Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #76: Blind people cannot develop schizophrenia, and it's not clear why.
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sources:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-imprinted-brain/201302/why-early-blindness-prevents-schizophrenia
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246684/
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#schizophrenia #mentalhealth #psychology #art #comic #webcomic #webcomics #didyouknow #trivia #funfacts #strangebutrue #bizarrefacts #strange #dyk #wtf #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
#DYK: Easter’s date changes every year because it always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox.
Simple, right?
It’s part of the complicated origins of the holiday and its evolution over the centuries 
https://buff.ly/f2XQEgN #Easter #Tradition #History #Religion @histodons #Histodons
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #52: Futurama: A silly cartoon that's smarter than you think!
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#DYK: #LochNess (pictured in green below) holds more water than all the lakes, rivers, canals and reservoirs in the whole of England and Wales combined!
The deepest point in Loch Ness is 126 Fathoms which is twice the average depth of the North Sea! This is where you will find the Loch Ness Monster chilling on most days.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #58: Williamina Fleming. And Happy International Women's Day!
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#DYK
By replacing your green tea with mate 
, you can pimp up to 186% of what little joy you had left in your life!
#NationalAardvarkWeek: #DYK #aardvarks are endemic to sub-Saharan Africa? They appear as rock art at a number of sites across their native range. Here is a petroglyph on display at the National Museum of Cultural History in Pretoria, South Africa: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Cultural_History_Museum-040.jpg
#AardvarksAareAawesome
##NationalAardvarkWeek fun fact: #DYK that #aardvarks can stand up for a bit? Their thick kangaroo-like tail helps with balance!
Plate: Taf. 1 in Anatomische Untersuchungen über die Edentaten by Wilhelm Ludwig von Rapp, 1852 via Biodiversity Heritage Library: https://flic.kr/p/2kyzFsV
#DYK 50% of global GDP depends moderately to highly on #nature ?
Every dollar spent on conservation today can prevent more costly damages tomorrow.
On #worldwildlifeday CITES asks us to invest in our shared future!
Learn more w/ @ipbes infographic 
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #76: Blind people cannot develop schizophrenia, and it's not clear why.
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Sources:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-imprinted-brain/201302/why-early-blindness-prevents-schizophrenia
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246684/
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#schizophrenia #mentalhealth #psychology #art #comic #webcomic #webcomics #didyouknow #trivia #funfacts #strangebutrue #bizarrefacts #strange #dyk #wtf #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
RT by @EUClimateAction: #DYK the Dinaric lynx population was struggling with inbreeding?
The #LIFEProject #LIFELynx moved 12 lynxes to Slovenia & Croatia, boosting genetic diversity 
This #EducationDay, explore how research fuels wildlife conservation
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eva.70045
#LIFEProgramme
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#DYK Edvard Munch loved dogs? He owned many during his life, including various terriers, Gordon Setters, St. Bernards, Rottweilers, and a Samoyed. You can find many of them among his works of art, including these cuties!
Edvard Munch (Norway, 1863-1944)
Valper på gulvteppet / Five Puppies on the Carpet, 1919-21
Oil on canvas 50x80.5cm
Munch Museet MM.M.00612 https://www.munchmuseet.no/en/object/MM.M.00612
#DYK? Tagged template literals in #JavaScript are always invoked with the same (meaning referentially identical) array literals. This allows you to know when an existing template literal is executed multiple times.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Template_literals#tagged_templates
If General de Gaulle was still alive... 
#DYK? The eVTOL acronym stands for electric vertical takeoff and landing [#aircraft]. VTOL in French is ADAV for "aéronef à décollage et atterrissage verticaux". Therefore, eVTOL should be ADAVé in French! 
 #aviation #verticalflight
#DYK that we have launched the #ECDCLighthouse
- a Community of Practice for social & behavioural sciences in infectious disease prevention?
Watch our #ESCAIDE correspondent @SoniaBoender talk to #ECDC's John Kinsman about it 
http://youtu.be/M0AhqeFhHoo
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#DYK nearly 75% of major marine fish stocks have been depleted/overexploited & 50% of live coral cover on reefs destroyed?
Let’s restore our ocean's vitality & ensure a more sustainable future.
#DYK that banana 
flowers are edible? They are delicious, full of nutrients, fibers, minerals and vitamins. Used primarily in salads, curries or soups, mainly in East India. People also make tea, by boiling the fresh flowers.
#DYK? The global demography is changing. Overall, people live longer & healthier. By 2070, there will be >10bn humans & 1/3 of them will call Africa home. How will these trends reshape #airtravel? Learn more in #TheFutureOfAirports: buff.ly/4iqLfTj. 
#airports #aviation
