Vladamir Putin played the piano and sang 'Blueberry Hill' in English
Путин поет 'Blueberry Hill' и играет на рояле
https://youtu.be/0zZsGgpMKQQ?si=2EOK-LwgEPLnTD7D
Singing Putin - 'Fats' Putin over the top of 'Blueberry Hill' with piano soloПутин поет 'Blueberry Hill' и играет на рояле
TIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deaths
TIL There's a mostly herbivorous spider in Mexico and central America
TIL there is a monument to the peer review process in Moscow, Russia
Monument to peer review unveiled in Moscow - Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2017.22060
Cornerstone of modern science immortalized in concrete.
TIL some cities (like NYC) pump nitrogen into their phone lines to keep water out.
Why Is There Liquid Nitrogen On The Street Corner?
https://hackaday.com/2015/07/21/why-is-there-liquid-nitrogen-on-the-street-corner/
Any NYC hackers may have noticed something a bit odd this summer while taking a walk… Giant tanks of the Liquid Nitrogen have been popping up around the city. There are hoses that go from the…
TIL only 3% of manufactured foods sold in the U.S. are deemed "healthy" by the Food and Drug Administration
FDA to develop new "healthy" logo this year – here's what consumers could see, and which foods could qualify
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/healthy-logo-fda-which-foods-qualify/
The FDA's new regulations are due to be published this year.
TIL the etymology of british isles names
British country names explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXAjMlTO7Dc
Enjoy this wordy trip around the UK! Go to https://ground.news/robwords to see diverse perspectives and discover how language shapes narratives. Subscribe th...
TIL about the concept of Weaponized Incompetence, a psychological concept wherein you strategically fail to perform something you don't actually want to do
Weaponized incompetence - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaponized_incompetence
TIL there is a meat loving sea fleas that casually nibble on your skin at the beach but in rare sever cases it can cause real injuries
Australian teen just 'unfortunate' to be attacked by meat-loving sea fleas
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/08/australian-teen-just-unfortunate-to-be-attacked-by-meat-loving-sea-fleas
It’s safe to go back in the water, says marine biologist who identified the miniature attackers as lysianassid amphipods
TIL a woman delivered three minutes of Patton Oswalt's 9-minute Parks and Rec Star Wars filibuster speech at a real Michigan city council meeting in 2019.
A Michigan woman delivered Patton Oswalt’s ‘Parks and Recreation’ ‘Star Wars’ rant to filibuster county meeting
https://www.deseret.com/2019/3/14/20668311/a-michigan-woman-delivered-patton-oswalt-s-parks-and-recreation-star-wars-rant-to-filibuster-county
This week, a woman from Livingston County, Michigan, followed Oswalt’s lead and delivered a portion of his nine-minute filibuster during a Livingston County Board of Commissioners meeting.
