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  • Abraham Lincoln - You can fool all the people some of the...
    Je viens d'apprendre que le fameux "On peut tromper une fois mille personnes, ..." était inspiré d'Abraham Lincoln.
    Thu Mar 25 15:52:51 2021 - permalink -
    - https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_110340?src=t_time
    Cinéma Citations ESRA USA
  • Philosophical razor
    In philosophy, a razor is a principle that allows one to eliminate unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.

    - Occam's razor: Simpler explanations are more likely to be correct; avoid unnecessary or improbable assumptions.
    - Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
    - Hume's guillotine: What ought to be cannot be deduced from what is.
    - Hitchens' razor: "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."
    - Newton's flaming laser sword: If something cannot be settled by experiment or observation, then it is not worthy of debate.
    - Sagan standard: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
    Fri Mar 13 12:29:27 2020 - permalink -
    - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_razor
    ESRA Philosophy
  • The Default Microsoft Outlook Contact Pic Was Bill Gates’ Mug Shot
    Bill Gates is staring at users every time they launch Outlook 2010, as Microsoft used his silhouette for the default contact picture coming within the app.
    Wed Feb 12 14:00:28 2020 - permalink -
    - https://news.softpedia.com/news/did-you-know-the-default-microsoft-outlook-contact-pic-was-bill-gates-mug-shot-520636.shtml
    ESRA Geek_Culture Microsoft
  • Inca Empire
    The Incas lacked the use of wheeled vehicles. They lacked animals to ride and draft animals that could pull wagons and plows... [They] lacked the knowledge of iron and steel... Above all, they lacked a system of writing... Despite these supposed handicaps, the Incas were still able to construct one of the greatest imperial states in human history.
    Fri Jan 24 13:01:08 2020 - permalink -
    - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Empire
    ESRA History
  • Laura Dern joins long history of Star Wars actors making sound effects
    - "pew, pew !"
    - "zhhjummmm !"
    Tue Dec 17 12:23:46 2019 - permalink -
    - https://mashable.com/2018/03/13/laura-dern-pew-pew-pew/?europe=true
    Cinéma ESRA Star_Wars
  • Shibboleth
    Example :
    - During World War II, some United States soldiers in the Pacific theater used the word lollapalooza as a shibboleth to challenge unidentified persons, on the premise that Japanese people often pronounce the letter L as R or confuse Rs with Ls. In Oliver Gramling's Free Men are Fighting: The Story of World War II (1942) the author notes that, in the war, Japanese spies would often approach checkpoints posing as American or Filipino military personnel. A shibboleth such as "lollapalooza" would be used by the sentry, who, if the first two syllables come back as rorra, would "open fire without waiting to hear the remainder".
    - During the Allied breakout from the Normandy beachheads in 1944, hand-to-hand fighting occurred throughout the hedgerows and thick undergrowth of the Norman countryside. British and American troops were told to use the word "Thunderer" as a countersign through the thick foliage. Given the number of syllables and the leading "th" sound, it was believed that the word would invariably be mispronounced by native German speakers.
    (MANY others on the linked page)

    For those interested in the french definition + spelling :
    - https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/shiboleth
    - https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/schibboleth
    Fri Dec 13 12:34:29 2019 - permalink -
    - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth#Examples
    English ESRA Français History Vocabulaire
  • The Sacred Band Of Thebes: An Army Of 300 Gay Lovers
    A company of 150 pairs of homosexual lovers, who were considered amongst the most elite soldiers of their time.
    Fri Nov 29 10:04:00 2019 - permalink -
    - https://historydaily.org/the-sacred-band-of-thebes-an-army-of-300-gay-lovers
    Armée ESRA Guerre History
  • 10 oldest jokes in human history, from as long ago as 1900 BC
    Spoiler alert : some are about sex, farts, and even "your mom" :-D
    Tue Nov 12 13:48:15 2019 - permalink -
    - https://www.insider.com/historians-10-oldest-jokes-in-history-1900bc-2019-7
    Blagues ESRA History
  • There is "Old Zealand", opposite side of the globe from New Zealand.
    In December 1642 Dutch navigator Abel Janszoon Tasman was the first European to sight New Zealand’s South Island, and Dutch cartographers named the territory after the Dutch maritime province of Zeeland. Located just northwest of the Belgian city of Antwerp, Zeeland is more than 11,000 miles (17,700 km) from New Zealand. To provide some perspective on that figure, the maximum distance between any two points on Earth is about 12,450 miles (20,000 km), so New Zealand is practically as far as you can be from Zeeland without leaving Earth. The Dutch East India Company certainly got around.

