BREAKING:
Rioters are breaking into migrant HMOs (Houses in Multiple Occupation, a form of taxpayer-funded housing for asylum seekers) in Belfast and setting them ablaze.
It’s a difficult night for firefighters in Belfast with fires reported in several parts of the city.
Here's where it gets weird: 3-6 thousand years ago the Amazon rainforest didn't exist as we know it. It was a dense, nearly impenetrable bamboo forest. Then a group of people entered and started burning it. They brought in and planted fruit and nut trees and various other tropicals and edibles. They created a massive, cultivated garden. They constructed towns and villages and made huge geometric earthworks virtually identical to the ones in North America. The towns were connected by leveled roadways. Nearly 1000 of these have now been found. The population of the Amazon in 1492 is now believed to have been 10 million people. Shortly after the first Spanish entered the area around 1500, the population dramatically declined from disease and it's thought that 99% of them were gone by 1550. The untended garden areas quickly became overgrown creating the rainforest. As the destruction of the rainforest continues due to clearing land for agriculture, more and more of these geometric earthworks are being uncovered. Sources: More than I can list, but the National Geographic has sponsored a lot of the ongoing research.
Eagles linebacker Nolan Smith Jr. was arrested Friday and accused of speeding and reckless driving in Georgia, the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office told ESPN’s @Tim_McManus. Smith was clocked going 135 mph in a 70 mph zone.
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We're building a Moon Base!
@NASAMoonBase will serve as a habitat where astronauts live and work during long-term science missions.
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This study found that mothers carrying boys showed a significantly larger increase in breast volume as early as the first trimester compared to those carrying girls. What’s wild is that the researchers found the difference was so distinct, breast volume increase was actually a more reliable predictor of the fetus's sex than many traditional physical "signs" combined. By the 32nd week, the volume difference between mothers of boys and girls in the study was a massive 141.32 ml. Since male fetuses require more energy and accumulate mass quicker, the maternal body physically scales up to keep up.
@hellokittykara Aw honey, im sorry! It combines my two fav things of all time: 1) having a first born son and 2) tiddies, so I felt like it was too good to pass up!