motion. When astronauts say that they feel "weightless" it not their weight that is 0 but their apparent weight which is 0. Apparent weight = Gravitational Force - Centripetal Force it could be said that gravitational force provides centripetal force.

Bonus fact
Earths spin also provides centripetal force and is strongest at the equator, using the equation Apparent weight = Gravitational Force - Centripetal Force, you would weight less at the equator, compared to the poles. And if the Earth were to stop spinning not only would we be flying 1,000 miles per hour but your weight will also increase (0.3% more) and if Earth spun 17 times faster, you would feel weightless.

read more at:
A2 physics lol

[topaz moth]

Dude thank you for telling me how the moon revolves around earth

[glad jewel]

@fair quartz imagine getting roasted by Sadashi L

[fair quartz]

np bro 😎

I forget rest of A2 physics

[fair quartz]

he didnt put a /s so he isnt being sarcastic

[glad jewel]

😂

[hot wedge]

Isn't apparent weight the normal force acting on the astronaut?

[native valve]

correct

[dark patrol]

yes

[stoic mountain]

Florida Man Moments
Florida man wears ''fu*k the poilce'' shirt to court and wins case.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-man-wears-f-police-shirt-court-article-1.1965238

[keen aurora]

Fuck Tha Police

[teal moat]

a small teaser for the Europe segment of Haunted History (possibly on October 1.):

Haunted History: Europe

Disclaimer: View at your own risk

In the UK, a viral video of a haunted doll named Peggy reportedly caused 80 people to experience chest pains and nausea. Peggy now resides in Zak Bagans' Haunted Museum in Las Vegas.

Complimentary evidences:

Deadly Possessions: Episode 3 (Available on Discovery +)
Ghost Adventures: Quarantine: Episode 1 (starting at 37:40; available on Discovery +)
Peggy the Doll: A Very Different Haunting by Jayne Harris

Read more at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3043392/Video-haunted-doll-causes-EIGHTY-viewers-reportedly-suffer-chest-pains-nausea-crippling-headaches.html

[fair quartz]

Science
A woman can smell Parkinson's and is helping scientists develop tests

Read more at: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/sep/07/woman-who-can-smell-parkinsons-helps-scientists-develop-test

[teal moat]

epic

that one's gonna be next Monday's Science fact.

[runic grove]

Science
Scorpions fluoresce under UV light giving a vibrant blue-green glow and most scientists are unsure as to why this occurs

Read more at:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/science/scorpions-fluorescence-ultraviolet.html

[teal moat]

Will be the Science fact for Sept. 26

[devout drum]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeBzFyd7ics

[teal moat]

youtube isn't really a good source for information

[fair quartz]

If anyone posts here that James Webb telescope disproved Big Bang Theory, I will slap you

[teal moat]

Does anyone know some Indian/Pakistani/Sri Lankan urban legends/myths that nobody really knows? Post some here, and maybe your suggestions would be featured on October 13.

[storm hemlock]

~~James Webb's telescope disproved the bing bang theory. ~~There's a company that turns dead bodies into an ocean reef.

https://bestlifeonline.com/weird-amazing-facts/

[fair quartz]

A man ate a ghost pepper in an eating contest and drank 6 glasses of water to cool off. He vomited so much he tore a hole in his esophagus and was rushed to a hospital where doctors found his left lung collapsed. He spent 23 days in the hospital and was sent home with a gastric tube.

Read more at: https://health.howstuffworks.com/food-nutrition/can-ghost-peppers-kill.htm

[woeful needle]

My boy mike lived 18 months without a head

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

wait is this NSFW

OH NO

@vital prawn is this allowed here 😭

didnt expect the photo

[vital prawn]

ye it’s okay

[woeful needle]

aight bet

[keen aurora]

Edit the (give my boy some head) out of your message and it should be good

[vital prawn]

@woeful needle WWWWWW

ur fact made it

@teal moat idk if you get this often but like massive W to you for sending the facts every single day frrrr. I’ve been reading every single one you link everyday for the last month and a half, and atp it’s something which I look forward to seeing everyday on the server. gotta say, thanks for that, and appreciate your effort

[hushed forum]

Gave +1 rep to Welpo#9367

[woeful needle]

WWWWWWWWWWW

[woeful needle]

Fax. I don't read them everyday but whenever i decide to read them there's a whole chunk of facts waiting to be read and it's very enjoyable. Also THANKS @teal moat

[hushed forum]

Gave +1 rep to Geagle#4558, Welpo#9367

[woeful needle]

NOT FOR GEAGLE NOOO

[teal moat]

all it takes is dedication, even when sick. it's an online job, so, there's no reason to be absent

[teal moat]

don't mention it.

if you have any more facts that you wanna bring, post it here.

i'll always be watching

[teal moat]

although you should also thank @worthy shell too for bringing this idea in the first place.

[vital prawn]

either way it’s a massive W on your end fr

[vital prawn]

OK THANK YOU @neat cosmos

[hushed forum]

Gave +1 rep to Welpo#9367, parth#0966

[vital prawn]

WRONG PARTH

[worthy shell]

Nah bro it’s all u. I started it and gave it to you. Tbh most if not all of the server with few exceptions ignored your facts yet you continuously performed. I salute you

[teal moat]

i salute you too.

[woeful needle]

ah feels good knowing this conversation happened because of headless mike :)

butterfly thingy or whatever it was called eh

[twilit hawk]

suggestion - @vital prawn is the best mod

[vital prawn]

W (not this channel tho not this channel ey)

[vocal citrus]

Why are there so many facts related to celebrities? They are literally humans and some of them are not even better than an average human.

[modern flare]

just sounded like an interesting word

[teal moat]

well, sometimes, celebrities can cause oopsies or have weird lifestyles so, why not turn it into a fact?

or even inspirational stories, if positive

[spice marten]

https://www.nea.gov.sg/corporate-functions/resources/research/wolbachia-aedes-mosquito-suppression-strategy

Singapore releases Wolbachia-bacteria infected mosquitos to prevent Dengue

[past slate]

bananas are berries

[spice jasper]

crazy

[serene hatch]

But this isnt like vaccum

Its in like a medium

[deft wren]

🤪

[silk magnet]

In vacuum

[gray ether]

in vacuum only sirr

[molten vapor]

cows release methane that cause pollution

[rancid forge]

If u lick someone’s feet u can get salmonella

[molten vapor]

good one

[rancid forge]

Ikr

[molten vapor]

wha-

[molten vapor]

wha-

[karmic cypress]

how could someone possibly figure that one out???

[molten vapor]

trial and error

[rancid forge]

i have my ways

no but my friend told me so im not weird i swear 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[karmic cypress]

bro you need new friends

and i volunteer to be one

[karmic cypress]

I-

what?

you igcse students scare me

[molten vapor]

don't my pronouns say enough already?
try/me
IGCSE students are supposed to scare you haha

/jk

[karmic cypress]

wait

look at my pronouns

[molten vapor]

damn we got the same!

nice mate

[karmic cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/kstr-kochstrasse-agenturleben-agencylife-hannover-gif-19923133

[molten vapor]

bruh i thought this is a high five

apparently it's just hi

[karmic cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/side-eye-gif-17856173530980245283

its fine

ig

maybe

[molten vapor]

well this is awkward

[karmic cypress]

the fact that you take add maths scares me more.

[molten vapor]

AHAHAHAHA

idk CS is harder

dunno y

(also who said that i'm good at it)

[karmic cypress]

but the fact that you take it is pretty cool

cuz im here in as struggling

alot

[molten vapor]

never got a compliment for taking maths bruv but thanks my guy

[karmic cypress]

like ALOT

[molten vapor]

what do you think i'm doing

i'm dead inside

[karmic cypress]

no prob

same

[molten vapor]

so i'll just overdose on my caffeine

:)

[karmic cypress]

like i should be stuDYING right now, but look where i am

[molten vapor]

same though

[karmic cypress]

making friend online

something i cant do in real life

🙂

[molten vapor]

same as well

social anxiety do be crippling

[karmic cypress]

caffeine doesnt work on me so i fall asleep and hate myself the next day

[karmic cypress]

thats a special gift

[molten vapor]

i overdose on it because i have a strong immunity against it
guess why i have that immunity
i consume too much

[karmic cypress]

it makes me sleepier

[molten vapor]

bruh what you're reversing chemical reactions now or what

[karmic cypress]

i dont knowwwww

[molten vapor]

impressive though

[karmic cypress]

its the same for my dad so ig its inherited

[karmic cypress]

nahhh

[molten vapor]

yeah could be

[karmic cypress]

its the worst

i dont have anything that can keep me awake

[molten vapor]

vitamine B6

idk my spelling jszt died

cold showers

[karmic cypress]

huh?

[molten vapor]

i'm a professional caffeine addict with sleep deprivation i have my ways to stay awake LMAO

[karmic cypress]

how does that help and where can i find it?

[karmic cypress]

see i told u igcse kids are scary

[molten vapor]

shit makes you more energized
idk but there's like a drink in my country called powerade
it's got a lot of vitamine B6 in it and athletes take it before training

for better results

i should add i am basically a stay at home gym girlie aka i am broke so i train at home so i know my stuff ig

[molten vapor]

appreciate it

[karmic cypress]

even scarier

or my role model

dont know which one

[molten vapor]

haha why not both

[karmic cypress]

nah

role models arent supposed to scare you

[molten vapor]

but genuinely, if that doesnt work either
just hop into a cold shower for 2 mins and you'll feel alive again

[karmic cypress]

I HATE COLD WATERRRR

[molten vapor]

sucks to be you

[karmic cypress]

NOOO

NOPE

[molten vapor]

you wanna stay awake or no?