    See it : https://goo.gl/maps/JCEnNrYWDGJuL8em7
    Wed Nov 6 13:01:54 2019 - permalink -
    - https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/dsee6k/til_there_is_old_zealand_opposite_side_of_the/
    ESRA Geography
  • Keanu Reeves on the Time Alice Cooper Babysat for Him
    "I grew up in Toronto and I lived on a street called Hazleton and there was a recording studio Nimbus 9 and my mother was in costume design. She was in rock and roll and she was in the business and they had friends and he had friends and Alice Cooper, I'm told, babysat me. I mean I don't know how that could possibly happen, but it did," said the actor.

    Read More: Keanu Reeves on the Time Alice Cooper Babysat for Him | https://loudwire.com/keanu-reeves-alice-cooper-babysat-fake-poo-fridge/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
    Fri Oct 11 11:55:29 2019 - permalink -
    - https://loudwire.com/keanu-reeves-alice-cooper-babysat-fake-poo-fridge/
    Cinéma ESRA Music People
  • The Dark, Untold Story About the Peace Sign
    - created by an artist, Gerald Holtom, in the UK
    - first displayed publicly in 1958
    - stands for "N" and "D" in semaphore language : "nuclear disarmament"
    Fri Sep 27 15:14:56 2019 - permalink -
    - https://www.rd.com/culture/history-of-peace-sign/
    Communication ESRA Nucléaire Sign Weapons
  • The Addams Family’s Living Room Was Actually Pink!
    Tue Sep 3 12:46:41 2019 - permalink -
    - https://www.boredpanda.com/the-addams-familys-living-room-was-actually-pink/
    ESRA TV
  • Tropical Cyclone Names
    Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms had been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center. They are now maintained and updated through a strict procedure by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization.
    Tue Sep 3 12:32:31 2019 - permalink -
    - https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml#enp
    ESRA Weather
  • Chlorine trifluoride
    TIL about chlorine trifluoride, a substance which can burn virtually everything (e.g. sand, ash, asbestos) while letting off clouds of highly-corrosive superheated acid. Also, the acid is poisonous.

    see also :
    - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine_trifluoride
    - https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2008/02/26/sand_wont_save_you_this_time
    - demonstration : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4l56AfUTnQ
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAhiqGZCwNQ
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckSoDW2-wrc
    Thu Aug 1 13:11:36 2019 - permalink -
    - https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/ckgpnq/til_about_chlorine_trifluoride_a_substance_which/
    Chimie ESRA Science
  • Olive Oyl
    The name of Popeye's fiancée is actually "Olive Oyl" :-D
    Wed Jul 10 11:19:39 2019 - permalink -
    - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Oyl
    Cartoons Culture ESRA
  • What does the Statue of Liberty represent?
    Lady Liberty’s classic stature, face, and attire come from the Roman goddess Libertas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertas), who also represents freedom from tyranny and oppression.
    Fri Jul 5 12:33:44 2019 - permalink -
    - https://www.howtallisthestatueofliberty.org/what-does-the-statue-of-liberty-represent/
    Art ESRA France USA
  • How funeral directors keep your eyes closed after you die
    Spoiler alert : spiky "contacts" called eye caps hold the eyelids in place.
    Tue Jun 18 10:47:34 2019 - permalink -
    - https://mashable.com/2015/02/25/eyes-closed-after-death/?europe=true
    Death ESRA
  • Household smoke detectors use a nuclear source
    ... and here is how it works.

    For those who feel concerned about this : "the radiation from smoke detectors is negligible in comparison to other sources of radiation, so they should be considered safe."
    Thu Jun 6 10:19:35 2019 - permalink -
    - http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2011/ph241/eason1/
    Electronics ESRA Nucléaire Physics Science Vie_Pratique
  • TIL that 'goodbye' is a contraction of the phrase 'God be with ye'
    :-o
    Wed May 15 14:58:14 2019 - permalink -
    - https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/bowty7/til_that_goodbye_is_a_contraction_of_the_phrase/
    English ESRA History Vocabulaire
  • Venus Meets a Planet Named George
    Uranus was initially named "Georges" (after King George III, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom) when discovered in 1781.
    Mon May 13 12:28:45 2019 - permalink -
    - https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/11apr_george
    ESRA NASA Science Space
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