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Poland discusses creation of coalition to boycott 2024 Olympics over Russian participation.

kyivindependent.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_125poyt on March 29, 2023 at 2:28 PM in worldnews

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Fire reported at Russian propaganda channel in Moscow.

kyivindependent.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_11otsv8 on March 11, 2023 at 8:12 PM in worldnews

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French presidential source says China 'only game-changer' in Russia's war against Ukraine.

kyivindependent.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_127wa61 on March 31, 2023 at 7:27 PM in worldnews

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Southern Command: Explosions in Crimean Dzhankoi hinder Russia's transfer of weapons.

kyivindependent.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_127nnw2 on March 31, 2023 at 2:43 PM in worldnews

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TIL In 1953, Swanson had 260 tons of frozen turkey leftover after Thanksgiving, so they packaged them into trays with peas and potatoes, and the TV Dinner was born.

smithsonianmag.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_11oj1m0 on March 11, 2023 at 12:31 PM in todayilearned

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TIL The prototype of the Rolls Royce Ghost was so quiet inside that it made test drivers sick. The engineers had to remove some of the noise-isolating material, and create seats that vibrated at specific frequencies to introduce some noise into the interior.

carbuzz.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_11m5tai on March 8, 2023 at 7:37 PM in todayilearned

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TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by Rifletree t3_11mvpn1 on March 9, 2023 at 3:54 PM in todayilearned

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TIL In 2017, six Chinese officials were punished for falling asleep in a meeting about how to motivate lazy bureaucrats.

reuters.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_127x6i3 on March 31, 2023 at 7:56 PM in todayilearned

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NASA to name Artemis 2 crew next week, the first moon astronauts in 50 years.

space.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_125n05c on March 29, 2023 at 12:42 PM in space

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Steel was already being used in Europe 2,900 years ago, shows study.

phys.org

Submitted by Rifletree t3_11eunsz on March 1, 2023 at 4:53 AM in history

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Poland has delivered tanks to Ukraine, government announces on war's first anniversary.

reuters.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_11bkubv on February 25, 2023 at 1:20 PM in worldnews

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TikTok's parent ByteDance is building a new 'AI-based' edtech platform called GeniusJoy and is hiring in Los Angeles and Singapore.

businessinsider.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_11dkads on February 27, 2023 at 7:22 PM in technology

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iPhone users will soon be able to send iMessages through their PCs.

businessinsider.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_11eh22h on February 28, 2023 at 7:13 PM in technology

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Massive 'forbidden planet' orbits a strangely tiny star only 4 times its size.

space.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_11arc6m on February 24, 2023 at 1:25 PM in space

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In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn’s rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame. (NASA/JPL)

Submitted by Rifletree t3_110edm3 on February 12, 2023 at 12:14 PM in space

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4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to mighty thunder god discovered in Iraq.

livescience.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_11ckay2 on February 26, 2023 at 3:44 PM in history

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Deadly waves: Researchers document the evolution of plague over hundreds of years in medieval Denmark.

phys.org

Submitted by Rifletree t3_11c59a3 on February 26, 2023 at 4:26 AM in history

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Mysterious marks on Ice Age cave art may have been a form of record keeping.

sciencenews.org

Submitted by Rifletree t3_11bkz7e on February 25, 2023 at 1:26 PM in history

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