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  1. @jimniels

    So... yes!

    > The term "smallpox" was first used in England in the 16th century to distinguish [it] from syphilis, which was then known as the "great pox".

    Other names used historically include "speckled monster", and "red plague".

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox

  2. #TodayILearned that the tradition of giving mooncakes in #China has given rise to a sort of economic cycle in which slips of paper stand in for mooncakes, and companies make profits without selling a single box of mooncakes.

    #Mooncakes #MooncakeBackedSecurity

  3. #TodayILearned that the tradition of giving mooncakes in #China has given rise to a sort of economic cycle in which slips of paper stand in for mooncakes, and companies make profits without selling a single box of mooncakes.

    #Mooncakes #MooncakeBackedSecurity

  4. #TodayILearned that the tradition of giving mooncakes in #China has given rise to a sort of economic cycle in which slips of paper stand in for mooncakes, and companies make profits without selling a single box of mooncakes.

    #Mooncakes #MooncakeBackedSecurity

  5. #TodayILearned that the tradition of giving mooncakes in #China has given rise to a sort of economic cycle in which slips of paper stand in for mooncakes, and companies make profits without selling a single box of mooncakes.

    #Mooncakes #MooncakeBackedSecurity

  6. #TodayILearned that the tradition of giving mooncakes in #China has given rise to a sort of economic cycle in which slips of paper stand in for mooncakes, and companies make profits without selling a single box of mooncakes.

    #Mooncakes #MooncakeBackedSecurity

  7. Spoiler Alert: The break-up of AT&T in the early 80's directly lead to the development of UTP. I did NOT know that when I woke up this morning!

    #retrocomputing #til #todayilearned #retronetworking #theserialport #clabretro

    TWISTED: The dramatic history of twisted-pair Ethernet youtube.com/watch?v=f8PP5IHsL8Y

  8. Today I learned about luvly.se/ an ideal city ev. So ideal, you can charge the battery in your flat, because it's removable !

    #TIL #TodayILearned #MiniEV #CityEV #EV