Did you know that plants can mine metals? It is called phytomining. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytomining You can use it to get rid of heavy metals from soil so you can use the ground for growing food. But you can also use the plant to extract rare metals like cobalt for example. If you compare it to the traditional mining in congo where they call it blood cobalt, mining by plants is not harmfull to nature or people. In malaysia there is a tree that mines cobalt. Simultaneous hyperaccumulation of nickel and cobalt in the tree Glochidion cf. sericeum https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6018747/ So maybe the future is not about technology but about nature.

“Big Ben” is Not the Famous Clock Tower, but Rather the Name of the Great Bell Inside the Tower.

https://m.stacker.news/43001

If you’ve ever been to London, or even seen a picture of London, you’ve probably seen the giant clock tower at the corner of the Palace of Westminster. This tower is one of London’s major icons, ranking right up there with red double-decker buses, the London Eye, and Platform 9 ¾.

Contrary to popular belief, the clock tower itself is not named “Big Ben”. Rather, it is named “Elizabeth Tower”, after Queen Elizabeth II; named such during her Diamond Jubilee (the 2012 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne). Before that, it was just called “Clock Tower”. So why is it so often called “Big Ben”? That is due to the great bell inside the tower that chimes the hour out and goes by that name. Over time this has morphed into many calling the clock tower itself that even today, despite the recent, very public, name change.

...read more at todayifoundout.com

Athletes used to run or compete other games naked in ancient Olympics in Greece!Athletes used to run or compete other games naked in ancient Olympics in Greece!

https://m.stacker.news/43052

Orsippus (Greek: Ὄρσιππος) was a Greek runner from Megara who was famed as the first to run the footrace naked at the Olympic Games and "first of all Greeks to be crowned victor naked." Others argue that it was Acanthus instead who first introduced Greek athletic nudity. Orsippus won the stadion of the 15th Olympic Games in 720 BC.

It was said or believed that Orsippus lost his lion cloth midway of race and that made him run even faster and ultimately winning the race and gaining fame. After this, all athletes decided to run naked so as to gain fame!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orsippus

Albert Henry Woolson was the oldest veteran of the American Civil War, 1850-1956.

This man saw the Gatling Gun turn into the Hydrogen Bomb...

Even more fun, I had no idea until I looked it up just now, but he died August 2nd 1956.

the most expensive keyword for Google Adwords is “Insurance” – $54.91 Cost-Per-Click

source: https://www.syndacast.com/21-interesting-facts-about-the-internet/

Fact: The world’s first animated feature film was made in Argentina

Even if you know a lot of Disney trivia, you might assume that the honor of first animated feature film belongs to Walt Disney’s 1937 movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. But 20 years earlier, a full-length animated feature film was made in Argentina. It was a political satire called El Apóstol made up of 58,000 drawings and had a running time of 70 minutes, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Did you know?

Gehenna or Gehinnom or the Valley Hinnom is a real Hell on Earth.Gehenna or Gehinnom or the Valley Hinnom is a real Hell on Earth.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna https://m.stacker.news/43079 https://m.stacker.news/43080

https://m.stacker.news/43038

https://m.stacker.news/43035

In 1895, the entire state of Ohio had only 2 cars.

Both cars managed to still smash into each other

Most people can’t lick their own elbow.

A very small number of people with massive tongues can do it.

Reckon you will probably have a go after reading this 😂😂

https://m.stacker.news/43032

Did you know that honey never spoils? Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible. Honey’s natural properties, like its low water content and high acidity, make it an inhospitable environment for bacteria and microorganisms.

Sorrell Booke "Boss Hogg" spoke 12 languages fluently. Booke was fluent in French, Latin, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German, Greek and Italian. He said that he also “fussed" with a half-dozen other languages such as Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Dutch, Persian, Polish, and Swedish.....https://image.nostr.build/955cd44e899211be47d6407e95d475344374c9b8c337cb73855f710e3b35e551.jpg During the Korean Conflict Booke served in counter-intelligence, utilizing his mastery of languages to fight persistent intelligence efforts by Communist forces. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/boss-hogg-sorrell-booke.html

Peak oil is here and expect high energy prices and demand. Look into Matthew Simmons and Arthur Berman on peak oil sessions https://youtu.be/Q3uvzcY2Xug?si=4ozB3M4nt1sytDZI

The American Civil War had many contributing factors, but the main issue was the North's tariffs, which were detrimental to the South. There is a common misunderstanding that slavery was the primary cause, but tariffs played a more central role in the conflict. For instance, the Tariff Convention of 1831 highlighted these tensions. Due to the lack of benefits from tariffs and growing economic strain, South Carolina even attempted to nullify federal tariff laws in 1832, leading to a crisis that foreshadowed the broader conflicts leading up to the Civil War.

Motor boat sailing, hot air ballooning, and tug of war all used to be Olympic sports!Motor boat sailing, hot air ballooning, and tug of war all used to be Olympic sports!

Over time, different sports and events are voted into (or out of) the Olympic Games. Some disappear, then return (like golf, or rugby), while others (like running deer shooting, or duelling pistols) go out of fashion forever – thankfully!

From a BlueSky thread I came across talking about how smoking used to be allowed on airplanes:

https://i.imgur.com/Cpd5t3Y.png

1BTC=1BTC 🌽

One of the planes transporting horses for the olympics is called

AIR HORSE ONE

The number of 256 bit private keys(2 to power of 256) is roughly the same size as atoms in the known universe(10 to the power of 80).

I can't bro I can't

Atoms are really small.

Consider the number of water molecules in a 12 ounce glass of water, compared to the number of water molecules in all of the oceans combined:

12 ounces of water = 355ml = 355g = 19.7 mol =~ 10^24 molecules

The volume of the ocean is 1.335 * 10^24 ml = 1.335 * 10^24 g water = 7.4 * 10^22 mol =~ 10^45 molecules of water in the ocean.

Let's assume the water molecules in our glass are special, and are the color red, so we can keep track of them. We dump the glass into the ocean and stir it up such that the red molecules are evenly distributed:

The fraction of molecules in the ocean that are colored red = 10^24 / 10^45 = 10*^-21.

Thus, if we were to take a new 12 oz glass of water from the ocean, we would have roughly 10^-21 * 10^24 = 1000 red water molecules in our glass.

Have a nice day!

https://m.stacker.news/43037

There's a planet where it rains glass sideways. (Hd 1897 33b NASA)

Fact: The first person processed at Ellis Island was a 15-year-old girl from Ireland

On January 1, 1892, Annie Moore was the first passenger to disembark at Ellis Island on its opening day. She had traveled to the United States with her two younger brothers aboard the SS Nevada after departing from Queenstown, Ireland (now known as Cobh). Another amazing fact? The busiest day at Ellis Island was April 17, 1907.