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Peter Olausson, Sweden: Myths, misconceptions and other factoids. Writes books, next one on quackery. Have cancer. Tweeting in Swedish on @faktoider.

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@forteantimes What is it that Alan Murdie has recently heard from Ukraine which reminds him of the clan feuds of old Scotland? [FT428:18]

[Emma Manzini @EmmaManzini]

Totally loving Taylor Swift's suit, which is designed to break up her shape against the background, thereby making it difficult for German U-Boats to calculate her range, speed and direction.

[Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunt]

So what is it, Roman or Medieval? ;)

Curious though, what are the oldest sources for people using this nail in candle alarm clock trick?
May research later.

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@QuoteResearch This purported Anne Frank quote doing the rounds in Sweden. People naturally lambast the poor taste, but is it something she actually wrote?

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@DarthPutinKGB Last week the US already sent "tanks" apparently so where's the escalation
https://t.co/ZHmTXlPIQt

[Michael Tracey @mtracey]

Guy who knows a lot of military stuff: "It's technically not a tank!!!" -- OK, who gives a crap? When most normal people view this object, what do you think is the first word that comes to mind?

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@forteantimes Well well. I expect to read about this, uh, unidentified whatsit in FT.
On page three, perhaps.

[Steve Silberman @stevesilberman]

The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad inside story of the bumbling billionaire babyman's trashing of Twitter. https://t.co/53bDkWcXDp

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@stejwill https://t.co/807RdEGEQK

[Angel @Aragorn666]

Well... it seems to me it's a KC-130 refueling a F-35B...

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@Strandjunker Isn't the right to bare arms protected by the second

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An efficient way to ruin any claims of being an aviation historian is to describe the Ho 229 as a stealth plane. It's not as crackpot as "Hitler had flying saucers" but just as wrong.

[Ron Eisele @ron_eisele]

The Horten Ho 229, late WW2 German prototype fighter/bomber. The first flying wing powered by a jet engine and first to incorporate stealth technology. (1/2)

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Important story and film. Please spread the word. https://t.co/jrFb4UOnAu

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Every year, Lake Superior University publishes a list of words and phrases they would like to banish the next year.

This year's entries include "moving forward", "does that make sense?" and "it is what it is".

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Really nice clip with a sow making a cozy place for her piglets, soon to arrive.

[Lars Alfredsson Svinfluencer @larsdonpedro]

Börjar året med att försöka utbilda er om grisens behov. Detta är Mimmi. Hon gör här det alla grismammor (jo alla i hela världen) vill göra innan dom föder sina kultingar. Hon bygger ett bo. Lägg gärna 2 minuter på min smått unika film. #lyckligagrisar #gårdintefabrik

[Oleksiy Goncharenko @GoncharenkoUa]

Putin got tired of being the Hitler of the 21st century and decided to play Lord of the Rings and become a "mighty Sauron".

He presented the participants of the informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States with rings with the symbol of the "commonwealth".

[Oleksiy Goncharenko @GoncharenkoUa]

Kyiv this morning. A very symbolic photo.

This is a trace from the air defense and The Motherland Monument. An interesting fact, a woman with a sword and shield is looking toward Russia.

[Discontinued Foods! @Snack_Memories]

Croonchy Stars (1988-1989) The Swedish Chef got his own cereal, with these sweet, cinnamon toast stars. The most memorable thing about this cereal were the absurdist, sometimes unsolvable games and puzzles on the back of the box.

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So, there's rain in Death Valley. Again - they had a deluge just half a year ago.

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@ashawolves @DagmarTrewin @JonesHowdareyou It's just as solid as any facts of the day, week, month or year the lads of RAF Luton enlight us with!

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@DagmarTrewin @JonesHowdareyou One year they did send up lasers for approx £80,085mil but they didn't explode or anything

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@attributionbias @JonesHowdareyou The starving kids or the fireworks? Or both?