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  1. The short-range wireless technology Bluetooth is named after 10th-century Danish king Harald Blåtand (“bluetooth”), who brought Denmark’s tribes together into a single kingdom.

    The Bluetooth logo is a rune merging the Futhark runes ᚼ and ᛒ, Harald’s initials.

    #FactOfTheDay #Bluetooth #Tech

  2. The short-range wireless technology Bluetooth is named after 10th-century Danish king Harald Blåtand (“bluetooth”), who brought Denmark’s tribes together into a single kingdom.

    The Bluetooth logo is a rune merging the Futhark runes ᚼ and ᛒ, Harald’s initials.

    #FactOfTheDay #Bluetooth #Tech

  3. The short-range wireless technology Bluetooth is named after 10th-century Danish king Harald Blåtand (“bluetooth”), who brought Denmark’s tribes together into a single kingdom.

    The Bluetooth logo is a rune merging the Futhark runes ᚼ and ᛒ, Harald’s initials.

    #FactOfTheDay #Bluetooth #Tech

  4. The short-range wireless technology Bluetooth is named after 10th-century Danish king Harald Blåtand (“bluetooth”), who brought Denmark’s tribes together into a single kingdom.

    The Bluetooth logo is a rune merging the Futhark runes ᚼ and ᛒ, Harald’s initials.

    #FactOfTheDay #Bluetooth #Tech

  5. The short-range wireless technology Bluetooth is named after 10th-century Danish king Harald Blåtand (“bluetooth”), who brought Denmark’s tribes together into a single kingdom.

    The Bluetooth logo is a rune merging the Futhark runes ᚼ and ᛒ, Harald’s initials.

    #FactOfTheDay #Bluetooth #Tech

  6. When Jews were expelled from the Iberian peninsula in the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire sent ships to bring them into their empire in the Eastern Mediterranean.

    That is how Thessaloniki in Greece grew its large Sephardic Jewish community, until World War II.

    #FactOfTheDay #Jews #Greece

  7. When Jews were expelled from the Iberian peninsula in the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire sent ships to bring them into their empire in the Eastern Mediterranean.

    That is how Thessaloniki in Greece grew its large Sephardic Jewish community, until World War II.

    #FactOfTheDay #Jews #Greece

  8. When Jews were expelled from the Iberian peninsula in the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire sent ships to bring them into their empire in the Eastern Mediterranean.

    That is how Thessaloniki in Greece grew its large Sephardic Jewish community, until World War II.

    #FactOfTheDay #Jews #Greece

  9. #FactOfTheDay: Black women were 5X more likely to die from postpartum cardiomyopathy (a form of heart failure) and preeclampsia and eclampsia (blood pressure disorders) than white women, according to 2016-2017 data. Learn more about the problem and what can be done: prb.org/resources/maternal-dea #BMHW23 #MaternalMortality #PregnancyRelatedDeath #LastLullabye #Racism #StructuralRacism #Healthcare #SDoH #MedMastodon @medmastodon

  10. #FactOfTheDay: Black women were 5X more likely to die from postpartum cardiomyopathy (a form of heart failure) and preeclampsia and eclampsia (blood pressure disorders) than white women, according to 2016-2017 data.

    Learn more about the problem and what can be done: prb.org/resources/maternal-dea

    #MaternalMortality #PregnancyRelatedDeath #LastLullabye #Racism #StructuralRacism #Healthcare #SDoH #MedMastodon @medmastodon