John Lockach uh who often called the father of liberalism uh who's putting forward these kind of secular value systems to uh at first to you know justif ify things like the slave trade uh of which he was an investor uh the dispossession of Native Americans and their land
for - trivia - philosopher John Locke - investor in slave trade and native american dispossesion!
The collective microbial genome in our gut may include 100-fold more genetic information than what can be found in our own eukaryotic cells.
for - trivia - microbiome - 100x more genetic information here than our other body cells -meme - most of the genetic information inside you is not really you
the passage through the birth canal seeds the newborn’s microbiome. Infants delivered by cesarean section, in contrast, exhibit a distinct microbiome that more closely resembles the composition of the mother’s skin
for - trivia - birth - microbiome - natural childbirth vs cesarean - birth canal seeds newborn's microbiome. Cesarean section alters it - microbiome more like mother's skin!
we're at the 80th anniversary of the Trinity test. So 80 years ago, the very first atomic weapon was exploded in the sand of New Mexico. Beforehand, the scientist Enrico Fermy was taking bets
for - trivia - Trinity test 80th anniversary - Enrico Fermi took bets on Edward Teller's calculation
he earliest we've been able to get to a case of tukdam is 26 hours after a practitioner has died so we've missed the first full day and there is some reason to believe that that first 24-hour period is is going to be very very important
for - trivia - measuring tukdam after death - 24 hour period immediately following death is important but to date, no data captured - Youtube - Tukdam talk - An Overview Of CHM’s Work On “Well-Being And Tukdam” - Prof. Richard J. Davidson
Pasqua Rosée opened the first coffee house in London in 1652, prompting a revolution in London society. “British culture was intensely hierarchical and structured. The idea that you could go and sit next to someone as an equal was radical,” says Markman Ellis, author of The Coffee House: A Cultural History.
for - trivia / history - first coffee house in London - opened in 1652 by - Pasqua Rosee - revolution in London society - broke through hierarchy of British society
La Rotonde
for - trivia / history - Paris Cafes - La Rotonde cafe - Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, F.Scott Fitzgerald and T.S. Eliot frequented
Paris's Café de Foy
for - trivia / history - Paris cafes - Cafe de Foy - The Storming of the Bastille was announced here
Where does so much mad agitation come from? From a crowd of minor clerks and lawyers, from unknown writers, starving scribblers, who go about rabble-rousing in clubs and cafés. These are the hotbeds that have forged the weapons with which the masses are armed today.
for - trivia / history - coffee house - quote - Paris Cafe as organizing ground for the agitators that led the French Revolution
quote - Where does so much mad agitation come from? - From a crowd of - minor clerks and lawyers, - from unknown writers, - starving scribblers, - who go about rabble-rousing in clubs and cafés. - These are the hotbeds that have forged the weapons with which the masses are armed today.
Smyrna Coffee House in London
for - trivia / history - coffee house - Smyrna Coffee House in London - Benjamin Franklin wrote his famous Open Letter to Lord North satirizing the King's power over the colonies.
the Green Dragon Tavern in Boston
for - trivia / history - coffee house - The Green Dragon Tavern in Boston - home of The American Revolution - due to many meetings by the Sons of Liberty
Grecian Coffee House near Fleet Street
for - trivia / history - coffee house - Grecian Coffee House - Isacc Newton and other members of Royal Society frequented - Newton dssected a dolphin on a table at this coffee house - another coffee house introduced the ballot box for voting
Jonathan’s Coffee House in Exchange Alley
for trivia / history - coffee house - Jonathan's Coffee House - stockbrokers traded shares here after closing hours - gave birth to the London Stock Exchange
Lloyd’s Coffee House
for - trivia / history - coffee house - Lloyd's coffee house - sailors and merchants conceived of Lloyd's of London Insurance Company here.
On June 12, 1672, Charles II issued a proclamation to “Restrain the Spreading of False News, and Licentious Talking of Matters of State and Government,”
for - trivia - coffee houses - London - ban on talking about politics in coffee houses - 1672, June 12 - King Charles II tried closing coffee houses - but it only lasted 11 days - secretary of state sent spies into coffee houses in 1675
tenniscourts are for sun-and-eye reasons al-ways laid lengthwise north-south
I never realized this! Makes perfect sense.
And there are some useful bits of trivia, like how the letters for the word TYPEWRITER are all on the top row of a QWERTY layout, presumably to make it easier for typewriter salesmen in their day to impress potential clients with their mastery of the keyboard.
What was the first bill to pass through overriding presidential veto?
The Civil Rights Act
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Who was the first chief justice of the United States?
nixon succeeded ford while in the presidency and it happened to reagan
Parties
DId You know? There were 5 whigs and 4 federalists to hold the seceratry of the treasury
Millard Fillmore
Is Filmore the only President to serve without a vice president?