Buzzzzz! Buzzzzz! My alarm clock begins shaking on the nightstand. It’s beckoning to me as loud as it can, and I’m not ready to answer. Maybe it is because it is 5 am Monday, the time and day I dread the most. Perhaps it’s because I know I need to get up, so I’m not… Read More »
“Covid deaths up by 15% in a week with 293 fatalities recorded in just 24 hours” Daily Mirror, 2 November 2021. The UK has reported another 293 deaths following Covid-19, following the latest release of data on 2 November 2021. This is the highest number reported on a single day since 315 deaths were reported… Read More »
In 1972, The Los Alamos National Laboratories patented a nuclear tunnel boring machine, claiming it could reach depths of 18+ miles. It uses molten lithium to melt through rock, leaving behind a tunnel with a glass-like finish. The post In 1972, The Los Alamos National Laboratories…. appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
A picture of a roast-in-the-bag chicken from Morrisons has gone viral on Twitter. The packaging states the product is “made from British chicken and non-EU salt and pepper” which has prompted anger from some Twitter users, with some describing the wording as a “gratuitous slight on the EU”. Morrisons publicly said the packaging was labelled… Read More »
It was March 13, 2020. My 43rd birthday, and the day the world changed for all of us. The kids were told they would be out of school for two weeks. As you know, those “two weeks” turned into almost two years of uncertain times with the coronavirus pandemic. Our senses were heightened. Stress levels… Read More »
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 309, click here. 1. A British blacksmith removing the leg irons off a slave, 1907. 2. Babies left to sleep outside, enforcing immune system, Moscow, 1958. 3. Nelson Mandela at a South African Communist Party rally, Soweto, 1990. 4. Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signing the Instrument…… Read More »
In October, reports of women being spiked via injection in nightclubs and bars began to emerge. As they did, posts on Facebook and Twitter started wrongly claiming that victims had tested positive for HIV shortly after being spiked with a needle. Some messages from official accounts, such as West Yorkshire Police, also warned that being… Read More »
“Today’s budget increases total departmental spending over this Parliament by £150 billion. That’s the largest increase this century, with spending growing by 3.8% a year in real terms.” Rishi Sunak, 27 October 2021. During his Autumn Budget and Spending Review statement, the Chancellor said that increases in public spending over this parliament would be the… Read More »
