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#3796 |
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The world's deadliest border in 2024 was the southern border of the European Union, both in absolute numbers and in percentage.
Europe's southern border has been at the top of this statistic for the 10th consecutive year. Five of the six main migration routes into Europe cross the southern border: - the Balkan land route (starting in Greece, which is a EU member, through Albania and Serbia into Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia) - the eastern Mediterranean route (starting in Syria and neighbouring countries, crossing the Mediterranean into Cyprus, from there into Turkey and then on to Greece and Bulgaria) - the central Mediterranean route (from Tunisia across the Mediterranean to southern Italy and Malta) - the western Mediterranean route (from Morocco across the Mediterranean/Gibraltar into Spain) - the Canary Islands route (from Westafrican nations like Morocco, Mauretania, Senegal, The Gambia and others across the Atlantic to the Canary Islands off the Morroccan coast. The Canary Islands are an autonomous region of Spain). The last one is the deadliest route, more than 20% of the migrants using this route died in 2024 (a bit over 10,000 known dead, with estimates going as high as 35,000 out of about 50,000 registered illegal immigrants). |
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#3797 |
Chief of the Boat
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H&M actually stands for something.
The clothing retail shop was originally called Hennes—Swedish for “hers”—before acquiring the hunting and fishing equipment brand Mauritz Widforss. Eventually, Hennes & Mauritz was shortened to H&M. |
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#3798 |
Gefallen Engel U-666
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The biggest thing in the known universe is Quipu.
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"Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!! |
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#3799 |
Chief of the Boat
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Theodore Roosevelt had a pet hyena.
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#3800 |
Chief of the Boat
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The CIA headquarters has its own Starbucks, but baristas don’t write names on the cups.
Its receipts say “Store Number 1” instead of “Starbucks,” and its workers need an escort to leave their work posts. |
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#3801 |
Fleet Admiral
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Giraffes do not have horns. They have Ossicones.
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abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right. |
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#3802 |
Chief of the Boat
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Giraffe tongues can be 20 inches long.
Their dark, bluish-black color is probably to prevent sunburn. |
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#3803 |
Chief of the Boat
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There’s only one U.S. state capital without a McDonald’s.
Montpelier, Vermont. |
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#3804 |
Chief of the Boat
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Europeans were scared of eating tomatoes when they were introduced.
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#3805 |
Fleet Admiral
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The international Space Station loses 100 meters of altitude per day.
A few times per year, extra fuel needs to be taken up to allow the thrusters to boost the altitude back.
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#3806 |
Chief of the Boat
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Humans aren’t the only animals that dream.
Studies have indicated rats dream about getting to food or running through mazes. Most mammals go through REM sleep, the cycle in which dreams occur, so scientists think there’s a good chance they all dream. |
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#3807 |
Chief of the Boat
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The inventor of the microwave appliance received only $2 for his discovery.
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#3808 |
Chief of the Boat
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Frankenstein’s Creature is a vegetarian.
Both Victor Frankenstein and Creature are fictional characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In the classic novel, Creature says, “My food is not that of man; I do not destroy the lamb and the kid to glut my appetite; acorns and berries afford me sufficient nourishment.” |
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#3809 |
Fleet Admiral
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Catoptromancy is the interpretation of reflections
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#3810 |
Gefallen Engel U-666
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/\...like when I get 'twixt two mirrors while shaving...
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