“Data released by Public Health England showed 9,472 people were admitted to hospital with the highly transmissible coronavirus variant in the seven days up to 29 August.” Sky News, 3 September 2021. Sky, the Evening Standard and the Independent recently reported that 9,472 people were admitted to hospitals in England with the Delta variant of… Read More »
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 303, click here. 1. What is now the fully developed Las Vegas strip, 1955. 2. The only surviving depiction of a Western POW being executed by the Japanese during WWII, ca. 1943. 3. Rare photo showing Niagara Falls without water, 1969. 4. Georgia cotton mill workers,…… Read More »
A post on Facebook claims that the BBC reported the collapse of World Trade Center 7 on 11 September 2001, almost half an hour before it happened. The post author uses this apparent error to describe the 9/11 terror attacks as a “scripted, actor based reality” and refers to the collapse of World Trade Center… Read More »
A COVID variant that is immune to vaccines has reached Britain Daily Express print edition, 8 September 2021. The Daily Express print edition reported on 8 September that there have been 53 cases of the Mu variant of Covid-19, and described it as a “Covid variant that is immune to vaccines”. While the variant possesses… Read More »
Here are this week’s uplifting headlines. 1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week 1. Denmark lifts all Covid restrictions as vaccinations top 80%. Scandinavian country declares it no longer considers coronavirus a ‘socially critical’ disease. – Source 2. Salesforce offers to relocate employees and their families after the Texas abortion law goes into effect. – Source…… Read More »
Before Houdini died, he and his wife agreed that if Houdini found it possible to communicate after death, he would communicate the message “Rosabelle believe”, a secret code which they agreed to use. Rosabelle was their favorite song. The post Before Houdini died, he and his wife… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
Here are 23 Interesting Facts About Athens. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Athens 1. Branches from a 3000-year-old, still living, Greek olive tree were used to weave victors’ wreaths for the winners of the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. – Source 2. With only 324 households declaring ownership of a swimming pool on…… Read More »
