TIL that Weird Al Yankovic's "White and Nerdy" was so popular that despite the original song "Ridin" winning a Grammy, people would go up to Chamillionaire and say that they heard his version of Weird Al's song [source, comments]

In Südamerika droht Krieg – und mit ihm das Ukraine-Szenario https://www.watson.ch/!731901495

Song of the day 🇨🇭👣: https://youtu.be/u6gajD-34Dg?feature=shared

Good idea: Use paper instead of screens!
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.634158/full

Ever wondered how jotting down notes affects your memory? Scientists compared writing schedules on paper, tablets, and smartphones. Surprise: those using paper were faster and more accurate, and their brains lit up more during memory tests. Turns out, scribbling on paper might give your memory an extra kick!

TIL that Geert Wilders, who recently received the most votes in the Dutch election, was once deemed too dangerous to enter the United Kingdon [source, comments]

Don't go there. It's awful

TIL that White Castle, founded in 1921, predates McDonald's by nearly two decades, establishing itself as America's first fast-food hamburger chain. [source, comments]

Song of the day 🌑⏳: https://open.spotify.com/track/1PcorHXcbsQu0II44fnwAZ?si=c-uNYU_FTjWXphHbNgkUbw

"Refugees and migrants are being buried in unmarked graves across the European Union at a scale that is unprecedented outside of war.

The Guardian can reveal that at least 1,015 men, women and children who died at the borders of Europe in the past decade were buried before they were identified."

https://t.co/lkeavVh2wd

"If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing." https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/08/playstationed/#tyler-james-hill

Song of the day 🛥👨🏾‍🎤: https://open.spotify.com/track/1rydhdFtKe2CRkiaVb7aGF?si=as2MmWz7QVSiREn8DUVIfg