[karmic cypress]

NOT BY COLD WATER

https://tenor.com/view/david-rose-gif-3214199033367100027

https://tenor.com/view/hyunjin-disgusted-face-hyunjin-ew-face-hyunjin-skz-hyunjin-stray-kids-skzgifzs-gif-11742740837637962522

even in summer

[molten vapor]

you could also try peppermint teas

[karmic cypress]

i take baths in really hot waters

[molten vapor]

or drink a lot of water

like A LOT

i do all of these by the way

:)

[karmic cypress]

tea isnt my cup of tea

[molten vapor]

disgusting get away from me
i take 15-20 degree celsius showers even when it's -20 outside

[molten vapor]

welp then water it is

[karmic cypress]

so you keep going to the bathroom and thus staying awake?

[molten vapor]

pretty much

[karmic cypress]

thats legit so cold

[molten vapor]

but like ice water is like a cold shower just inside you

[karmic cypress]

true

its fine as long as its inside

[molten vapor]

usually people cant stomach a lot of ice water well and it causes headaches n stuff
meanwhile me: haha gib more ice pls

[karmic cypress]

same

i love ice

[molten vapor]

also excuse my poor english i'm supposed to be B2-C1 but sleep deprivation yknow

also this is the drink i mentioned earlier

[karmic cypress]

B2-C1?

[molten vapor]

the classification used to decide how well you speak a language?

[karmic cypress]

the fact that you had that on hand speeks volumes

theres a word for that?

nice

[molten vapor]

LMAO let me be i was skiing today and I also did one hell of a workout today

[karmic cypress]

thats cool

what time is it rn for u?

[molten vapor]

9

pm

[karmic cypress]

thats not bad

[molten vapor]

i know

not that late yet

[karmic cypress]

you should sleeppppp

even tho its early

[molten vapor]

nah

who needs sleep anyways

[karmic cypress]

u did lotta things

[molten vapor]

plus i just made peppermint tea

[karmic cypress]

i woulda be dead

[molten vapor]

yeah my todolist says otherwise

[karmic cypress]

u really are pressistant

dont you like sleeping?

[molten vapor]

do you mean persistant?

not really

[karmic cypress]

yeah

[molten vapor]

i like being awake when it's dark outside and everyone's asleep

[karmic cypress]

same difference

[karmic cypress]

same

[molten vapor]

yeah no i just wanted to confirm the meaning bec else i would have written the word down

[karmic cypress]

but at the same time i love the sensation og sleeping

[molten vapor]

nah

i dont

i always feel so dizzy

[karmic cypress]

THATS BECAUSE YOU DONT GET ENOUGH SLEP MY CHILD

[molten vapor]

it gets worse the more I sledp

[karmic cypress]

probably becuz ur body isnt used to sleeping ig

[molten vapor]

yeah no that was even when i wasnt sleep deprived

like primary school

[karmic cypress]

yikes

[molten vapor]

yup

[karmic cypress]

u should get that checked out yk

[molten vapor]

nah dont have the time

:)

[karmic cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/stress-stitch-gif-25586692

[vital prawn]

B2/C1 english?

damn

[molten vapor]

nah in all honesty it's depressing bec you're supposed to be the best in english but then you make one mistake and ridicule yourself in front of the entire class

[vital prawn]

yea damn

[neon iron]

i dont think so

unless you are an unrecognized martian species

[wary patio]

Remember: Logging into Znotes.org doesn't work when you block third-party cookies!

https://tenor.com/view/skeletor-until-we-meet-again-goodbye-gif-7594892226715043729

[wary patio]

people who love not getting obliterated by sleep in IGCSE exams

[vital prawn]

@teal moat no FOTD

😰

[teal moat]

got too busy with acads yesterday

[nova grotto]

A cloud weighs a million tons
https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/how-much-does-a-cloud-weigh

[spice jasper]

cloud

[nova grotto]

yes

[spice jasper]

you.

[nova grotto]

me.
||whag||

[spice jasper]

one million tonnes

[nova grotto]

⁉️⁉️

[spice jasper]

you

[zenith plume]

wow

[nova grotto]

Rereading this I js got it

💀

[spice jasper]

fastest discord mod

[nova grotto]

🗣🗣

[toxic root]

chemistry ore 🤓

[spice jasper]

cummingtonite supremacy

[odd inlet]

Perfect pair

Fact suggestion

https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/looking-for-luca-the-last-universal-common-ancestor/#:~:text=Around 4 billion years ago,iron-sulfur rich hydrothermal vents.

[toxic root]

yes 🤓 ☝️ 😏

[odd inlet]

#🗣│fotd message
Bro u tagged the wrong guy 😭

@teal moat

[teal moat]

oops. mb

corrected the tag

[nova grotto]

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/july/deep-ocean-floor-produces-its-own-dark-oxygen/#:~:text=The surprising discovery challenges long,life living in complete darkness.

Ocean discovered to produce its own oxygen through non living materials, specifically metal that seperates and breaks down water into hydrogen and oxygen.

[spice jasper]

imagine sipping that at three AM

[keen aurora]

@neat jackal send the Usain Bolt one here

[neat jackal]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/athletics/usain-bolt-reveals-ate-1000-2675549

[rotund osprey]

pinged the wrong saif

[unreal ginkgo]

Lmao u added a period

[rotund osprey]

Ye

[odd inlet]

The 2024 Paris Olympics will offer a unique twist to the traditional medal design by incorporating iron from the Eiffel Tower into each medal. This marks the first time in Olympic history that a piece of a national monument has been included in the medals. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/the-games/the-brand/medals-design

[nova grotto]

LMAOOO

[keen aurora]

Did I?

[teal moat]

i guess no florida man for tomorrow

instead an olympic sunday

[rotund osprey]

well not anymore 😔

[midnight brook]

A cloud weighs around a million tonnes (it varies)

[midnight brook]

Because it is very dense with water

[odd inlet]

Floridians are a whole different species bruv 😭

There was this news about Sharks and they were tested positive for cocaine in Brazil or somewhere
Another fact suggestion ig

[midnight brook]

Wow

So we went from cocaine hippos

To cocaine sharks

[odd inlet]

Lol 😂

[teal moat]

imma look lit up

13 sharks

jeez

[midnight brook]

Pablo escobar is still alive💀

In brazi

He did that to tje sharks

[teal moat]

that's a ghost then

[hushed forum]

Attention required <@&572709257036955649>
Reason provided:

suspicious link

[neat jackal]

@teal moat Link broken

[teal moat]

i fixed it now.

[neat jackal]

Ty

[teal moat]

i will turn this week's facts into olympic updates

[midnight brook]

Turkish shooter...

[teal moat]

tomorrow, i guess kim ye ji

[muted cobalt]

Arshad Nadeem wins Pakistan's first Olympic gold in 40 years.

https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/arshad-nadeem-you-owe-pakistan-nothing-but-pakistan-owes-you-a-lot-pak-activist/amp_articleshow/112393353.cms

[spice jasper]

allegations against Kanye's dentist for selling him Nitrous Oxide?

[teal moat]

sauce?

[spice jasper]

too lazy sorry

[teal moat]

tmz

[teal moat]

welp lots of viral olympic moments to cover

so sport facts for the month become olympic news

[spice jasper]

ight

[marsh sluice]

Did you know that there is a species of jellyfish that is immortal? The Turritopsis dohrnii jellyfish can revert back to its juvenile form after reaching adulthood, essentially restarting its life cycle indefinitely. So, in a way, it's the Benjamin Button of the sea!

[frail lotus]

The Glassworker, a coming of age film directed by Usman Riaz becomes Pakistan's first anime film after setting his own Hand-drawn animation studio called "Mano Animation". The film recently had its premiere in Hiroshima, Japan but had been under production for a* whopping 10 years*

[plucky grail]

heyyyy new here. The first mammal to be cloned — Dolly the sheep — was created in 1996 using a technique called somatic cell nuclear transfer, or SCNT, where scientists essentially reconstruct an unfertilized egg by fusing a somatic cell nucleus (not from a sperm or egg) with an egg in which the nucleus has been removed. so no egg ?:shock:

[worldly shoal]

A person can think up to 25,000 thoughts per day, and that is just about the minimum

Alan Turing was the person who created the Turing test. It is a test in which people talk to an AI or human. The person has to figure out if he is talking to a real human or AI

TY

[karmic cypress]

A person can think up to 25,000 thoughts

[nova grotto]

Neil Armstrong's hair was sold in 2004 for $3,000

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna8062442

[dense needle]

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/shy-penguin-wins-new-zealands-bird-election-after-113707873

week old new but :/

[nova grotto]

Pesto the penguin defies all odds and is one of the largest penguin chicks
https://newatlas.com/biology/pesto-king-penguin-melbourne/

[dense needle]

fotd and wotd collab:
the word egregious used to mean something wonderful or good but its meaning somehow overtime completely flopped making it mean something "outstandingly bad; shocking."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egregious#:~:text=Did you know%3F,use of its original sense.

[teal moat]

@karmic cypress

wotd suggestion:

nihility - nothingness

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nihility

[dense needle]

just a reminder how tensed up the cold war was and how many times we came really close to ww3

[pearl kernel]

| Command list

General (6)

/config, /debug, /help, /invite, /ping, /support

Music (18)

/clear, /forceskip, /loop, /lyrics, /pause, /play, /playfile, /playnext, /playnow, /previous, /queue, /replay, /resume, /search, /seek, /skip, /stop, /volume

Premium (12)

/247, /autoplay, /bassboost, /demon, /8d, /nightcore, /pitch, /speed, /trebleboost, /tremolo, /vibrato, /vocalboost

Queue (5)

/duplicates, /move, /np, /remove, /shuffle

Use /help [command] to get more information about a command

[dense needle]

22.4 trillion digits of pi
thats 22.3999999930~ trillion more digits than we would need to calculate the number of atoms in the universe

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1L_HnNULhHSuDabD036H94pGdD-XbKhLy

[odd inlet]

I'm da biggest bird, I'm the da biggest bird

[dense needle]

Alot of islands' satellite views on google maps in the north pole are compiled together and sewn by many different images taken at totally different time periods. This is partially due to bad weather and image unavailability and partially due to issues when distorting the round world onto a square map.

