WalkingTurtleMan
WalkingTurtleMan t1_j7mrww3 wrote
Reply to comment by Bubbagumpredditor in The James Webb Space Telescope just found an asteroid by total accident, its smallest object yet by pecika
This object was about 200 meters wide. The Dino-killer (does it have an official name?) was about 6 miles across and roughly the same size as Mount Everest.
WalkingTurtleMan t1_j9p7ndk wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda. by Kurma-the-Turtle
In many ways there’s a lot of parallels to misinformation on the internet and misinformation with the first printing press. Times are not exactly the same but they sure do rhyme.