Daily Archives: October 19, 2021
25 Interesting Facts About Galaxies
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Galaxies. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Galaxies 1. Our own galaxy, The Milky Way has other smaller galaxies known satellites galaxies that orbit around it. – Source 2. These interstellar objects that are smaller than galaxies have been named dwarf galaxies that have several billion stars and there are even…… Read More »
Concerns about animal welfare are just one reason Sainsbury’s stopped selling fireworks
A post shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter claims that Sainsbury’s will no longer sell fireworks due to animals being frightened by the products. Some people have long campaigned for firework sales to the general public to be banned, amid reports of animals being severely distressed by the loud noises caused during displays.… Read More »
Viral tweet overstates UK’s lead in Covid-19 cases
A tweet with over 5,000 retweets claimed on 18 October: “There were 229,000 new cases of coronavirus in the world yesterday. The UK provided 20% of them. 1 in 5 of the new cases in the whole world was on our little island.” That’s not quite the case. Data from the University of Oxford’s Our… Read More »
Bill Gates’ £400m claim about green investment was wrong
Boris Johnson: So together we’re putting in £200 million, I think Bill [Gates]’s putting in £200 million if I’ve got the numbers right, just checking. Bill Gates: £400 [million] each. Global Investment Summit broadcast, 19 October 2021. Bill Gates wrongly claimed that Breakthrough Energy (a network founded by Mr Gates) and the UK government were… Read More »
25 Interesting Facts About Villages
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Villages. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Villages 1. In 2009, a Malawian teenager taught himself how to build a windmill out of junk and bring power to his village. He then went on to build a second, larger windmill to power irrigation pumps. He did this all from books he…… Read More »
20 Interesting Facts About Television
Here are 20 Interesting Facts About Television. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Television 1. One of the first original television programs in America was “The Television Ghost,” (1931) which featured an actor dressed as dead people telling the stories of their murders. – Source 2. Stephen Fry claims the UK record for saying ‘f**k’ on television…… Read More »
20 Interesting Facts on Radiation
Here are 20 Interesting Facts on Radiation. 1-5 Interesting Facts on Radiation 1. All the American flags placed on the moon are now white due to radiation from the sun. – Source 2. After Radium was discovered by Marie Curie (who died from radiation), people used it in things like condoms, candy, toothpaste, and health…… Read More »
25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 308
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 307, click here. 1. President Lyndon B. Johnson drives his Amphicar on the lake of his Texas ranch in 1965. 2. Barbara Walters during her freshman year at Sarah Lawrence College in 1949. 3. Helen Keller visits wounded soldiers at a military hospital in Texas, 1944.…… Read More »
13 Fish Oil Benefits For Women And Men
Fish oils are great sources of omega-3 and -6 fatty acids. Omega fats are essential, meaning that they can’t be synthesized in your body and have to be eaten in your diet. Omega-3 is synthesized by microalgae—not by fish—but accumulates in the tissue when they are eaten by fish and shellfish further up the food… Read More »
NHSX website doesn’t reveal vaccine passport roll out
Posts on social media, YouTube and an article on the website The Exposé, have used a passage of text from the NHSX website as evidence to claim that the government will “definitely” be introducing vaccine passports “in the UK”, by December this year. However, this is not accurate. The passage on the NHSX website that… Read More »