[dense needle]

this was where i got these ones. north of the nordics if u couldnt tell

its really fascinating considering there are images like this too!

here is another absolutely absurd one

[spice jasper]

wait that's so interesting

[spice jasper]

LMAO

[teal moat]

FOTD Announcement:
This month's the spooky month and I'm excited to share more myths and hauntings as October passes.

Got any interesting myths? I'll be happy to feature them on #🗣│fotd

[vivid beacon]

watch me cook

[zenith plume]

The mythology of the Loch Ness monster started to spread around 1933. A road beside Loch Ness was completed at the time and provided an unhindered view of the lake. A couple observed a large animal in April that they described as a "dragon or prehistoric monster." The beast crossed their car's route and then vanished into the sea. Following a Scottish newspaper's article on the occurrence, there were many sightings.

The Loch Ness area attracted numerous monster hunters. Over the years, several sonar explorations (notably in 1987 and 2003) were undertaken to locate the creature, but none were successful. In addition, numerous photographs allegedly showed the beast, but most were discredited as fakes or as depicting other animals or objects. Notably, in 1994 it was revealed that Wilson’s photograph was a hoax spearheaded by a revenge-seeking Wetherell; the “monster” was actually a plastic-and-wooden head attached to a toy submarine

@vivid beacon

^^

[vivid beacon]

Ty bro

[zenith plume]

np

[vivid beacon]

The legend begins with a beautiful woman who was a samurai's wife. However, remember that appearances might be deceiving—she was extremely conceited and had even cheated on her Samurai husband. He became extremely angry upon learning of the affair and slashed her mouth open from ear to ear, giving her the Glasgow smile (a smile that results from cuts that go from ear to ear). "Who will think you're pretty now?" he said after this vicious deed. The original story takes a gory turn, even if it serves as a warning to individuals to remain devoted.

This seeming phenomena can be explained by the following: at night, a woman would approach people—usually children—wearing a surgical mask or other type of mask and inquire, "Am I pretty?" She would give them a Glasgow smile and sever their faces with scissors if they refused. She would show her face and ask again, though, if they replied in the affirmative. If they responded "no" this time, she would still slit their faces. She would kill them with brutality even if they continued to say yes. She would follow them home. Many think that the only way to stop this habit is to give her a confusing response, such as "you're okay" or "so-so," and not give her a definitive answer. These responses would cause misunderstanding, which would buy victims enough time to run.

[teal moat]

these will for sure be featured soon

[vivid beacon]

W

[teal moat]

i might move the myth of Biringan in the Philippines to Thursday instead.

and use the Slit Mouth Woman as tomorrow's fact!

[neat jackal]

Just avoid starting msgs with the # and you'll be good to go :)

[vivid beacon]

ah ok

[near pebble]

Known fact: Biology sucks

[dense needle]

AI has just not just challenged but completely overtaken Expert Level human intelligence in so many fields in this upcoming generation alone

Mind you these were fields like programming, Linguistics and mathematics in which these AIs were far below average (average expert 😅 ) in their performances. The biggest jump thus far in the field of artificial intelligence as a whole.

A really fascinating article on Open AI's new o1 model deep dives into this topic, going through an entirely new way of generating responses called "Chain of Thought" processing which mimics Human Intelligence and problem solving skills. A must read in my opinion. Its pretty interactive as well.
https://openai.com/index/learning-to-reason-with-llms/

[dense needle]

One of the most bizarre races in GT history took place a few days ago in Barcelona. Around 30-40 seconds after the start a safety car was deployed due to a major crash but then it started raining and everyone was forced to pit. By the time all the chaos had cleared out and safety car left the track, only 5 minutes were left on the race clock.

Here is the full extended highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXhNH_qhVjk

[teal moat]

even shorter than the 2022 Japanese GP

[coarse pulsar]

While Sanskrit is regarded as the "mother" for many Indian languages, including Hindi and Bengali, Tamil is one of the world's most ancient, living languages, whose etymological roots date over 2,000 years. What is really interesting is that while both languages have ancient roots, they belong to two completely different families: Sanskrit belongs to the Indo-European family, and Tamil is a part of the Dravidian family.

There are interesting admixtures between them despite their differences. Most of the Tamil words have been borrowed from the Sanskrit vocabulary, especially in literature, religion, and philosophy. However, Tamil has retained its unique characteristics, like its own grammar and vocabulary. So, while you dive into literature written in Tamil, you aren't just exploring Tamil culture; you are also seeing how it has interacted with Sanskrit over the centuries.

[hushed sky]

Mansa Musa was the richest man alive so much so that when he gave away gold during his travels the prices that grew for about a 100 years came back(deflation). He carried around 150 kg's of gold during his pilgrimage to Mekkah

Time magazine reported: "There's really no way to put an accurate number on his wealth.

Altogether, it's estimated that Mansa Musa spent 71,000 pounds of gold in his lifetime 🤯

[timber ginkgo]

This is related with the pyramids of Egypt and ancient Egyptians. The three pyramids, Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka and ancient pyramids, that's location is extremely precise, correlating right below the 3 stars below the Orion belt. The measurements were so precise that if you took a point from the most top point (the pointy thing of pyramid) and move up in a straight line, you'll reach the stars.

The other thing is that the stars of Orion belt, Osiris, god of rebirth and after life, and the river Nile is related with the milky way. Ancient Egyptians managed to get such precise measurements, and the amount of engravings in it too are make a person left speechless.🤯

Thanks.

[dense needle]

There is a Wikipedia article that goes over more unusual Wikipedia articles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles

[timber ginkgo]

bro what? 😭

[teal moat]

while wikipedia can't be used as a legit source, i'll let this one slide.

tho, i'll be looking into these articles deeper.

[timber ginkgo]

Dyatlov Pass

The Dyatlov Pass incident, which occurred in February 1959 in the Ural Mountains of Soviet Russia, is a well-known and mysterious event. Nine experienced hikers, led by Igor Dyatlov, died under strange and unexplained circumstances. Only one of the survived. When their bodies were found, some exhibited severe internal injuries, and some were missing eyes and tongues. Additionally, blood was found coming from their eyes, ears, and mouths. Despite various theories, the exact cause of their deaths remains unclear, with explanations ranging from an avalanche to more bizarre theories like a yeti attack or military involvement.

Answers that might be there are like for example, Soviet Russia was doing chemical experiments there, without warning, and so the hikers died a gruesome death and rotted away there, providing life to the ground, death to the people. Blood was splattered everywhere, like paint.

-Igor Alekseyevich Dyatlov, 23 died of hypothermia
-Yuri Nikolayevich Doroshenko, 21 died of hypothermia
-Lyudmila Alexandrovna Dubinina, 20 died of severe internal bleeding from chest and insane trauma was visible
-Georgiy Alexeyevich Krivonishenko, 23 died of hypothermia
-Alexander Sergeyevich Kolevato, 24 died of hypothermia
-Zinaida Alekseyevna Kolmogorova, 22 died of hypothermia
-Rustem Vladimirovich Slobodin, 23 died of hypothermia
-Nikolai Vladimirovich Thibeaux-Brignolles, 23 died of fatal skull injury
-Semyon Alekseyevich Zolotaryov, 38 died of severe chest trauma
-Yuri Yefimovich Yudin, 21, left the expedition before all this took place due to illness

This was done by reading documentaries, you-tube vids and Wikipedia

[timber ginkgo]

Thank you Kelpo, for once again putting my suggestion into the official fact of the day channel. I give my humble graditude to you once again. Thank You.

[teal moat]

no worries.

[dense needle]

Doritos transmitted an ad to a location 42 light yrs away back in 2008 after hosting a competition. The winner, Matt Bowron's ad was chosen called the 'Tribe'

Its still up on YT to watch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOL8RAb3Pxw

More references - https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-the-public/doritos-space

[timber ginkgo]

The Great London Smog of 1952.

In December 1952, a thick fog settled over London, but it wasn’t ordinary fog. Due to a combination of cold weather, lack of wind, and increased coal burning, the city was enveloped in a deadly smog filled with sulfur dioxide and other toxic particles. The smog was so dense that visibility dropped to just a few feet, and people couldn’t see their feet while walking.

It lasted for five days, and sadly, it led to an estimated 12,000 deaths due to respiratory issues and other health complications. This tragic event became a turning point for environmental science and public health policies, leading to the creation of the Clean Air Act in 1956, which regulated air pollution and pushed for cleaner energy sources.

It’s a grim reminder of how human activities can dramatically alter the environment and the importance of addressing pollution.

[halcyon shuttle]

The Great London Smog of 1952.

[timber ginkgo]

SpongeBob

In 2011, scientists discovered a new species of sponge in the Caribbean Sea and named it Spongia bob. It was due to how bright and yellowish-spongy color/texture it had. It caused a few upsets between the scientists' community, but none the less, it was accepted and now there's an actual creature known as SpongeBob 💀

[runic elbow]

Blind soccer exists
https://youtu.be/maaiOnr1NdE?si=tw_A8lAlGI-XR3Bs

[timber ginkgo]

THE ILLUMINATI

The Illuminati, formally known as the Bavarian Illuminati, was a secret society founded on May 1, 1776, by Adam Weishaupt, a professor of canon law at the University of Ingolstadt in Bavaria, now modern-day Germany. Weishaupt sought to create a group that would advocate for Enlightenment ideals, such as reason, science, and secular governance, to counteract what he perceived as the oppressive influence of religion and monarchy on society. The organization operated under a hierarchical structure modeled on the Freemasons, with a series of secretive rituals and ranks designed to attract intellectuals, politicians, and influential figures of the time. At its peak, it reportedly included several hundred members, ranging from academics to noblemen.

