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25 Uplifting Headlines of the Week – Part 251

San Antonio Zoo captures video of 10 endangered Komodo dragons hatching. The post 25 Uplifting Headlines of the Week – Part 251 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source

WTF Fun Fact – The Bloop

In 1997, hydrophones captured the “Bloop,” which was one of the loudest underwater sounds ever recorded and could be heard … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – The Bloop appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

WTF Fun Fact – Percontation Point

The percontation point, a reversed question mark and later referred to as a rhetorical question mark, was proposed by Henry … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Percontation Point appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

WTF Fun Fact – Cucuteni-Trypillia Culture

The Cucuteni–Trypillia culture existed in Eastern Europe between 5,500 to 2,700 BC. They constructed sophisticated and densely-populated settlements and burned … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Cucuteni-Trypillia Culture appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

Children are more likely to die from Covid than vaccination

A meme being shared on Facebook says: “We are being told to line up our children to get something that might kill them, to protect them from something that can’t kill them.” This appears to be a reference to Covid-19 vaccines. The author of one post says in the discussion below it: “Just watched a… Read More »

Richard Madeley had his Covid-19 booster over a month before hospital visit

A post on Facebook from 25 November claims that TV presenter Richard Madeley had been rushed to hospital at 4am “after receiving his booster vaccine”. But there’s no evidence that there’s any link between his hospital visit and the booster vaccination, which he had over a month before this was posted. It’s true that the… Read More »

A ‘government consultation’ isn’t skewing data on lockdowns

A post on Facebook, shared by anti-lockdown campaign group Save Our Rights UK, claims that the UK government is manipulating data in a public consultation process about lockdown measures. This is not true. The post confuses the government with YouGov, an international research data and analytics group, which regularly carries out polling on issues involving… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact – Why Upper Case and Lower Case

The origin of upper case and lower case comes from printing presses which manually set letters. Small letters, which were … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Why Upper Case and Lower Case appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

Covid-19 vaccines are recommended in pregnancy even after infection

We have been asked via WhatsApp about whether it is recommended that pregnant women have the Covid-19 vaccines if they have already experienced Covid-19 infection during pregnancy. Dr Pat O’Brien, consultant obstetrician and Vice President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, told Full Fact: “We urge all pregnant women to get fully vaccinated… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact – Japanese Pillow Fighting

There’s a national pillow fighting tournament in Japan. The fighters start by pretending to sleep on futons and when the … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Japanese Pillow Fighting appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

In mid-18th century France, eating…

In mid-18th century France, eating potatoes was considered cruel and unusual punishment: potatoes were thought of as feed for livestock, and they were believed to cause leprosy in humans. The fear was so widespread that the French passed a law banning them in 1748. The post In mid-18th century France, eating… appeared first on Crazy… Read More »