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  1. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/makarna

    "Etymology
    Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مقارنه (makarna), from Sicilian maccarruna, the plural of maccarruni." 💡 Praise1d be 🙏 💚

  2. #HakunaMakarna

    en.wiktionary.org/wiki/makarna

    "Etymology
    Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مقارنه (makarna), from Sicilian maccarruna, the plural of maccarruni." #todayIlEarned #til 💡 Praise1d be #Cryptonai 🙏 💚

  3. #HakunaMakarna

    en.wiktionary.org/wiki/makarna

    "Etymology
    Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مقارنه (makarna), from Sicilian maccarruna, the plural of maccarruni." #todayIlEarned #til 💡 Praise1d be #Cryptonai 🙏 💚

  4. #HakunaMakarna

    en.wiktionary.org/wiki/makarna

    "Etymology
    Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مقارنه (makarna), from Sicilian maccarruna, the plural of maccarruni." #todayIlEarned #til 💡 Praise1d be #Cryptonai 🙏 💚

  5. #HakunaMakarna

    en.wiktionary.org/wiki/makarna

    "Etymology
    Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مقارنه (makarna), from Sicilian maccarruna, the plural of maccarruni." #todayIlEarned #til 💡 Praise1d be #Cryptonai 🙏 💚

  6. @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

    #nowyouknow #wikipedia #didyouknow #todayilearned

  7. @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

    #nowyouknow #wikipedia #didyouknow #todayilearned

  8. @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

    #nowyouknow #wikipedia #didyouknow #todayilearned

  9. @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

    #nowyouknow #wikipedia #didyouknow #todayilearned

  10. @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

  11. 📊 BANGLADESH

    Capital: Dhaka
    Population: 174,370,536
    GDP per capita: $8,500
    Area: 148,460 sq km
    Currency: Bangladeshi taka (৳)

    openfactbook.org/countries/ban

    #Bangladesh #WorldNews #GlobalData #Facts #TodayILearned

  12. 📊 SOUTH AFRICA

    Capital: Pretoria
    Population: 61,089,926
    GDP per capita: $13,600
    Area: 1,219,090 sq km
    Currency: South African rand (R)

    openfactbook.org/countries/sou

    #SouthAfrica #WorldNews #GlobalData #Facts #TodayILearned

  13. 📊 PARAGUAY

    Capital: Asunci&oacute
    Population: 7,604,044
    GDP per capita: $16,300
    Area: 406,752 sq km
    Currency: Paraguayan guaraní (₲)

    openfactbook.org/countries/par

    #Paraguay #WorldNews #GlobalData #Facts #TodayILearned

  14. 📊 CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)

    Capital: Brazzaville
    Population: 6,097,665
    GDP per capita: $6,200
    Area: 342,000 sq km
    Currency: Central African CFA franc (Fr)

    openfactbook.org/countries/con

    #CongoBrazzaville #WorldNews #GlobalData #Facts #TodayILearned

  15. Thanks to my 5 year old #BeardGrabber wanting to watch a video from #ActionLab, #TodayILearned a bit about the theoretical concept of #WhiteHoles.

    #TIL TodayILearnt #parenting #dadsOfMastodon

  16. @dadegroot @piggo oh, and #TodayILearned: #potassium, the common #English word for #Kalium, is derived from #pearlAsh's unpurified form: #potAsh:

    <<potassium (n.)
    metallic element, 1807, coined by English chemist Sir Humphry Davy from Modern Latin potassa, Latinized form of potash (q.v.). Davy first isolated it from potash. The chemical symbol K is from Latin kalium "potash," from Arabic al-qaliy "the ashes, burnt ashes" (see alkali).>>
    etymonline.com/word/potassium