Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 311, click here. 1. Former president Andrew Jackson aged 78, one of the few existing photographs of him, taken in 1845, the year he died. 2. Miners in the Serra Pelada gold mines in Brazil, the 1980s. 3. Nazi SS leader Heinrich Himmler on a visit…… Read More »
Here are 5 things you should know. 1. Job Recruiters ALWAYS know the salary/compensation range for the job they are recruiting for. If they aren’t upfront with the information, they are trying to underpay you. 2. There’s a website available for free that will instantly get you into paywalled sites. No browser extensions are needed.…… Read More »
A video shared widely on Twitter and Facebook shows a member of the public filming inside Sainsbury’s, claiming that new gates installed in the store’s entrance are for Covid-19 vaccine passports. This is not true. The video is from a shop in Holborn, London, where the supermarket giant has set up its first ever checkout-free… Read More »
A tweet shared almost 5,000 times and cross-posted on Facebook seems to raise questions about Test and Trace, asking why a £22 billion contract was given to a company which has been prosecuted twice for fraud by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The question is accompanied by a picture of Baroness Dido Harding, who ran… Read More »
A video posted on Facebook by former UKIP and independent MEP Godfrey Bloom claims vaccines are ineffective based on data looking at the proportion of cases of Covid-19 among vaccinated and unvaccinated adults. The video’s narrator says infection rate data from Public Health England (PHE) and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows it is… Read More »
Queen Alexandra of the UK (wife of King Edward VII) used high collars and choker necklaces to hide a neck scar. She also walked with a limp caused by rheumatic fever. Her influence and popularity were such that ladies started walking with the “Alexandra Limp” and chokers became highly fashionable. The post 25 Kickass Random… Read More »
Here are this month’s crazy headlines. 1-5 Crazy Headlines 1. Smuggled red onions misdeclared as Chinese Steamed buns seized. – Source 2. Nevada man who claimed to have proof of illegal voting pleads guilty to voting twice. – Source 3. ‘It’s A Free Country’: Man threatens TSA agent’s life, throws checkpoint stanchion, strips naked &…… Read More »
