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geography

Mexico City, Mexico with 9.2 million people as of 2021 is the largest city in North America

history

Ibn al-Haytham (c. 965 - c. 1040) is considered the worlds first true scientist - recognizing that a hypothesis must be supported by experiments based on confirmable procedures or mathematical reasoning The name Tuesday comes from the Norse god Tiw or Týr - the god of single combat, law, and justice The name Wednesday comes from the Anglo-Saxon god Woden, equivalent to the Norse god Odin The name Thursday comes from the Old English god Thunor - god of thunder The name Friday comes from the Norse goddess Frigg, associated with marriage, prophecy, clairvoyance, and motherhood The name Saturday comes from the planet Saturn and corresponding Roman God The month name January comes from the Roman God Janus - can see the future and past with his two faces The month name March comes from Mars - Roman god of war The month name May comes from the Greek goddess Maia The month name June comes from Juno - Roman god of marriage and childbirth In 1958 the national motto of the United States of America was changed to "In God We Trust" The only way the US can legally declare war is through a resolution passed by Congress The only legal way for a US President to commit to an armed conflict without consent of the U.S. Congress is in the case of

psychology

A manufactured crisis arises when someone intentionally destabilizes and existing process, calls out these new problems, then comes in to fix the new problems with a solution that benefits them. When you agree with a social media post you get a short hit of social connection, validation, and positive reinforcement. A

Quotations

Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada) said: Canada Czeslaw Milosz (Poet and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature) said: In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot Frederick Banting (Discovered Insulin) said: Insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world Angela Y. Davis (Feminist political professor and activist) said: I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept. Elon Musk, on the Joe Rogan Experience #2281 said Thom Tillis (US Senator from North Carolina - Republican) said: There Thomas Jefferson (US Founding Father and 3rd President) said: In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own. John Adams (US Founding Father and 2nd President) said: The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.

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