The group’s activities, however, soon drew the attention of the Bavarian authorities. In the late 1780s, the government, led by Charles Theodore and encouraged by the Catholic Church, outlawed secret societies, leading to the dissolution of the Illuminati. Despite its short-lived existence, the group left a legacy that fueled speculation and intrigue. Many believe its ideas of clandestine organization and reformative goals inspired other secret societies. Yet, there is little evidence to suggest that the Bavarian Illuminati ever wielded the far-reaching power its legend implies or survived beyond its official suppression.

In modern times, the Illuminati has become a central theme in conspiracy theories, which claim that the group still exists and operates covertly to control world events and establish a "New World Order." These theories often allege that members of the global elite, including politicians, celebrities, and corporate leaders, are secretly part of the Illuminati, orchestrating wars, economic crises, and cultural shifts to maintain power. While historians and scholars widely dismiss these claims as speculative and lacking credible evidence, the allure of an omnipotent secret society continues to captivate the imagination, blending historical fact with myth in the cultural consciousness.

The man in the photo; Adam Weishaupt was the known founder of this cult.

[timber ginkgo]

KELPO

U PINGED THE WRONG GUY

[teal moat]

my bad.

[timber ginkgo]

np cheif✨

[manic gulch]

Bavarian
Motor
Works

BMW=Illuminati confirmed 😱😱😱😱

[sharp roost]

s?me

[timber ginkgo]

does horror game anomalies count as fact suggestions?

[teal moat]

no

but if it has a real life inspiration, yes

[timber ginkgo]

ah, ty

[hushed forum]

Gave +1 rep to kelpoxd!

[dense needle]

bro was boutta drop the entire fnaf lore

[teal moat]

i'm sure that he was gonna do that

[nova grotto]

HAHA

[teal moat]

ykw, since tuesday facts are all about culture, i might as well not only cover traditions and festivities but some occassional pop culture facts

[timber ginkgo]

nooo, SCP:CB lore

i'll give 1 at 18th

related with irl'

[timber ginkgo]

**THE PLAGUE DOCTORS **
Plague doctors were medical professionals who emerged during the Black Death and other epidemics in Europe, wearing iconic beaked masks filled with aromatic substances like lavender, rose petals, and vinegar. They believed that the plague was caused by "miasma," or bad air, and that the pungent smells in their masks could help protect them from these noxious fumes. The doctors would often perform rudimentary and ineffective treatments, like bloodletting, while attempting to keep their distance from infected individuals. The mask became a symbol of their profession, and these doctors were often seen as a mysterious and frightening figure during the epidemics.

SCP-049, a character from the SCP Foundation, is a supernatural entity that resembles a medieval plague doctor. It is a sentient humanoid with a similar beaked mask and robe, but it possesses the horrifying ability to perform "treatments" that involve reanimating the dead. SCP-049 views death as a "disease" and believes it can "cure" individuals by performing surgical procedures on them. The connection to real-world plague doctors is clear in its appearance and the belief that death is a condition that can be fixed. However, unlike the historical doctors, SCP-049’s methods are far more sinister, as it aims to “heal” by transforming its victims into grotesque, reanimated husks, embodying a macabre twist on the real-world plague doctor's efforts to battle an invisible threat.

Sorry for being late
Had some unexpected life issues 😔

2-3 days late

[timber ginkgo]

JAPANAESE URBAN LEGEND
-->This one is about the legend of TEKE TEKE
Teke teke, is a Japanese urban legend about the ghost of a schoolgirl, where her body was split in half by a train after she had become stuck. She is an onryō, or a vengeful spirit, who lurks in urban areas and roams train stations at night. Since she no longer has a lower body, she travels on her hands, dragging her upper torso and making a scratching or "teke teke"-like sound, produced either by her elbows or the end of her bisected body scraping the ground. If she encounters an individual, she will chase them and slice them in half at the waist, killing them in such a way that mimics her own disfigurement.
One version of the story concerns a young woman known as Kashima Reiko. As with the original iteration of the legend, Kashima died when her legs were severed from her body by a train after she fell on the tracks. According to some sources, some versions of the legend state that, when an individual learns of Kashima's story, she will appear to them within one month. The "Kashima Reiko" story predates that of Teke Teke. The legless spirit of Kashima Reiko is said to haunt bathroom stalls, asking occupants if they know where her legs are. If a questioned individual replies with an answer that Kashima does not find acceptable, she will rip or slice them in half. Individuals may survive the encounter by replying that her legs are on the Meishin Expressway, or by responding with the phrase "Kamen Shinin Ma", or "mask death demon" (which may be the phonetic root of Kashima's name). The legend of Kashima Reiko has been described as a "bathroom-centric variation" of Teke Teke.

[timber ginkgo]

Kelpo, is it possible to give XMAS related urban legends now??

[teal moat]

absolutely

[timber ginkgo]

Thanks !

[hushed forum]

Gave +1 rep to kelpoxd!

[timber ginkgo]

XMAS THEME : KRAMPUS
IThe Krampus is a horned anthropomorphic figure who, in the Central and Eastern Alpine folkloric tradition, is said to accompany Saint Nicholas on visits to children during the night of 5 December, immediately before the Feast of St. Nicholas on 6 December. In this tradition, Saint Nicholas rewards well-behaved children with small gifts, while Krampus punishes badly behaved ones with birch rods.

The origin of the figure is unclear; some folklorists and anthropologists have postulated that it may have pre-Christian origins. In traditional parades and in such events as the Krampuslauf ("Krampus run"), young men dressed as Krampus attempt to scare the audience with their antics. Krampus is featured on holiday greeting cards called Krampuskarten.

[timber ginkgo]

Hi Kelpo

I have a fact suggestion about a creature called, Afrait

Though it's also linked alot with Islamic culture

Is it allowed to send it or do I try and remove as much of it as I can?

[teal moat]

feel free to send it

as long as it isn’t too sensitive, i’llvbe dure to read it

[timber ginkgo]

ty

[dense needle]

A few voice actors in Pixar's animated films, 'Cars' were actual racers.
e.g the voice actor of doc hudson or strip weathers https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317219/characters/nm0000056
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0678809/

[timber ginkgo]

IFRIT: JINN'S
The Ifrit originates from Islamic mythology and Arabian folklore, with its roots tracing back to pre-Islamic legends. These beings are considered a type of jinn, created by Allah from "smokeless fire," as mentioned in the Quran (Surah 55:15). Unlike angels, who are made from light, or humans, formed from clay, jinn have free will, making them capable of both good and evil deeds. The Ifrit, in particular, is often portrayed as a symbol of wrath and vengeance, linked to the fiery elements that define its creation. Stories of the Ifrit appear in classical texts like The Thousand and One Nights, where they are depicted as powerful, cunning, and sometimes tragic figures bound by oaths, magic, or divine command.

In terms of appearance and behavior, the Ifrit is often described as a towering, fearsome figure with a body enveloped in flames or glowing embers. They are said to possess sharp features, immense physical strength, and wings, giving them a terrifying presence. In many tales, they act as guardians of treasures, dwellers of ruins, or avengers of great wrongs. Despite their fearsome reputation, Ifrits are not invincible; they can be bound, defeated, or outwitted through spells, talismans, or clever trickery. Their fiery nature is often reflected in their temperament, which is characterized by intense passion, rage, and a thirst for power. This duality of destructive might and bound potential makes them a compelling element in folklore and literature.

Also known as Afrait

[spring kestrel]

the president of sk got impeached

(again)

[teal moat]

2 impeachments in a row, in a year

goddamn

[teal moat]

this one’s for tuesday

[spring kestrel]

Yea lol

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna185519

[spring kestrel]

South korea plane crash https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/at-least-28-killed-in-plane-crash-in-south-korea-670db7c2

[timber ginkgo]

HISTORY: THE RED ARMY
During World War II, Joseph Stalin faced a pivotal moment during the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 when the Wehrmacht rapidly advanced, threatening Moscow. Despite trains being prepared for evacuation, Stalin chose to remain in the capital. His decision was driven by the understanding that abandoning Moscow would severely demoralize the Soviet people and Red Army, signaling defeat. Staying in the city was a symbolic act of defiance, demonstrating resilience against the Nazi onslaught while maintaining centralized control over military and political decisions.

Stalin’s presence in Moscow played a critical role in stabilizing the situation. It ensured continuity of command and boosted morale, as his leadership became synonymous with Soviet resistance. This resolve, combined with the Red Army's defensive efforts, culminated in the successful counteroffensive during the Battle of Moscow in December 1941. By choosing to fight rather than flee, Stalin solidified his image as a determined leader, a move that significantly contributed to the Soviet Union’s ultimate victory over Nazi Germany.

[timber ginkgo]

NEW YEAR THEME: ANCIENT CELEBRATION
Nearly 4,000 years ago, the ancient Babylonians held the first recorded New Year celebration, making it one of the oldest known traditions in human history. This event, known as Akitu, occurred during the spring equinox and lasted 11 days, honoring the rebirth of nature and the triumph of the god Marduk over chaos. Unlike modern New Year festivities tied to January 1, the Babylonian New Year reflected agricultural and celestial cycles, emphasizing their deep connection to the rhythms of nature. This celebration laid the groundwork for how societies mark the passage of time and the renewal of life.

