#fridayfacts — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #fridayfacts, aggregated by home.social.
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🤦♂️ Ah, the timeless tale of #Factorio devs bravely battling the mythical beast known as "deterministic multithreading," only to discover that "hard" actually means "impossible" – who would've guessed? In a riveting display of Friday Facts, they heroically fix things that weren't broken, optimize chaos, and improve... confusion? 🚀
https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-415 #DeterministicMultithreading #GameDev #FridayFacts #Optimization #HackerNews #ngated -
You can ignite farts, but they're not useful for welding.
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#FridayFacts: EU waste has traditionally focused on increasing separate waste collection for recycling. ♻️
For now, some recycling streams work better than others, but improving quality and volume is crucial.
Which waste stream has the highest recycling share?
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/EUEnvironment/status/1880237237029466175#m -
Policies to reduce air pollution have led to improved air quality in Europe over the past decades. However, in some European cities, air pollution still poses risks to health.
#FridayFacts: Share your guess!
What’s the city that registered the cleanest air quality in 2022-23?
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/EUEnvironment/status/1870104081500361181#m -
Thought that came to me while eating dinner: A hot dog is, in fact, a sandwich. #FridayFacts
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#DYK that #seahorses are members of family Syngnathidae (sing-NATH-i-day).
Greek word “syn” = together or fused
Greek word “gnathus” = jaws
Geeky #FridayFacts 😜📸Hippocampus angustus by DawnMullins / Guylian Seahorses of the World
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#Fridayfacts! The weather in #Europe is getting more extreme because of #climatechange.
#Summer2023 is no exception. Which of the following is the deadliest?
#heatwave #flooding #forestfire #landslide
Answer⬇️
https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/news/what-could-the-summer-bring
@UNFCCC @EU_Commission @EUClimateAction🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1690011695488303104
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#FridayFacts: Across Europe, #freshwater resources are threatened by multiple pressures such as #agriculture, industrial & #energy use, public #water supply & #tourism.
What percentage of the population in southern Europe lives in areas experiencing permanent water stress? 💧🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1679812234652819457
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Time for our #Fridayfacts: Which of the following EU 🇪🇺country generated the largest amount of waste🗑️per person in 2020 (excluding mineral waste)?
More info & the answer can be found in our #EEAindicator on #wastegeneration ⬇️: https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/waste-generation-and-decoupling-in-europe🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1677292854719270915
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#FridayFacts: The average CO2 emissions of new cars & vans in Europe dropped in 2022, according to provisional data.
Why? 👉The continued growth in the share of electric car registrations.
Of all the new cars registered in 2022, what percentage was full electric (not hybrid)?🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1672185950418419713
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#FridayFacts: Our latest briefing, done in collaboration with the European Commission, confirms the continued high quality of bathing water in the EU. 🇪🇺
Which country reported the highest increase in the total number of designated bathing water sites in 2022 compare to 2021?
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1667147167050485760
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Essential for Europe's #sustainability transition, eco-innovations reduce environmental impacts, increase resilience and make resource-use more efficient.
#FridayFacts question: Which country was on the top of the EU eco-innovation index in 2022?🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1662033103450173443
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#FridayFacts - on #circulareconomy ♻️: How much of the #materials used in the 🇪🇺EU #economy came from #recycledmaterials in 2021?
More info and the correct answer are available in #EEAbriefing: https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/how-far-is-europe-from
#circularmaterials #recycling🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1659483207362916352
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Policies to reduce #airpollution have led to improved #airquality in Europe over the past decades. #FridayFacts: Which European capital had the cleanest air in 2021-2022?
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1651879070097915912
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It's Friday, which means its time for our #FridayFacts quiz (the correct answer can be found in our latest Briefing on Chemicals - https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/managing-the-systemic-use-of ). From 2004 to 2020, EU production of chemicals known to be hazardous to health fell by:
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1646833462085574658
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It's time for our latest #FridayFacts quiz! This week we focus on the health of our #forests 🌲🍃
🔎What is expected to become the greatest threat to the health of #Europeanforests in the coming years?More information on this week's answer: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/news/keeping-europes-forests-healthy-will-require-long-term-sustainable-practices-action-on-climate-change
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1641739157645979648
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This week we have published a very interesting briefing about Exiting the anthropocene: https://lnkd.in/eedpESd7 Our #fridayfacts question is: What is the name of the philosophy according to which all living beings have intrinsic value, regardless of their utility to humans?
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1639244723452821510
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This week the @europarl_en backed plans for a #climate neutral #EU building sector by 2050.
Our #FridayFacts question: What share of EU's final #energyconsumption went to #heating and #cooling buildings in 2020?🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1636671376370065408
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#FridayFacts! Since 1970, 640 non-indigenous species (not including microalgae, pathogens and parasites) have invaded European waters.
Which group contains the majority of Europe’s invasive marine species?
Answer: https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/marine-non-indigenous-species-in
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1634166067869151233
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It's time again for #FridayFacts!
The share of the EU’s #agricultural land being #organically farmed is increasing.
In 2020, what percentage of the EU’s agricultural land was organically farmed?
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1626592176368152578
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#FridayFacts #Greenhouse gas emissions from producing #electricity in the EU declined dramatically since 1990 to 2021. But, by what percentage?
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1624038076778442759
