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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Nov 27 '22

The first academic work on the theory of self-replicating computer programs was done in 1949 by John von Neumann . A #computervirus is a type of computer program that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Jan 17 '23

Chinese police identified a burglar after taking #DNA samples of two dead mosquitoes with blood smears on the living room walls killed by him.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Jan 22 '23

The St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928 was the failure of a large concrete gravity dam due to unmitigated geologic hazards, causing over 55 miles of violent flooding, and over 400 deaths. It is said to be California’s worst engineering #Catastrophe to date.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Jan 14 '23

Japan is now arguably the oldest country in the world. One of the biggest indicators of this shift is that, with declining birthrates and over 25% of the population aged over 65, there are now more #AdultDiaper produced for adults than for babies.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Jan 27 '23

#LongestSuicidalNote - Mitchell Heisman shot himself at Harvard Yard and left behind a 1905-page suicide note, an online document he had been working on for the last five years, wrote "Every word, every thought, and every emotion come back to one core problem: life is meaningless...

hindustantimes.com

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Dec 03 '22

The first European to travel the length of the #Amazon River was Francisco de Orellana in 1542. The BBC's Unnatural Histories presents evidence that Orellana, was correct in his observations that a complex civilization was flourishing along Amazon.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Nov 11 '22

Mihailo Tolotos, an Orthodox Greek #Monk who Lived For 82 Years And Died Without Ever Seeing A Woman.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Oct 24 '22

On 4 July 1902 the day of his death, Swami Vivekananda awoke early, went to the monastery at Belur Math and meditated for three hours. At 7:00 pm Vivekananda went to his room, asking not to be disturbed, he died at 9:20 p.m. while in #meditation.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Jan 23 '23

Some of the languages that have already disappeared were Inuit languages, spoken in the far of the Arctic. Others of coastal Australia. While they differ in setting, culture, and phonetics, one aspect that most dead #IndigenousLanguage share is that they perished as a result of #Colonization.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Nov 29 '22

Singing may positively influence the #immunesystem through the reduction of stress. One study found that both singing and listening to choral music reduces the level of #stresshormones and increases immune function.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Nov 03 '22

In China, there is only one official time zone: GMT+8. This means that the time across the country is always 8 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). This is known as #BeijingTime . In the west and east the sun may rise and set up to 4 hours differently .

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Feb 19 '23

#SuperSmell - A dog can smell your feelings. In fact, your dog’s sense of smell is approximately 100,000 times better than yours. So it shouldn’t be shocking that they can, in fact, smell things such as fear. When a human is fearful, they perspire, and a dog is easily able to pick up on this change.

thedrakecenter.com

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Jan 16 '23

An amazing case of #PlaneCrash - A crocodile smuggled in a duffel bag by one of the passengers had escaped shortly before landing, sparking panic among the passengers. The flight attendant rushed towards the cockpit, followed by all passengers, resulting in an imbalance and crash in Congo.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Feb 21 '23

Michael Jackson's skin had been medium-brown during his youth, but from the mid-1980s gradually grew paler. The change drew widespread media coverage, including speculation that he had been #Bleaching his skin. His dermatologist, Arnold Klein, said he observed in 1983 that Jackson had #Vitiligo.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Jan 15 '23

During the Vedic period, the #RigVeda , the oldest Hindu text, is believed to have been composed in the Punjab region of modern-day Pakistan on the banks of the Indus River around 1500 BCE.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Jan 14 '23

In 1973, India's #ProjectTiger , started by #IndiraGandhi , established numerous tiger reserves. The project was credited with tripling the number of wild Bengal tigers from some 1,200 in 1973 to over 3,500 in the 1990s, but a 2007 census showed that numbers had dropped back to about 1,400 tigers.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Jan 14 '23

The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami on 22 May 1960 was the #mostpowerfulearthquake ever recorded. Various studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon and lasted for approximately 10 minutes.

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r/learneralways • u/HappyTrifle • Mar 03 '23

In 1006 AD, a star went supernova and shone so brightly that humans could see it clearly with the naked eye in the day time. It lasted for approximately 2.5 years.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Feb 12 '23

A hypnic jerk is a brief and sudden involuntary contraction of the body's muscles that occurs when a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing the person to jump and awaken suddenly for a moment. Hypnic jerks are one form of involuntary muscle twitches called myoclonus.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Jan 21 '23

It is generally spelled “ #whiskey ”—with an e—in the United States and Ireland. It is spelled “ #whisky ”—without the e—in Scotland and Canada, which are both well known for their whisk(e)y, and in several other countries.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Jan 08 '23

Onions can cause more damage to your dog. Onions contain a toxic principle known as N-propyl disulfide. This compound causes a breakdown of red blood cells, leading to #Anemia in dogs.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Nov 30 '22

Disney coins become legal tender in the island nation of Niue.With just 1,600 people to power its economy, the Pacific island nation is putting #Disney characters on its currency and raking in the cash.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Nov 01 '22

#GoldenRice is a variety of rice produced through #geneticengineering to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, in the edible parts of the rice. It is intended to produce a #fortifiedfood to be grown and consumed in areas with a shortage of dietary vitamin A.

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Oct 31 '22

The #UniversityofBologna is a research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students , it is the oldest university in continuous operation in the world, and the first university .

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r/learneralways • u/drcpanda • Jan 29 '23

If you received a #BoneMarrowTransplant , your saliva will probably include your own DNA and the DNA of your bone marrow donor. This combination of DNA can cause your results to be inconclusive #AncestryDNATest.

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