#uselessknowledge — Public Fediverse posts

**WW2 was closer to the US Civil War than it is to the current day.**

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huh. TIL: there is a “four corners” place in Canada, like there is more famously in the USA, where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet.

But ours is automatically cooler, figuratively and literally*, because it is a: at 60° Latitude, and b: involves two Territories and two Provinces.

It is where the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba meet.

It is also a LOT harder to get to. Though arguably, as it is amongst the thousands of lakes in the area, during the summer, a float plane would get you there.

Also, technically. It is not a perfect “joining” on the map which is just bad planning on Canada’s part, but at least it is hiking distance. Or that might be just a projection issue. They seem to converge at 60N 102W. I guess I could consult an official boundary document or something :)

Apple Map location: https://maps.apple/p/W9ucIgoQCikMLM

Edit: Google Maps has a photo! Added here… of the four cornered boundary monument!

Edit2: Legislative confirmation of the four corners is in the Nunavut Act 1993, first line of Schedule 1 Section 3: “Western Boundary of Nunavut”:

“Commencing at the intersection of 60°00′N latitude with 102°00′W longitude, being the intersection of the Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan borders;””

*seasons and ongoing #agw not withstanding
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The case for #uselessknowledge

#Astrobiologist Betül Kaçar on why the simple act of #askingquestions (without needing a reason) is one of the most powerful things a #human can do.

https://bigthink.com/the-well/the-case-for-useless-knowledge-asking-questions/

In 2005, the Neuf Twin smartphone came to market, with GSM, Wifi (802.11b, lol) and an email client. You know, to read and write with T9 emails on 176x220 resolution. No linux involved. #blastfromthepast #uselessknowledge

In 2007, Qtopia had the Linux-based Greenphone on the market, a stunning USD695. Also running an Intel Xscale CPU, other pages say Marvell. Oh well, it is Qt that lasted. #blastfromthepast #uselessknowledge

In 2007, G-Tek brought a smartphone to market with dual-band wifi, dual SIM and SIP support #blastfromthepast #uselessknowledge

In 2006, Samsung brought their SCH-i819 smartphone to market. It featured Prizm Linux on Intel PXA270 #blastfromthepast #uselessknowledge

2025 = (20 + 25)² = 1 + 3 + 5 + … + 89 = 1³ + 2³ + 3³ + … + 9³

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I was today years old when I learned that #ACDC means #bisexual in #Polari.
And just a few days before that I learned that the movie “Inauguration of the pleasure dome” used #GlagoliticMass by #Czech composer #LeošJanáček as soundtrack, which is extremely interesting for me due to family stories that are connected to all of this in a way.
And - by the way - there’s a beer named #TarasBoulba.

This was a great weekend.
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@leah @dritter 221 ist generell toller, geht aber nur bis 0,2 mm2 runter nicht 0,08

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Here's the shortest #Amiga program to write "Hello, World!" to shell:

sub.l a0,a0
bsr.b .hopla
dc.b 14,'Hello, World!',10,0
.hopla:
move.l (sp)+,d1
lsr.l #2,d1
move.l $124(a2),a4
moveq #12,d0
jmp (a5)

The application can be 4 bytes shorter if you only care about AmigaOS 2.0+ compatibility. I believe there aren't many people around who can explain how (and why) it works.

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One of the most interesting sports events I've ever heard of is the Erzberg Rodeo motorcycle race.

After two days of qualifying, the 500 fastest riders all get to start in 35 km endurance race through a huge quarry. The race is automatically ended after 4 hours (for safety reasons, I assume), by which point typically less than 10 riders have actually made it to the finish yet.

What's even crazier is that of the few who do make it, some do it even well under 3 hours.

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The Berlin Wall stood for just over 28 years. It has been down now for over 33 years.

Like, did you know that for every letter A-Z, there exists an unit testing software with a name of the form "CUnit"? Some first letters are occupied even twice.

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#Germany is the 19th largest country by population with the 4th highest GDP and 18th largest GDP per capita.

If West and East Germany were separate countries (and nothing else changed), West Germany would still be the 19th largest country by population and 4th highest by GDP, and climb to 13th per capita.

East Germany would be the 74th largest country by population and the 27th highest by GDP and the 25th per capita.

We're a stupidly rich country!

New thing I learned today:

apparently humans have stripes and our cats can see them.

#UselessKnowledge #TheMoreYouKnow #humans #biology

https://www.dailybreak.com/break/cabinet-of-curiosities-do-humans-have-stripes#:~:text=Humans%20apparently%20have%20stripes%20on,the%20way%20embryonic%20cells%20proliferate.

Apparently, a period of a million years is called a "megaannum".

It's Latin:
Mega -> Million (Also the SI prefix that denotes 10^6)
Ann (Annum, 2nd Genitive, plural) -> Year (Years)

I guess you learn something every day.

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Today, I learned from my 90-year old grandpa that the horizontal cross bar on old lamp posts is there to lean a ladder against while cleaning the glass of residue from the gas flame.
Supporting a ladder just against the lamp pole directly is a bad fall waiting to happen.

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