Starting something new!

#letterpress
#menopausemoment
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"When the power went out, we called the cavalry to help us find candles." Really? Do people really use "cavalry" like that? I thought it strictly means soldiers.

#learningEnglish #wordmeaning #languagelearning #WhatILearnedToday

Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 smashed into Jupiter in 1994, leaving Earth-sized scars in its atmosphere for months! #WhatILearnedToday #Jupiter #SpaceFacts

What an interesting term. #tsuris #languagelearning #Dictionariez #WhatIlearnedToday

Doom was coded on a cube. Literally. The iconic 1993 game was built on Steve Jobs’ NeXTcube—a 12" magnesium box running NeXTSTEP OS. Fast, sleek, and way ahead of its time. #RetroTech #GamingHistory #SteveJobs #Doom #WhatILearnedToday

Did you know? Moscow has its own “White House”!
It’s where the Russian government works—not where the president lives.
It’s tall, white, and full of history.

#WhatILearnedToday #RussiaFacts #MoscowWhiteHouse

🕹️ A game engine is like a digital playground builder; it powers the graphics, sounds, physics & rules behind every video game. Developers use it to turn ideas into playable worlds. Think of it as the brain & muscles of your favorite game!

#GameDev #whatilearnedtoday

The immortal jellyfish can reverse its aging process by turning back into a baby version of itself. It's one of the only known creatures that can potentially live forever. Nature's real-life time traveler.

#WeirdScience #OceanLife #ImmortalJellyfish #NatureIsAwesome #whatilearnedtoday

Moscow may have a hidden subway system called “Metro-2,” built for government use during the Cold War. It’s never been officially confirmed, but urban explorers and rumors keep the mystery alive. #MoscowMetro #FunFacts #whatilearnedtoday

Banana Fact of the Day -
Bananas are slightly radioactive, thanks to potassium-40.
But don’t worry, you’d need to eat 10 million bananas at once to get sick from it. #ScienceFacts #whatilearnedtoday

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Popcorn pops because each kernel has water inside. Heat turns it to steam, pressure builds, and pops - the shell explodes, and the starch puffs up. #FunScience #whatilearnedtoday

Ever learn a new word or heard about something for the first time, then suddenly saw it everywhere? That’s the Baader Meinhof phenomenon. Your brain is just noticing it more, not that it’s happening more. #whatilearnedtoday

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Octopuses have 3 hearts. Two pump blood to the gills, one to the body, and that last one stops beating when they swim. Swimming is so tiring. They prefer crawling. Oh, and their blood? It’s blue. #OceanFacts #WhatILearnedToday

Slime molds are tiny living things that can look like bright yellow or orange goo. They’re not molds like the stuff on old bread—they’re unique organisms called protists. They live in damp, shady places like forests, under logs, or in wet soil. #WhatILearnedToday #SlimeMold

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Some animals glow in the dark! Bioluminescence is like nature’s glow stick. Fireflies flash to chat, & deep-sea fish light up to hunt. So cool! #ScienceFacts #Bioluminescence #WhatILearnedToday

Ever look at someone and realize—they have a whole life, just like you? That’s sonder. It helps us be less quick to judge and more quick to care. #WhatIlearnedtoday #Sonder #EmpathyMatters #LifeSkills

Trees talk to each other underground using mushroom networks. They share food, send warnings, and help each other grow. Nature has its own secret internet—called the Wood Wide Web! #NatureIsCool #WoodWideWeb #FungiFacts #TreeTalk #EcoMagic #WhatILearnedToday

🇨🇦 The first ETF started in Canada in 1990. It was called TIPs and helped change how people invest. #WhatILearnedToday

At Disney, the width of the street narrows as you walk toward the castle. This smart design makes the castle look taller and more magical — a trick called forced perspective. #DisneyMagic #WhatILearnedToday

Yep. Non-ASCII characters like ä, ö, å etc. And the regex \b (word boundary) does not match with non-ASCII characters.

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Today I learned how to clean my APS-C sensor - no more photoshopping out dust spots!

#lifelonglearning #photography #whatIlearnedtoday

Today I learned that researchers in Japan are doing in-insect synthesis of oxygen-doped molecular nanocarbons by feeding caterpillars kidney beans mixed with agar and nanocarbon substrate.
#WhatILearnedToday
(Thx @robinson-julia.bsky.social!)

#jan3 It takes Rosie 15 minutes to survey the backyard and decide there is nothing out there worth chasing at the moment. Mmmmm… good advice for me and you. #hello2025 #whatilearnedtoday #lifewithdogs #adviceoftheday

Day 1 #2025
Sometimes a person just needs a smile to stop being a “grumpy old man”
#whatilearnedtoday #lifeofachaplain #hospitallife #hello2025

The international WAO/EAACI guideline for the management of hereditary angioedema—The 2021 revision and update Click on the article title to read more.

“Patients who are diagnosed with ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema should be tested for hereditary angioedema types 1/2“

So far, not something that I have been doing …

#whatilearnedtoday #nephsky #skyneph

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I just discovered that my AirPods lower the volume when I’m speaking to someone in the background. I always that I was getting a notification when that happens. #whatILearnedToday

Sometimes you gotta try something new…. #whatilearnedtoday

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Me: The Peace of the Lord be always with you.

One of our Friends: Play Ball!

I think it works!
#Respiteforall #whatilearnedtoday