Daily Archives: June 14, 2021
25 Uplifting Headlines of the Week – Part 234
14 Interesting Facts about Austin
Here are 14 Interesting Facts About Austin. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Austin 1. Texas billionaire and former presidential candidate Ross Perot wrote a blank cheque to fund and save the 500-year-old Treaty Oak in Austin, Texas which was poisoned by a vandal. – Source 2. When the city of Austin, Texas asked people online to…… Read More »
How Design Thinking Leads You To Creativity (The Complete Guide)
What do you think about when you think of a product that had a great design and purpose? My mind goes to products like Apply and Alexa. The sleekness and simplicity of their design combined with the functionality create a winning product. Great designs are developed from a simple yet eloquent place. Great designs draw… Read More »
Christian Eriksen did not have Covid-19 vaccine before collapse, says Inter Milan CEO
False claims that Danish footballer Christian Eriksen had received the Covid-19 vaccine before collapsing on the pitch at the Euro 2020 tournament have been spreading on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. This is not true. The footballer collapsed during Denmark’s opening Euro 2020 match against Finland on Saturday 12 June, after suffering a cardiac arrest, but… Read More »
Don’t use washing up liquid to remove ticks
A social media post from 2014 which is still being shared has suggested that a safe and easy way to remove ticks is to apply a cotton wool ball soaked in washing-up liquid to the tick. The post claims this will cause the tick to detach. The washing-up liquid technique has circulated for some time,… Read More »
David Icke makes false claim that vaccines are ‘gene therapy’
A video interview of conspiracy theorist David Icke, posted on Facebook, makes a number of misleading and dangerous claims about Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers, gene therapy and asymptomatic cases of the virus. Asymptomatic transmission is real During the video, Mr Icke claims the transmission of Covid-19 through those with asymptomatic cases of the virus is a… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact – Accidental Invention Of Saccharin
The Forbidden Book Written in the Blood of Saddam Hussein
Deep beneath the Umm al-Qura mosque in Baghdad, locked away in a secret vault, is an object that can only be described as a theological paradox – an object so blasphemous Islamic law dictates it must be destroyed, but so inherently holy that it can’t be. This is the Blood Qur’an, a copy of the… Read More »