(ik, i am late 😭 )

[molten vapor]

**Shia Muslims do not celebrate new year : ** As according to Muslim calendar, The new year starts from 1st of Moharram. As Moharram was the month in which the tragedy of Karbala happened in which our imam Hussain and his family were martyred by the brutal forces of Yazid. Shias do not celebrate anything in Moharram, So as the new year of Muslims is in Moharram Shia Muslims do not celebrate it

[timber ginkgo]

pretty self explanitory

[teal moat]

New Schedule, as I've been goign inconsistent:

Monday:
1x Science (Bio, Chem, Physics, Psychology and their derivatives)/1x IGCSE/AS/A2-related science facts

Tuesday:
1x Traditions/1x Myths and Legends (except on October where myths and legends/haunted objects take over)

Wednesday:
1x Past History/1x Current Events around the world (October's gonna be all about haunted places on Wednesdays)

Thursday:
1x Space-related/1x Interesting Places to sightsee

Friday:
1x Past Sports/1x Modern Sports

Saturday:
Word History in collaboration with #📖│wotd (1 giga fact)

Sunday:
1x Florida Man Moments or Karma Moments/1x Business-related failures or case studies

[dense needle]

https://www.britannica.com/topic/apartheid/Opposition-to-apartheid - interesting history of south African separatist republic "Bophuthatswana" (not to be confused with Botswana though both are ethnically similar, home to the Tswanan people) and its relation with the origin of the term "apartheid". I'd recommend looking into it, the rabbit hole goes pretty deep

https://www.britannica.com/place/Bophuthatswana

[dense needle]

ahh today was wednesday rip

its wild how south africa went from being the most divided country in 20th century and made a full 180 u turn at the start of the 21st

leik look at this map.

[teal moat]

that’s a lot of history to look upon

i’ll post that next wednesday

oh shit. i’ll post this torrow instead

[teal moat]

Updates:

Given that my workload in college and life is getting bigger, I might as well alternate between either type per day.

[bright badge]

Titanic isn't the Largest ship in the world anymore, many people still think that it is

[teal moat]

what's the name of the new largest ship?

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the pioneering spirit

this is the largest

[teal moat]

made in 2015

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the longest is Seawise giant (1,504 ft long)

[bright badge]

2013

[teal moat]

nice

[timber ginkgo]

Auto vampirism
It's a disorder, in which the person starts to drink their own blood, for some sortta gratitude?
Auto-vampirism is a form of vampirism that refers to drinking one's own blood, typically as a form of sexual gratification As a mental disorder, this is also called as antihaemophilia, which is derived from three Greek words: auto, which means "self"; hemos, for "blood"; and, phagos, meaning "to eat". Although closely related to vampirism, the two differ in that vampirism is a sadistic act while auto-vampirism is on the side of . Along with drinking their own blood, most practitioners of auto-vampirism also engage in self-harm in order to obtain the blood.

[dense needle]

history:https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ustasa goes over the Ustaša genocide

legend has it (no it was real) even german facists were disgusted by this movement

and italian facists had to actually intervene cuz of how horrifying it got

[timber ginkgo]

The country, Burundi has 2 capitals
The country has two capitals, Bujumbura and Gitega. Bujumbura was the only capital for much of the country’s history. In 2019 the government decided to make Gitega the political capital, while Bujumbura became the economic capital.

[teal moat]

that’llvbe one of two history facts today

[teal moat]

another crazy current event is happening at the philippines at the moment

[timber ginkgo]

A game of Chance?
Russian roulette (Russian: Русская рулетка, romanized: Russkaya ruletka) is a potentially lethal game of chance in which a player places a single round in a revolver, spins the cylinder, places the muzzle against the head or body (of the opponent or themselves), and pulls the trigger. If the loaded chamber aligns with the barrel, the weapon fires.
Either, it's a dummy bullet, or, his brain is blown out. You can play this game either alone, or with multiple people at the bar. This game is still played today.

[teal moat]

as a torture method?

[timber ginkgo]

kinda

it was also just a general game

though, could be used like how in squid game s2 gi-hun and salesman played the game or played alone

[teal moat]

i see

i remember russian roulette being part of a call of duty game

[timber ginkgo]

yo kelpo

did u knpw

that

ukraine, south africa and kazakhastan used to possess nuclear wareheads

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/556088827781971968/1255194300489269248/1233328914844356630.gif

[teal moat]

source?

[timber ginkgo]

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-who-gave-up-nuclear-weapons.html

also wikipedia

even belarus used to possess

nuclear weaopons

[teal moat]

nice

[dense needle]

breh

@zenith plume is bro online

[zenith plume]

?

[dense needle]

scam link

[zenith plume]

ah

[keen aurora]

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/04/nx-s1-5299962/woolly-mammoth-extinction-mice-genetic-engineering

[teal moat]

this’ll be for next monday

[last temple]

did u know that every 60 second in my country is 1 minute.

[timber ginkgo]

Book of foretold Magic
Shams al-Ma'arif (The Book of the Sun of Gnosis and the Subtleties of Elevated Things) is a famous 13th-century Arabic grimoire attributed to Ahmad al-Buni. It is one of the most influential works on Islamic esoteric sciences, covering topics such as numerology, letter magic, talismans, and spiritual invocations. The book is steeped in Sufi mysticism and blends Quranic verses with occult knowledge, aiming to reveal hidden truths about the universe and divine names. Though revered by some as a source of spiritual enlightenment, it has also been controversial, with critics viewing its contents as bordering on sorcery.

[dense needle]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-archimede/ - the actual truth behind the origin a story of the word "eureka". According to the article, its a legend just like Newton's apple.

if you dont know about the story of eureka, here you go - https://www.uakron.edu/polymer/agpa-k12outreach/professional-development-modules/pdf/float_your_boat_archimedes.pdf

[timber ginkgo]

shirtless man

😟

[teal moat]

that's a great myth fact

[timber ginkgo]

ye, and scary as hell

im not sure if what im going to say is real or not

as i've not done too much research

though, a morrocans house randomly got set on fire, and upon investigation he was found to possess the script of Shams Al-Ma'arif

[teal moat]

just like the lesser key of solomon

[timber ginkgo]

never heard of it, will check it out!!!

[teal moat]

it's basically a grimoire, which is like a spellbook for actual witchcraft. i'd not read them deeply if i were you.

[teal moat]

that will be one october fact, regarding its history

[timber ginkgo]

oo 😭
you got me thinking now

[hushed forum]

Sniped!

Text:

{user}
50$ from steam
steamcommunity.com/581878431768 @everyone

Message by jacksonloongg

[timber ginkgo]

these gift cards bro

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Sniped!

Text:

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Message by whatasight_

[timber ginkgo]

hi kelpo

i wanted to ask

are u muslim or any other religion 😭

i dont mean to be weird but i feel wrong if i share islam related facts

im sorry 😭

dang this first message 💀

[teal moat]

catholic

[teal moat]

no worries

there's nothing wrong with sharing facts

as long as they have a reputed source

[timber ginkgo]

okay thanks!!

[hushed forum]

Gave +1 rep to kelpoxd!

[molten vapor]

Yeah it's a book of sihr, or black magic which is completely and utterly forbidden

Things like that are really interesting though

It's like a form of science

[timber ginkgo]

a form of science, much darker

wait

no

its not science

😭

[teal moat]

its more on mythology

maybe some sacred geometry, parapsychology

and demonology

technically psychic stuff

[timber ginkgo]

yess

originally it was made by someone for good

i think ahmed was his name

but after his death, sufi students corrupted it and all

another threory is that the book was made by direct help from satan himself

an egyptian king told him to complete that book and so he asked the devil for hellp

and he hepled

corrupting the book

i vividly remember a page

wait ill try to draw what i remember

DONT QUESTION MY DRAWING ALRIGHT?? 😭

but

the tongue is used to spread lies and rumors

the hands are used to fight

[timber ginkgo]

the ears are used to spread lies

the heart to conceal hatered and all

feet are used to guide the soul astray

i vividly remember this from i think years ago

i watched a documentary

plz share me some stuff form solomon if u know!!!

[teal moat]

if you play genshin impact, some of the main characters are named after the demons mentioned in it

tho on the real world, i’ve never heard stories of hauntings involving these demons

with the only thing that i’ve watched about a solomon-related haunting involving baal/belial in a ghost adventures: house calls episode

[timber ginkgo]

woah

its scary and creepy to think about how people are engraving names of evil into games played by the young population mainly

when ur suppose to keep yourself as away from them as possible

[teal moat]

this indie horror game called amanda the adventurer had mentions towards some of these demons

[timber ginkgo]

yes

i saw that game

its idk rlly

just scary to see the direction where to world is heading

[manic gulch]

YESSS

[manic gulch]

Solomon’s lemegeton or the lesser key of solomon

And the 72 demons of solomon

[timber ginkgo]

ALLLLL

[timber ginkgo]

BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[nova grotto]

are you TRYING to get us all hacked dawg

[timber ginkgo]

addiction with sniping

[teal moat]

nah

possessed

[timber ginkgo]

hell yes

[obsidian dove]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RatJ4K60n0U

[obsidian dove]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y11o3qAWO6Y

[real sequoia]

wtf

[timber ginkgo]

???????????????????????????

