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It's official: No woman in England or Wales can be prosecuted for an abortion any more
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How did one become a "honest courtesan" in renaissance Venice?
Renaissance Venice was famous for its high-ranking courtesans who were educated in arts such as poetry, music and dance, and were expected to be able to intellectually keep up with their noble patr…
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Sharp drop in ‘forever chemicals’ in seabird eggs hailed as win for regulation
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Reddit r/UpliftingNews -
12 Employees in Quarantine After Incorrect Handling of a Person Infected With Hantavirus
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Reddit r/worldnews -
TIL When a permanent tooth starts pushing against the baby tooth’s roots, the roots begin to dissolve, so the tooth should become loose and fall out. But sometimes permanent teeth begin growing behind baby teeth and miss the baby tooth’s roots
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Reddit r/todayilearned -
Trump and Xi's meeting this week could change the course of the AI race
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Reddit r/geopolitics -
Given that Germany fought WW1 effectively for four years without indebting themselves to foreign powers why did Britain choose do to so given their pre-war economic power when officials recognised the risks in doing so?
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TIL in 1989, 10-year old Sarah York became Manuel Noriega's pen pal and received an invitation from him to visit Panama. She did so twice, albeit the second time was as a family vacation, not on invitation. Today, she teaches Spanish in Golden Valley, Minnesota.
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Reddit r/todayilearned -
Sharp drop in ‘forever chemicals’ in seabird eggs hailed as win for regulation
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Reddit r/worldnews -
Reflecting Pool repairs to cost $13.1 million. Trump had promised $1.8 million
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Reddit r/politics -
Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data
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Reddit r/worldnews -
Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data
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Reddit r/UpliftingNews -
Pakistan allowed Iran to park military aircraft on its airfields despite mediator role in conflict with U.S.
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POLICE: Transgender student stabbed to death at UW apartment, suspect on the run
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Reddit r/news -
Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Russia has no intention of ending this war
submitted by /u/Raj_Valiant3011 [link] [comments]
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Markets sell off as U.S.-Iran ceasefire plans go nowhere, leaving Trump with a military option to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
submitted by /u/fortune [link] [comments]
Reddit r/geopolitics -
How does Voyager 1 travel?
I just read somewhere that voyager 1 will be 1 light day away from the earth this November. It has left our sun's heliosphere having travelled about 25 billion kilometers. Now my doubt is how does …
Reddit r/space -
TIL even though Daryl Hall and John Oates strongly dislike their group name "Hall & Oates", saying "it is not anything we've ever wanted or liked. It's a horrible name", in 2015 they sued a granola company for naming one product "Haulin' Oats", claiming it was a "well-known mark" of the group.
submitted by /u/Away_Flounder3813 [link] [comments]
Reddit r/todayilearned -
TIL One of the perpetrators of the torture/murder of Junko Furuta died in 2022 by getting his head stuck in a toilet and choking on his own vomit.
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Reddit r/todayilearned -
Man arrested over planned jihadist attack targeting the Louvre
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Reddit r/europe -
TIL Central Asians ferment horse and camel milk to prolong dairy shelf life. Kazakhs normally use spontaneous fermentation of camel milk in spring after a long selection process for their preference of their shubat to be strongly acidic
submitted by /u/ubcstaffer123 [link] [comments]
Reddit r/todayilearned -
Why did Spanish, Ottoman and Polish-Lithuanian decay began around the same time?
submitted by /u/QueasyCity9902 [link] [comments]
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Trump Blurts Out Vile Plot to Steal Midterms as Polls Take Brutal Turn
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Reddit r/politics -
What We Saw in Cuba Shocked Us
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Reddit r/geopolitics -
Many Americans think Trump assassination attempts were fake, survey finds
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Reddit r/politics -
TIL from the 1990s the Magnetic North Pole has been move at speeds of 50-60km per year towards Siberia, crossing the International Dateline in 2017. In the 1800s it was in Northern Canada.
