#todayilearned — Public Fediverse posts
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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".
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#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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#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.
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Komme mir ja schon etwas wie ein #Spießer vor, aber ich werfe von neuen Geräten oder Kabeln niemals diese Bindedrähte weg.
Die wandern in eine kleine Schachtel in der Küchenschublade. Immer wenn ich dann etwas mit #Kabel in den Keller bringe wird das Kabel in Achtern aufgewickelt und mit einem Drahtbinder zusammen gebunden.
Vermeidet #Kabelsalat in den Kisten im Keller.
Irgendwie schon bissle schwäbisch, kann man diskutieren, ob im Guten 🙄
#SpießerGluck #LifeHack #TIL #TodayILearned -
Burundi 🧵
Population: 13,590,102
What else should you know? 👇
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Just when I was feeling happy about the White House Correspondents Dinner, #TIL #TodayILearned that there is 900 page document Trump is working from to completely #dismantle the #government.
I think I had heard about the document before, but I didn’t realize the detail, nor that #Trump uses it for much of his policy.
#Project2025 - Wikipedia