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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. #TIL #TodayILearned #Religiosity and #Conspiratorial #Beliefs were strongly linked in a Baylor University study

    news.web.baylor.edu/news/story

    - The intersection of religion and politics makes the discrete religion effect on conspiratorial thinking hard to concisely determine, and we must note that there are lots of different types and expressions of religiosity.

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  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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. #TodayILearned that #GhoulPatrol technically is not a sequel to #ZombiesAteMyNeighbors: youtube.com/watch?v=kC-97bsYBZ
    The game engine was licensed to a third party, and wasn't quite meant to have the players from the original game in it.

    #SNES #Gaming #SNESGaming #RetroGaming

    #TIL #TodayILearnt