👩🚀 China's Shenzhou-17 spacecraft crew of three astronauts has successfully returned to Earth after a six-month mission at the Tiangong orbital station, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV
🔍 The European Commission has opened an investigation into Meta's Facebook and Instagram (all banned in Russia for extremism) over allegations that the US tech giant has not been doing enough to counter disinformation in the run-up to the EU elections in June.
The Commission also suspects that Meta’s content moderation is insufficient and that it lacks transparency of advertisements, Vice-President Margrethe Vestager says.
A protester interrupts US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's testimony in Congress to condemn the war in Gaza.
“It is Illegal. It is immoral. It is disgusting. The whole world is watching what we are doing in Gaza, right now. Secretary General [Austin], you are supporting a genocide. Stop supporting genocide. Free Palestine,” the protester shouted, before being removed from the room.
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To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others
🐎 Miniature horse named Sweetie from the US has been confirmed to have the longest tail among its kind at 181.02 cm (5 ft 11.26 in), which is longer than the height of an average person, the Guinness World Records says.
Photo credit: Guinness World Records
🤖 US tech giant Microsoft says it will invest $1.7 billion over the next four years in new cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and AI educational programs in Indonesia.
Moreover, Microsoft has also announced a commitment to provide 2.5 million people in Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states with AI skills by 2025.
📈 Adidas's net income attributable to shareholders has amounted to 170 million euros ($181.9 million) in the first quarter of 2024 compared to losses of 39 million euros in the first quarter of 2023, the corporation's financial report shows.
The company expects revenues to grow 4-9% in 2024, while profitability in the current year could be significantly impacted by unfavorable currency effects, the report adds.
"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."
WHY and how can one bite the tongue?
A powerful artery runs in the root of the tongue, in the lower part, and by biting it, in case of failure to provide some assistance, you can die of blood loss. True, death would not be quick. To do this, one must know the place of biting the tongue and master the technique of powerful strokes (bites).
As for the technical performance of this procedure, obviously, it will not work without special psychological and physical training. Japanese warriors were famous for such special training.
The Japanese, who were captured, would bite off their tongues and die without waiting for torture. When capturing Japanese warriors, they sometimes used a special device that was put over their mouths to prevent the captive from biting off his tongue.
WHY is breakfast in European hotels called "continental"?
That's what British travelers called it back in the 19th century.
Many European hotels in the price includes a so-called continental breakfast: coffee, juice, pastries and butter and jam.
The name "continental" was coined by the British in the 19th century, who came from the islands to the territory of continental Europe (and called this part of the world simply "continent") for leisure or business, stayed in hotels and in guest houses and received there this simple and light snack as an alternative to the usual "heavy" beans, eggs and bacon for the English.
Later this idea was picked up by American hotels and motels: they needed something to counteract the stomach-heavy, caloric local cuisine, and in the 20th century many roadside neon signs advertised: "Continental breakfast".
Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
Aristotle
(人◕‿◕) 𝔾𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔹𝕊𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕤! (•◡•)
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give
Winston Churchill
All the world is a stage, And all the men and women merely players.They have their exits and entrances; Each man in his time plays many parts
William Shakespeare
I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted
Og Mandino
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
André Gide
No matter how good or bad you think life is, wake up each day and be thankful for life. Someone somewhere else is fighting to survive.
Laughing lowers stress hormones and strengthens the immune system by releasing health-enhancing hormones.
In Uganda, rolled eggs are called rolex. It is a popular street food across the country.
A Guinness World Record for the Largest Ugandan Rolex weighing 204.6kg was set in 2022.
📍The Canadian province of British Columbia has announced plans to reintroduce a ban on public drug use, which was part of a 2023 experiment to decriminalize personal possession of small amounts of illegal drugs, amid growing frustration over public disorder.