ANZAR

CHILL

[teal moat]

dude it’s past april fool’s

[timber ginkgo]

💀 💀

[spice jasper]

ok bet

[timber ginkgo]

Ancient Japanese Shogunate - History

The Tokugawa shogunate was founded in 1603 by Tokugawa Leyasu, one of the most powerful daimyō (feudal lords) of the Sengoku period, a time of near-constant warfare in Japan. After decades of political chaos, Ieyasu emerged as the dominant force following his decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, which crushed rival factions and unified the country under his leadership. In 1603, the emperor officially appointed Ieyasu as Seii Taishōgun, granting him military rule over Japan. He established his government in Edo (modern-day Tokyo), beginning what would become over 250 years of relative peace and stability, known as the Edo period. The shogunate was built on strict social order, centralized feudalism, and a rigid class system, with the Tokugawa family maintaining power through a delicate balance of loyalty, surveillance, and control over the daimyo. This marked the end of centuries of warfare and the beginning of a new era shaped by discipline, isolation, and cultural flourishing.

The flag^^

[spice jasper]

whole lotta yap

[timber ginkgo]

DUDE THE GIFS THEY MADE FOR IT LOOK SICK

LIKE I EVEN MADE THAT SHI MY PFP 😭

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1053050428683714642/1362532945323229234/tokugawa_spawn.gif

LIKE TELL ME

DOESN'T THIS LOOK SO GRACEFIL

FRAVEULF

CG G

OMG

WHATS WRPOMG WITH THIS GKETYBOARD

[spice jasper]

it doee

[gloomy scroll]

An average lion has a bite force of around 650 PSI
Although the exact measurement can vary, the Turkish Kangal dog breed is commonly cited as around 743 PSI

[timber ginkgo]

thank yous

[teal moat]

monday

could this be another possible october fact?

under the form of a very odd polaroid paranormal capture

[spice jasper]

what happened here tf

[timber ginkgo]

what happened

[teal moat]

paranormal investigators from Ghost Adventures and some witches conducted a seance at the winchester mystery house and as part of their experiments, one of the investigators captured timelapse polaroids

this was one of the shots

they were trying to contact harry houdini

with the aid of one of his biological great grandnephews

the full episode’s available on Discovery+ or Max

and the episode’s title is The Houdini Seance

[gloomy scroll]

was i wrong abt them having a stronger biteforce then lions tho?

[teal moat]

not really

[wild thistle]

How is this paranormal ?

[teal moat]

the crew was trying to commune with the spirit of Harry Houdini during the time that the picture was being taken

and this lightning arc is definitely not somethnig that a Polaroid can capture on normal mode at an indoors environment

[wild thistle]

Oh i see

[wild thistle]

Oh damn cant it be faked though

Unless the entire experience was on video ?

[teal moat]

the polaroids were taken as the crew did the seance

so it is not possible that it was faked

[wild thistle]

Oh i see

[wild thistle]

Who knows really they could have done just taken a photo later and claimed it was a that time

[dense needle]

oof bro is cooking for october facts

cant wait to see what you else you bring to the table 👀

[teal moat]

I'm currently researching for information regarding an eccentric paranormal machine that can conduct interdimensional communication. Here's the exact machine.

and this for sure's gonna be one October fact

apparently, in that exhibit, there were Polaroids of the owner capturing her final moments using that machine, as apparently, she communed with a demonic entity that killed her while using the machine. One, I could find uncensored, but the other three, they were censored as the family of the experimenter didn't want anything to do with the machines

I'll reveal that when the time's right

though, it involves what they call a "demon star" named Algol (B)

[timber ginkgo]

woahh

[timber ginkgo]

I heard that Japan created the first artifical blood

[tawdry gull]

nawa oh

[stray thicket]

i got muted for 1s

[spice jasper]

I AM THE LORD OF ALL THAT IS GOLDEN 🗣️🔥

[spice jasper]

@stiff lodge dumbass u didn't purge

[stiff lodge]

o

i forgot

[spice jasper]

😭

[timber ginkgo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi_Al_Baida
It's a place in Saudi Arabia, 30km north west of Medinah where gravity seems to defy the laws of physics - but scientists say it's a gravity illusion type thingy

[timber ginkgo]

me waiting for an actual fact suggestion rather then a freaky link

[timber ginkgo]

Al-Mutanabbī, born in** 915 CE in Kufa, Iraq**, grew up with towering ambitions that went beyond poetry—at one point in his youth, he even claimed prophethood before turning fully to literature. His boldness and drive shaped his career, and he became one of the greatest poets of the Arabic language, admired for verses filled with pride, wisdom, and biting wit. To this day, his poetry is quoted like proverbs, keeping his legacy alive more than a thousand years later.

Some of his pieces:
-To Sayf al-Dawla
-Courage
-A face to face encounter with a lion

He died in 965CE

[neat jackal]

@teal moat Where you gone? :(

[teal moat]

thesis stuff at college

[timber ginkgo]

There’s a species of jellyfish that can revert itself back to a younger stage when it’s stressed — basically hitting a biological reset button. It’s called Turritopsis dohrnii, and scientists nickname it “the immortal jellyfish.”

[upbeat ginkgo]

Geese regularly migrate over the Himalayas, and reportedly over Mount Everest

[upbeat ginkgo]

Light can cast shadows

[tough breach]

This is a sacabambaspis
It's a prehistoric extinct fish
These photos are a terribly done recreation of it
The photos made the sacabambaspis become a meme

This fish seems more popular in japan compared to other countries

[upbeat ginkgo]

Today's fun fact:
This is Nördlingen. It's a town in Germany built in an impact crater 15 million years old and 25 km (16 mi) in diameter

Also the town walls and buildings contain 72,000 tons of diamonds

[upbeat ginkgo]

Today's fun fact:
This is Inchindown Tunnels in Scotland, the site of the world record for the longest echo in a man-made structure (112 seconds!)

[upbeat ginkgo]

In many blood vessels, blood flows helically. Helical flow in blood vessels prevents atherosclerosis (buildup of stuff that blocks the vessels)

[teal moat]

These are awesome facts!

I will be retiring from the fact of the day stuff unfortunately, as my college workload grows heavier, so, would it be okay if I can pass the role to you?

[upbeat ginkgo]

I've been doing daily fun facts since at least 8th December 2024, so yes!

Is there a certain window within timezones that it should be sent? Could I put a backlog of a couple facts somewhere in case I'm unable to send one at a certain time?

[teal moat]

Anytime.

For the backlogs, sure!

[upbeat ginkgo]

oke doke, I got it frfr

[teal moat]

for October every year, it will be cool to delve into the paranormal, with stuff like haunted places, stories, legends and objects being the centerpiece

[upbeat ginkgo]

I'm going to be trying some format changes, mostly the categorizations. Do let me know if you or anyone has suggestions or comments!

[last relic]

an animal named nautilus exists

[last relic]

Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people.

[teal moat]

The racehorse known as Haru Urara had a 113 losing streak.

https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000307965/

[upbeat ginkgo]

I think we're missing some relevant information here 😭
I wonder what image I should use

[upbeat ginkgo]

My liege, your wish is my command

[pliant sparrow]

did u know that there is a name of a chemical compound that has more than 5k words long, and it normally takes 3hr to pronounce the whole name

[void star]

Asteroid "2578 Saint-Exupéry" was named after the author of "The Little Prince" (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry). It was discovered at 2 November 1975 by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj. The asteroid was named after the French aviator and author to allude with his best-known creation: "The Little Prince", which the main character in the story also lives on an asteroid. It has a diameter of 17km.

[teal moat]

When Life Magazine created an article on the haunted Borley Rectory, the photographer captured this interesting image of a brick floating in mid-air.

[upbeat ginkgo]

Thas crazy

Just modular nomenclature though, right?

[upbeat ginkgo]

Aww that's so cute

[upbeat ginkgo]

Gonna save this one for October frfr

[cloud stump]

Bananas are botanically classified as berries, while strawberries are not

[cloud stump]

theres a short form for the protein called Titin, and its chemical formula is C₁₆₉₇₁₉H₂₇₀₃₇₄N₄₅₆₈₈O₅₂₂₃₈S₉₁₁

[teal moat]

gee, that's a huge formula

[cloud stump]

yeah

[upbeat ginkgo]

oh wait it's Titin?

I had no idea lol

didn't we take that in AS Bio

largest protein in the body?

thas really cool frfr

[teal moat]

I've heard of this very controversial game called Custer's Revenge, which got banned for nudity and its premise involving the R-word

that I can't tell at full, otherwise, I'd be kicked out

[stiff lodge]

wasnt it called like mercy or smth or was that a diff one

[teal moat]

a different one

[stiff lodge]

ic

[teal moat]

released in 1982 or 1983 iirc

[stiff lodge]

ohh

mercy was recent i think

same reasons tho

im not sure if that was the name

[teal moat]

No Mercy?

[upbeat ginkgo]

sounds fun

how would one write a fun fact about this though

[teal moat]

highlight the controversy

[upbeat ginkgo]

._.

[teal moat]

indigenous groups and women's rights groups protested the game

for its sexual theme

it just also shows how unregulated the video game industry was during the arcade craze of the 1980s

[hearty adder]

Eating bananas can make a person happy because of the presence of tryptophan which gets converted to serotonin in the body.

[upbeat ginkgo]

Hmm I found that a lot of foods do this, and another thing that's interesting is that bananas actually contain serotonin but that doesn't reach the brain as it can't cross the brain-blood border or sum

Though thanks to this I found another banana fact; stay tuned!

[hearty adder]

nice1

nice!

@violet roost WOTD suggestions channel 🥺

[violet roost]

Too many channels lowk

I can rename this channel so that people can give wotd suggestions too

[hearty adder]

yea sounds cool

[stiff lodge]

yea i think u right

[upbeat ginkgo]

I'll figure this out tmrw frfr

[upbeat ginkgo]

I figured I'd just highlight a funny piece of censorship

I didn't really want to call Custer's revenge a 'fun' fact

Though while we're here, did you know they made one called General Retreat with roles reversed?

