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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/makarna
"Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مقارنه (makarna), from Sicilian maccarruna, the plural of maccarruni." #todayIlEarned #til 💡 Praise1d be #Cryptonai 🙏 💚 -
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/makarna
"Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مقارنه (makarna), from Sicilian maccarruna, the plural of maccarruni." #todayIlEarned #til 💡 Praise1d be #Cryptonai 🙏 💚 -
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/makarna
"Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مقارنه (makarna), from Sicilian maccarruna, the plural of maccarruni." #todayIlEarned #til 💡 Praise1d be #Cryptonai 🙏 💚 -
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/makarna
"Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مقارنه (makarna), from Sicilian maccarruna, the plural of maccarruni." #todayIlEarned #til 💡 Praise1d be #Cryptonai 🙏 💚 -
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/makarna
"Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مقارنه (makarna), from Sicilian maccarruna, the plural of maccarruni." #todayIlEarned #til 💡 Praise1d be #Cryptonai 🙏 💚 -
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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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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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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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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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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Lithuania 🧵
Population: 2,815,687
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📊 BANGLADESH
Capital: Dhaka
Population: 174,370,536
GDP per capita: $8,500
Area: 148,460 sq km
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Burundi 🧵
Population: 13,590,102
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Tajikistan 🧵
GDP: $14.205 billion
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📊 SOUTH AFRICA
Capital: Pretoria
Population: 61,089,926
GDP per capita: $13,600
Area: 1,219,090 sq km
Currency: South African rand (R) -
Mauritius
Population: 1,311,375
GDP per capita: $27,300
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📊 PARAGUAY
Capital: Asunció
Population: 7,604,044
GDP per capita: $16,300
Area: 406,752 sq km
Currency: Paraguayan guaraní (₲) -
Malaysia
Population: 34,905,275
GDP per capita: $34,100
Capital: Kuala Lumpur -
📊 CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)
Capital: Brazzaville
Population: 6,097,665
GDP per capita: $6,200
Area: 342,000 sq km
Currency: Central African CFA franc (Fr)https://openfactbook.org/countries/congo-brazzaville/
#CongoBrazzaville #WorldNews #GlobalData #Facts #TodayILearned
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Puerto Rico
Population: 2,984,841
GDP per capita: $44,100
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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
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@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).>>
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#TodayILearned that #AndrewRobinson, better known as #Garak on #StarTrek #DeepSpace9 also directed 3 Trek episodes; one on #DS9 and 2 on #STVoyager: https://outline.com/https://trekmovie.com/2020/07/07/interview-andrew-robinson-on-falling-in-love-with-garaks-ambiguity-in-star-trek-deep-space-nine/
Apparently he's also doing some post-DS9 remote readings with fellow Trek actor #AlexanderSiddig, known for his role as #JulianBashir, on #Siddig's aptly named website #SidCity: https://www.sidcity.net/