DID YOU KNOW… that if you use #Mastodon on the web, you can follow a hashtag and get the updates in your home feed?
Simply click on or search for a #hashtag and then tap the little icon in the top right of that column (the person with a plus) to start following that topic.
There is also what is called #GenMZ. It is a combination of Millennials and GenZ, that is 1981‒2012. “GenMZ” is more commonly used in South Korea than anywhere else.
#DidYouKnow that in Austria, no position in the civil service, or judiciary, or the military, or even the cabinet requires an oath of office?
Instead, you are required to make a legally binding affirmation ("Gelöbnis"), which however does not require the invocation of any supreme being. The law, where it prescribes the wording of the affirmation, only says that "the addition of a religious formula is permitted." So you can add "so help me god" or likewise, but you never have to.
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What will follow is a thread about #sand. !Disclaimer: The following informational facts are all from the "Ocean sand: Putting sand on the ocean sustainability agenda. Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA) Report" (complete reference in the last post)
Sand is an essential part in making #concrete, asphalt, glass and electronics. But it is also often used in plastics and cosmetics. Hence it is important for many parts in the industries of our modern society (1)
Most people know that humans drown when immersed in water for prolonged periods of time, but did you know that they also cannot survive immersion in molten lead?!
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If you ask Rick Astley for his copy of the movie Up, he cannot give it to you as he will never give you up. However, in doing so he lets you down. Thus creating the Astley Paradox
It is a burning natural gas field collapsed into a cavern near Darvaza, Turkmenistan. It is thought to have been burning continuously since 1971. Its diameter is 69 m (226 ft), and its depth is 30 m (98 ft).
The theoretical limit to human survival for more than a few hours in the shade, even with unlimited water, is a wet-bulb temperature of 35°C (95°F) - theoretically equivalent to a heat index of 70°C (160°F), though the heat index does not go that high.
#DidYouKnow: A #Leap#Second is a one-second adjustment that is occasionally applied to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), to accommodate the difference between:
Precise time (International Atomic Time (TAI), as measured by atomic clocks), and
Imprecise observed solar time (UT1), which varies due to irregularities and long-term slowdown in the Earth's rotation.
In 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The bid had reached $3000 AUD before it was taken down. (medium.com)