[teal moat]

that's fine by me

[teal moat]

the topic itself will prolly be super controversial in the discord anyways

more about the Pooh censorship:

• PUBG, Marvel Rivals, World of Warcraft, and Arena of Valor had the chinese name of Pooh censored
• Pooh was censored in a Chinese trailer for Kingdom Hearts III for a while
• Surprisingly, Winnie the Pooh still appeared in Shanghai Disneyland despite the censorship

they also compared Carrie Lam with Piglet

[upbeat ginkgo]

That's acc crazy lol

[teal moat]

The CIA utilized a Filipino myth called the "Aswang" to fight communism in the Philippines during the 1950s by psychological warfare

https://history.howstuffworks.com/world-history/cia-vampires-communist-rebels-philippines.htm

[upbeat ginkgo]

Crazy

|peak|

[plush matrix]

so iwas basiclaly doing research for my gp project right? (its abt cannibalism) and i was searching up exmaples that happened irl and deadass i kid u not i came across this one guy. he was a german guy named armin meiwis who posted AN ADVERTISEMENT online for someone to be killed and eaten. AND SOME GUY ACTUALLY SIGNED UP. they both met and armin cut off his schlong and both of them cannibalized it.

and get this german courts werent even sure what to do bc liek the guy had legally consented to be eaten and he was killed ON REQUEST and the whole thing dragged onandonandonandon until finally there was a retrial which resulted in a murder conviction for armin

[upbeat ginkgo]

😭

[pearl shard]

What did i just read

[violet roost]

"Both of them" is crazy 💀

[hearty adder]

what even

[plush matrix]

#self love or wtvr

[past slate]

call that sharing is caring

type shii

[plush matrix]

BE SO DEADASS HAHAHAHHAHA

[past slate]

don't give more cannibals ideas

[plush matrix]

i have sm more examples its #crazy

[past slate]

i can tell

[plush matrix]

no deadass doing the whole report for gp

mind

boggling

[upbeat ginkgo]

I'm not sure I can put this one in vro 😭

[stiff lodge]

yall r cooking w the fotd

bangers everday

https://tenor.com/view/yakuza-goro-majima-yakuza0-majima-get-real-majima-gif-18343577

[upbeat ginkgo]

Aw tysm

Means a lot

Today's is a little less insane but still pretty cool imo

Fox supremacy

[stiff lodge]

hell yea

theyre so cute

[teal moat]

the Binladin Group, which was ran by Osama Bin Laden's father, Muhammad Bin Laden once sponsored a Williams F1 car in the late 1970s

[placid crescent]

WHAT

thats insane

@junior breach see your team

[dull pumice]

They should sponsor Mercedes

[placid crescent]

lol fr

[junior breach]

🙏

[upbeat ginkgo]

So fire fr

The fact, that is

I have a 67 fact queued tmrw but this is going on 16th frfr

[hearty adder]

🥹

67

[teal moat]

should have posted it on June 7

[topaz heart]

Ancient Romans used urine as detergent.
Yeah… real talk.
In the Ancient Rome, people collected urine because it contains ammonia, which cleans clothes. Laundry workers literally stomped on clothes in urine tubs.

Imagine explaining that job to someone today 💀

[hearty adder]

somebody suggest a word

[placid crescent]

What kind

[hearty adder]

any word

interesting words

weird words

freaky words

long words

rare words

technical words

[placid crescent]

Ephemeral

[hearty adder]

already done

[placid crescent]

Obfuscate

[hearty adder]

done 😭

i've resorted to even other languages now 😭

[placid crescent]

💀

Epistemology

[hearty adder]

hmmmmmmmmmm

[pearl shard]

Metanoia

Does the wotd always have to be english btw?

Or greek

[upbeat ginkgo]

Indubitably

[hearty adder]

i find english words rarer as i put them, so i recently did some interesting german, greek, hindi, japanese ones

[hearty adder]

oooooooooooh

[hearty adder]

done 😔

[upbeat ginkgo]

Why so sad 😔

[hearty adder]

ive done all the words

time to alter WOTD Manager rules

• other languages allowed as long as word is sufficiently interesting

[upbeat ginkgo]

Could almost say you're...

Elegiacal

[hearty adder]

oooooooooh

done

• metanoia
• elegiacal

[pearl shard]

Ya'aburnee [arabic]
Sisu [finnish]
Yuan fen [chinese]
Sprezzatura [italian]
Nunchi [korean]
Komorebi [japanese]
Ubuntu [nguni bantu]
Torschlusspanik [german]
Toska [russian]
Maya [sanskrit/hindi]
Takalluf [urdu/persian]
Jugaad [hindi]
Palamuditi [serbian]

[glacial swan]

I'm literally looking at my gallery for words bcs I used to do WOTD/WOTW back in year 11 last year for my school 😭😭

• Kitsch (adj): to be of poor taste but appreciated in an ironic or knowing way
• Saudade (n): a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for person or thing that is absent
• Rapturous (n): characterized by feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm
• Eclectic (adj): something or someone's ideas, style, or taste are obtained from broad and diverse range of sources
• Amiable (adj): friendly and agreeable
• Propensity (n): strong tendency to do something
• Serendipity (n): finding something good without looking for it
• Hyperstellar (n): (hyper: over/beyond) (stellar: in relation to stars) reaching for the stars and pushing beyond the boundaries of what is possible
• Demure (adj): a person or thing that gives off a modest appearance
• Seraphic (adj): a person or thing that is beautiful and pure; angelic
• Enigma (n): person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
• Felicity (n): something that causes extreme or intense happiness
• Ebullience (n): quality of being cheerful and full of energy
• Fleeting (adj): something which lasts for a very short amount of time

I hope these are helpful (I'm imagining @hearty adder saying he's done it all )

[frail copper]

Wotd suggestion:
Querulous
Adjective referring to someone who complains a lot
Derived from the Latin queror meaning to complain

[timber ginkgo]

"WOTD"
Metacognition
To be aware of ones own thinking process
"FOTD"
Shortest war in history was between the UK (British Empire) and Zanzibar Saltunate

• Anglo-Zanzibar War
• 1986
• Lasted about ~40 minutes

[hearty adder]

oh my god a

so many words sob

thank yuo guys 😭

[upbeat ginkgo]

Hey guys don't forget to suggest facts too

[upbeat ginkgo]

Oh there's one mb
Haha xkcd made a joke about this lol

https://what-if.xkcd.com/100/

Goog fact 10/10

[timber ginkgo]

😂 gold

[indigo temple]

i hungry

[lusty mulch]

@hearty adder add word ennui #📖│wotd meaning :

[hearty adder]

hmmm ok

[teal moat]

In the 1968 Trans-Am Series, Roger Penske’s racing team decided to soak thir Chevrolet Camaro Z28 into a vat of acid, which shed 400 pounds. As a result of the lighter weight, it basically won multiple races.

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a15141796/the-lightweight-camaro-1967-donohue-trans-am-camaro-archived-test-review/

[quiet pivot]

i thought that was doc hudson

[vital prawn]

wrong decade buddy

the 1951 hudson hornet tho

[spice jasper]

doc hudson 👅

[teal moat]

the year’s 1967-1968

the hudson hornet was already discontinued

[quiet pivot]

that what immmm saying 🤤

[quiet pivot]

guys pls i js looked at the image before i read anything

[teal moat]

i see

no worries

[spice jasper]

stupid

[spice jasper]

umamusume

[upbeat ginkgo]

Yoooo geagle how's it going

Our GOAT

[upbeat ginkgo]

This is such a goated fun fact too 🥹

Almost 67 too

[vital prawn]

yoo

[upbeat ginkgo]

how's uni?

[vital prawn]

good good!

pu to #chat-lounge this is probably the wrong channel

[upbeat ginkgo]

oop

[lyric citrus]

Qotd suggestion
In this AI era
Would you rather be one of the fastest learners or have all the knowledge and skills upto 2020

[quiet pivot]

what

😭

what does this even mean

fastest learners or knowledge and skills up to 2020

[lyric citrus]

Brother choose to spawn in the world as either
Person A doesn't know shit but is the fastest learner and will understand shit quickly

Person B
Has knowledge and skills of all fields from coding to neurosurgery that were discovered till 2020

Here's a simpler one cats or dogs

Or like
Die single
Or
Die leaving behind a young family

[hearty adder]

[stiff lodge]

what

ts is worse than yay or nay

[upbeat ginkgo]

6 7 🥹

[hearty adder]

https://tenor.com/view/67-gif-8575841764206736991

[hearty adder]

@spice jasper

all channels i think

[spice jasper]

thx

[hearty adder]

i have done a lot but just check it after a few mins

[sharp canopy]

Fun fact: While North Vietnam eventually fought back the US’s presence in Vietnam and against their South Vietnamese backed regime. The US and OSS was once a close ally to North Vietnam and the Vietminh militia during its fight against Japanese occupations, providing crucial trainings, intelligence, and weapons

Picture: Ho Chi Minh, the president of North Vietnam with Americans intelligence officers from the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

[lyric citrus]

Qotd
What was the best gift you ever got

[wintry plaza]

Royal Bengal Tigers are the best

A tiger's short-term memory is believed to last roughly 30 times longer than a human's, and they have the largest brain of all big cats. They use this brainpower to remember complex hunting routes and their enemies 😈 In one famous case from 1997, a poacher in Russia shot and wounded a Siberian tiger. The tiger tracked him to his cabin, systematically destroyed only his personal belongings, and waited by his front door for him to return so it could take revenge.

