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BREAKING: In an amazing moment, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy just met with all of Europe's leaders. Look at the reception he receives. Donald Trump would never.
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This map shows the "Francosphere". What share of the population is capable of holding a conversation in French?
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This is the true shape of our planet, known as GEOID.
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The geoid is a mathematical equipotential surface approximating mean sea level under gravity, not the physical shape of Earth's surface. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoid oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tuto…
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Replying to @ThatTimWalker @Nigel_Farage
🚨 Rumours that @paddingtonbear endorses @CountBinface .
Huge if true
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Very cool, entertaining and with high production values: if I were @Nigel_Farage, I’d consider dipping into that £5 million to try to get out a video that can compare to it.
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This map shows the global oil fields and oil pipelines. Source: open.substack.com/pub/themer…
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CNN montage of all the times Trump announced deals with Iran.
Anderson Cooper: Today marks 39 times that he has said something like that.
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The same side of the Moon always faces Earth, but not in exactly the same way. Due to its tilted axis and elliptical orbit, we see about 59% of its surface over time. This computer simulation compresses a year into 60 seconds, making the Moon's wobble, called libration, visible.
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With a 96-inch wingspan and the uncanny ability — at a height of 7’4” — to not just dunk the ball but also hit 3-pointers, “Wemby” (Victor Wembanyama) of the San Antonio @Spurs, is widely rumored to be a space Alien.
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Timelapse of the Allied advance from D-Day on 6th June 1944, to VE-Day on 8th May 1945. The largest seaborne invasion in history and the liberation of Western Europe.
USA - Blue
UK - Orange
Canada - Red
Germany - Black
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As President, I would read 10 letters a day sent to me by ordinary Americans. At the Obama Presidential Center, we’ll have some of the letters I read — and responded to — every night. I still get emotional reading them, and it’s one of my favorite exhibits.
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I was today years old when I learned that the UK's numbering system for A and B-Roads is based on zones and is not random.
(Explains why the two major ones near me are the A2 and A20).
Map credit: Roads [dot] org [dot] uk
More about how the zones work: brilliantmaps.com/a-and-b-ro…
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It never ceases to amaze me how many completely different regional accents there are in the Black Country, north-east, and north-west England. That the Bolton twang of Fred Dibnah is only 20-odd miles from the Scouse of Wayne Rooney will never not be a source of wonder to me.
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The European Rain Drop Divide. Does a raindrop end up traveling north or south once it fell in Europe? Source: reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comment…
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Sometimes a well-meaning tax code turns out to be utterly idiotic. The UK is a nice example where parents in need of childcare are actively encouraged to not earn more money / remain below their economic potential. Urgent need for tax reform. Source: telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/in…
























