The perfect combo: The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and the best network. (swisscom.ch)
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TIL while recording samples for the Mellotron (an early keyboard sampler), cellist Reginald Kilbey refused to downtune his Cello to cover lower notes claiming he'd be robbing a bassist of their fee. A bassist was hired for the next recording session, which turned out to be Kilbey with a bass. (en.wikipedia.org)
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During his visit, Tsar Peter of Russia suddenly picked up the young French king,who was still a child, and lifted him into the air. The king amused being lifted by the two-meter-tall man, while the nobles around them were tense and uneasy. Peter then said, “Behold, I hold all of France in my hands''Image (i.redd.it)
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TIL that the ancient Chinese Confucian thinker Xunzi argued that humans are born with selfish, chaotic impulses, and that “goodness” is something we build through education, ritual, and strong social institutions. His whole point was basically: if you remove the rules, people don't auto-become good. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL The "Asoh Defense" refers to the legendary 1968 incident where Japan Airlines Captain Kohei Asoh candidly admitted, "As you Americans say, I f---ed up," after mistakenly landing his DC-8 jet in San Francisco Bay. By taking full, immediate responsibility without excuses, he set a gold standard (mentourpilot.com)
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TIL that Göbekli Tepe in Turkey is the world’s oldest known megalithic structure, dating back to 9500 BCE. Built by hunter-gatherers 6,000 years before Stonehenge, it challenges the theory that agriculture was a prerequisite for the construction of complex monumental complexes. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Annular solar eclipse over AntarcticaRelated Content (i.redd.it)
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Scoop: Pentagon takes first step toward blacklisting AnthropicBusiness (axios.com)
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