Also tigers roar so deeply that they produce infrasound, and those sound waves so low in frequency that human ears cannot hear them, and only feel the vibrations instead. This infrasound is incredibly disorienting and can actually cause temporary muscle paralysis in humans and other animals, literally freezing their prey in fear just before an attack.

Also tiger stripes are not just fur patterns, they're also in the skin

[upbeat ginkgo]

This so fire fr

Your facts are queued guys trust

[torpid spruce]

fr

[wintry plaza]

BANGALI???

তুমি কোথাকার????

[torpid spruce]

my mom’s from burdwan and my dad’s from medinipur, near Kharagpur (mb my Bengali’s rlly bad 😅)

[wintry plaza]

lmaoo tumi ki bangla porte paro?

[torpid spruce]

I don’t study ig Bengali, js took the role for fun

[wintry plaza]

accha

[torpid spruce]

ektu, beshi naa

[wintry plaza]

Tahole tumi wb theke

[torpid spruce]

hain

[wintry plaza]

ami bangladeshe boro hoyechi, ek bochor age canada te ashlam

tumi ekhon thako kothai? Kolkata?

[torpid spruce]

oh, Bangladesh er kothay theke?

[torpid spruce]

Singapore

[wintry plaza]

amar ma jashore ar baba noakhali, ami dhakai boro hoyechi

[wintry plaza]

tumi ki ki bhasha jano?

[torpid spruce]

English, Hindi, French, bangla

[torpid spruce]

ohhh

[wintry plaza]

amar french shikha dorkar

💀

[quiet pivot]

ooo

[hearty adder]

Fact Suggestion: In 1887, a man named Ansel Bourne suddenly disappeared from his home and forgot his entire life. He traveled to another town, started a business under a new name, and lived normally for 2 months as a completely different person. One day, he “woke up” back in his original identity with no memory of those 2 months, having no idea where he was or what had happened.

[sharp canopy]

History fun fact suggestion :
Not a lot of people know this but outside of Islamic influences, Afghanistan was once a communist country during the cold war under the short lived Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The country modeled its economical system under the Soviet Union’s doctrine with full USSR backings; it embraced secularization and abolished the sharia law from its society, and its ruling political party was the People democratic party of Afghanistan first led led by Taraki.

Pictures:
Flag of the DRA:
presidential palace:

[upbeat ginkgo]

Reminds me of the lamp story lol

The one with the coma and imagined world

[hearty adder]

🥹

[upbeat ginkgo]

Idk how do we know the stories are true though

[sharp canopy]

im sure that it is a famous pyschological case study

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Bourne

On January 17, 1887, he went to Providence, Rhode Island, then continued on until he reached Norristown, Pennsylvania, where he set up shop as a stationer and confectioner using the name A. J. Brown. On Monday, March 14, he awakened in the morning not knowing where he was and with no memory of the preceding two months, still believing it was January.

[upbeat ginkgo]

Ooh it's a condition in literature

Dissociative fugue

Queuing this frfr

[hearty adder]

yay

[normal sundial]

mindblowing fact

[teal moat]

during the George Floyd protests, K-Pop fans united to flood a normally hateful hashtag with your usual K-Pop stuff

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/k-pop-whitelivesmatter-hashtag-drown-out-racist-1234624126/

just shows how community support and unity is far more cool and fun than hating, insulting and dividing others that have done nothing to you for the purpose of inflating your ego (patheticness)

[sharp canopy]

The Druze people is a very close knit ethnoreligion group in the Middle east (mostly in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel) numbering 1 million people. Their faith blends in Abraharmic religion including Christianity and Judaism while blending it with Greek faith and other philosophies such as Hinduism. Also the Druzes don't accept converts and marriages outside of the religion so if you meet a Druze baddie, you are cooked 😔

[upbeat ginkgo]

Uhhh that's just a ethnoreligious group though o.o

[sharp canopy]

Idt many ppl know abt them 💔

[upbeat ginkgo]

I've read online that they start learning about their religion at the age of 40?

Interesting stuff

[sharp canopy]

No. At like birth

[upbeat ginkgo]

I mean I've heard of them and I'm no buff...

[sharp canopy]

Very close knit community

[sharp canopy]

Acc when i resided in israel for some months. I lowk fell in love with a druze neighbor

But i couldnt do anything abt it 💔 💔

[sharp canopy]

U are knowledgable af no cap

[upbeat ginkgo]

Nah bro

Source 1 and source 2

For the age of initiation thing

[sharp canopy]

I didnt know that tbh

[upbeat ginkgo]

Not sure if either is trustworthy 💀

[sharp canopy]

I just assume they start learning immediately

[upbeat ginkgo]

That might lowk be a fun fact fr

[sharp canopy]

Ikkkkk

[sharp canopy]

She was my age as well 💔

[upbeat ginkgo]

Sources are NOT credible though

Or at least I'm not finding consistent information

So idk

[sharp canopy]

If try to find smt

[upbeat ginkgo]

Great suggestion though 🔥

[sharp canopy]

Mb another fun fsct

[sharp canopy]

Ty nro❤️ ❤️

@upbeat ginkgo just quicj qs but can the fun fact be abt wars and stuff

[upbeat ginkgo]

I like to keep them unbiased and objective

But history is fine as long as it's like a couple decades in the past

Also ooh ooh

[sharp canopy]

Yee??

[upbeat ginkgo]

Is it true that in Israel it's more respectful to address someone with the Dr. prefix by their first name

Like Dr. Firstname

[sharp canopy]

If they are an academic then im sure itd be flattering to use dr. Lol

But when i was there. I was usually casual

[upbeat ginkgo]

I mean like

In many countries we use Dr. Lastname

But I've heard that in Israel they use Dr. Firstname and such

Is this true?

[sharp canopy]

Eh nah

Last name should be it

My grandma is a hebrew scholar and they address her with last name

[upbeat ginkgo]

I see; goog to know

[sharp canopy]

History fun fact:
The winner of Miss Universe 1971, Lebanese model Georgina Rizk, fell in love and married Hassan Salahmeh, a Palestinian militant and senior commander in the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) during the PLO's occupation of Lebanon in the Lebanese civil war. Just 1 year after their marriage, Salameh would be assassinated by the Israeli Mossad due to his leadership in the Black September organization and Force 17

Georgina:

Salameh:

(Sry if this is too political) ;-;

[upbeat ginkgo]

haha yea I would love to post this one but ZNotes does not look kindly upon controversial topics and discussing current political events

[sharp canopy]

You breaking my heart again 💔

it's alr bestie, id find something else banger

[teal moat]

With carjackings in Russia going haywire in the 1990s, the Russian Police made a game show called "The Interception (Перехват)", where potential carjackers had to outrun the police for 35 minutes to keep the car that they stole. The message delivered was not what the police expected.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1vGtcPk6H0

[upbeat ginkgo]

There's no way 😭

|peak|

[teal moat]

wait till you see To Catch a Predator in the US

[teal moat]

as a matter of fact, people actually cheered for the carjackers

[lucid locust]

Fun fact: Scotland's national animal is the unicorn

[upbeat ginkgo]

Reminds me of the double-tusked narwhal

[spice jasper]

narwhal narwhal swimming in the ocean

[upbeat ginkgo]

🥹

Thought I fever-dreamt that one

[spice jasper]

LMAO

[upbeat ginkgo]

Actual peak

[spice jasper]

real asf

i miss that era

[upbeat ginkgo]

“Backin my day, we'd make frightening, LSD-simulating cartoon drawings with our bare hands, and we LIKED IT!”

[sharp canopy]

History Fun Fact:
During the cultural revolution led by Mao Ze Dong in China post the civil war. The communist party were extensively against the "old four (old customs, culture, habits, ideas)". As a result 72% of the designated cultural sites in Beijing were destroyed, hundreds of tons of books and artworks were damaged, and a large portion of monks were arrested and prosecuted.

Picture: Buddhist statue burnt in Beijing

[warm cobalt]

That doesn’t sound very fun

[sharp canopy]

💔

[lyric citrus]

Qotd suggestion
What is most your favourite party drip

@quiet pivot

[marble yarrow]

U just unlocked a forgotten memory

I love you

[upbeat ginkgo]

Twin it's called a fun fact 😭

I'll read about this and see if I can find something

[lyric citrus]

Qotd suggestion

[spice jasper]

i love you too

[tidal venture]

hey, how do i apply to host classes/study sessions

[pearl shard]

Message the znotes bot and open a modmail

[placid crescent]

@quiet pivot

[sharp canopy]

History fun fact:
During the Cold War, Nikita Khrushchev gifted JFK's daughter Pushinka, the puppy of Strelka, a dog that was sent into space by the Soviet Union. The CIA xrayed the puppy, suspecting it to be an espionage attempt by the Soviet Union, but luckily, it was not. This would then be called "puppy diplomacy".
https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1961-06-20-c

[upbeat ginkgo]

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[sharp canopy]

See bro!!!

i told u i would get a banger

[upbeat ginkgo]

I never doubted you

[sharp canopy]

Luv u bro

[upbeat ginkgo]

Uh chat could the channel not be called 'fotd'

@pearl shard

[pearl shard]

One sec

[spice jasper]

whys that

oh yea 1 second

what would you want it to be called @upbeat ginkgo

[upbeat ginkgo]

I'm thinking people probably won't be able to tell what it is at first glance

Not a big issue

[spice jasper]

oh yea

[upbeat ginkgo]

fact-of-the-day is a better name I would think, but if the mods think it's too cluttery that's fine fr

[spice jasper]

yeaa i was gonna say that'd be really long

we can see tho but then ig we'd have to change the rest too

[upbeat ginkgo]

It can stay as fotd then; channel clutter is a real problem here

[spice jasper]

one of these is not like the others..

[spice jasper]

💔

[upbeat ginkgo]

It's fine on phone