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Reddit r/todayilearned -
OpenAI sued over ChatGPT’s alleged role in guiding FSU shooter
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Reddit r/news -
Pentagon reveals location of nuclear-armed submarine after Trump rejects Iran proposal
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Reddit r/politics -
TIL that Hurricane John, a Category 5 Hurricane in 1994, was the furthest traveling tropical cyclone on record. It traveled 8,190 mi (13,180 km), approximately 33% of the Earth’s circumference.
submitted by /u/The-TIL-Nerd [link] [comments]
Reddit r/todayilearned -
What was the format of Soviet military callsigns?
In the American army, in the late 20th century, the format for callsigns was something like "*company callsign* platoon number - vehicle number ". For example, a tank might have the callsign "Turbi…
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UK is granting Palantir ‘unlimited access’ to NHS patient data
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Reddit r/worldnews -
UK is granting Palantir Unlimited access to its NHS patients data
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Reddit r/europe -
Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data
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Transcript: Trump Blurts Out Plot to Rig Midterms as Polls Turn Brutal
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Reddit r/politics -
I've heard that Romans of the first and second centuries largely regarded Christianity as a "women's religion"; is this true, and, if so, how did the perception change?
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Let’s Talk About Space Mirrors
A fun recount of the history of space mirrors — the idea has been around for over 100 years! — supported by newspaper clippings from the time. submitted by /u/TubeTalkMedia [link] [comments]
Reddit r/space -
Trump Wins Big as Virginia Dems Won’t Go Nuclear to Save 4 House Seats
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In Muppet Treasure Island, Captain Smollet accepts Mr. Arrow's death without apparent suspicion. Was falling overboard common enough among officers to quell suspicions?
For the sake of this question I want to assume a few things the film does not explicitly state: All officers are trustworthy, and not in league with Long John Silver. All other crewmen, excluding t…
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Demographic catastrophe: Ukraine’s remaining population has been revealed
Social Policy Minister Denys Ulyutin estimated the population of Ukraine living in government-controlled territory at 22-25 million. submitted by /u/Any-Original-6113 [link] [comments]
Reddit r/geopolitics -
Iran says it will ‘never bow’ as Trump rejects peace counteroffer, prolonging Middle East conflict
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Reddit r/worldnews -
US passengers from hantavirus-hit ship quarantined in Nebraska and Georgia
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Reddit r/news -
UN criticizes Cyprus over treatment of Turkish Cypriots
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Reddit r/europe -
German Defense Minister Says Putin Using Peace Talk to Distract From Russia’s Losses
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Neil Gorsuch’s right-wing book tour blows up in his face
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Reddit r/politics -
Türkiye ‘guardian of the southeast flank of the European continent,’ Belgian foreign minister says
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Reddit r/europe -
TIL Homosexuality in renaissance Florence was technically illegal but so prevalent that the majority of the male population was implicated in accusations. Savonarola's regime tried to supress it, resulting in a florentine official declaring "thank god we can sodomise again", after the regime fell
submitted by /u/Mors_Acerba [link] [comments]
Reddit r/todayilearned -
TIL: In 1998, elementary students in Aurora, Colorado started buying slaves in Sudan to free them, this gained global attention with schools in other countries starting slave buyback programs until it became clear that the money was just helping slavery grow
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Former Ohio State official testifies Rep. Jim Jordan ‘probably knew’ about campus abuse
submitted by /u/ToughHopeful4760 [link] [comments]
Reddit r/news -
The Stakes of Trump vs. Xi: How the Summit Could Change the Course of U.S.-China Competition
submitted by /u/ForeignAffairsMag [link] [comments]
Reddit r/geopolitics -
The Winners and Losers of the Iran Energy Shock: How the War Created a New Geopolitical Divide
submitted by /u/ForeignAffairsMag [link] [comments]
Reddit r/geopolitics