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Did you miss any of the #PurpleLineMD's Spring 2025 CAT meetings?
#DYK you can watch👀all the meetings on their #YouTube channel! Watch the transformation unfold on their dedicated playlist📋
🎥 Watch▶️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl61v5RKCsFD9UBuFejfSWJ_PEVpM8O4b #montgomerycountymd #maryland #MTA #MDCommuters #futuretransportation #transit #TransitTooter

#DYK ?
This year's #Philippines Independence Day (June 12) almost landed on a Friday the 13th! #sarcasm

Recommended listen for a spookypendence day:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lEvVuaawiBy5zi6akzJPxBDkiz8MlCxUU

#fridayThe13th #metal #RP612 #tootSEA

#Biohydrogen101 #DYK

Some organisms are capable of atmospheric chemosynthesis, or capturing/using 0.5ppm atmospheric hydrogen to live.↙️

↘️ Basecamp Research's biodiscovery process found a new Antarctic bacterium species that metabolizes #hydrogen!

This new bacterium is among the over 1MM new species they discovered!

#H2 #bacteria #metabolism

Happy #PublicationDay, A Little Camper Love! #DYK, Winnipeg is the hometown of the original Bolers? Production started in 1968 in a factory on Higgins Avenue! Meet these Canadian Icons and what makes each of them special in A Little Camper Love by Rayna Meakin. https://heritagehouse.ca/products/a-little-camper-love #NewBookTuesday

#DYK: The #RIDEON Reimagined Vision Network offers interactive maps🗺️ to help residents explore the proposed changes to Montgomery County's bus🚌 network. Compare existing #RideOn services with future plans, providing an in-depth, user-friendly experience.
🚌 Details 🔗 https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dot-transit/reimagined/maps.html
#MDCommuters #transit #transportation #TransitTooter #montgomerycountymd #maryland

#DYK: In the #USA, Greek yogurt is a purely #marketing term. There's no legal definition behind it and no direct connection with the eponymous culture.

A particular type of strained #yogurt popular in both Greece and Turkey was used as inspiration for US-style Greek yogurt's creation, but that's about the extent of it.

It's almost like most processed foods in the US just take some small inspiration from a natural food item and then changed to make it cheaper to produce and more unhealthy.

#DYK 7 out of the top 10 most widespread invasive species are plants, while the rest are rodents? 🌱🐀

Data from the IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Assessment shows water hyacinth dominates in 74 regions worldwide.

Full details: https://www.ipbes.net/ias

#DYK? Brazil is bridging tradition and technology to empower citizens through Brasil Participativo—a digital-first platform enabling both online and in-person public engagement.

✅ 8,254 citizen proposals submitted for the 2024–2027 Multi-Year Plan
📈 76% of proposals were integrated
📱 Mobile-first design to meet citizens where they are

📖 Learn how Brazil’s hashtag#OpenGovChallenge commitment is raising the bar fo r public participation:https://www.opengovpartnership.org/brazil-digital-governance-story/

#DYK? Brazil is bridging tradition and technology to empower citizens through Brasil Participativo—a digital-first platform enabling both online and in-person public engagement.

✅ 8,254 citizen proposals submitted for the 2024–2027 Multi-Year Plan
📈 76% of proposals were integrated
📱 Mobile-first design to meet citizens where they are

📖 Learn how Brazil’s hashtag#OpenGovChallenge commitment is raising the bar fo r public participation:https://www.opengovpartnership.org/brazil-digital-governance-story/

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#DYK food insecurity is a serious issue in Montgomery County?
Be part of the solution during the Ride On Food Drive - May 25 thought May 31, 2025. Donate a non-perishable food🥫 item on any Ride On bus and ride for FREE!
🥫🚌🚏Go to▶️ https://montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Transit/food-drive.html for more info
#montgomerycountmd #rideforfree #freetransit #transit #transportation #fooddrive #ridetheflash

#KentuckyDerby
Mint Julep
buff.ly/16NpNLS (via Make Me A Cocktail)

#DYK - The mint julep originated from a Persian medicinal drink called "gul-ab," or rose water, later adapted with mint in the Mediterranean.

#KentuckyDerby

#dyk (did you know)?
#Türkiye (former Osman empire) was originally pure #christian and #hagiasophia was a Christian cathedral. Only after conquering many #muslim countries and hence the majority of the citizens were Muslims, they turned to Islam as state religion.

P.S. So if #erdogan is eager to reinstate the #osman empire, does that mean they're all becoming Christians again?

🌳At #MCGreenFest on Saturday, our Tree Maintenance Division handed out 600 free tree seedlings to residents of #MontgomeryCountyMD.
🌳#DYK residents can request a tree be planted in the right or way online or by calling #MC311?
🌳▶️ https://www3.montgomerycountymd.gov/311/SolutionView.aspx?SolutionId=1-6M6C9D #arborday #trees #mcgreenfest #

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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#futurama #cartoons #animatedshows #television #mattgroening #trivia #animatedcartoons #facts #overeducated #strangebuttrue #dyk #didyouknow #uselessfacts #UselessFactsBadlyDrawn

#DYK that 80% of #food #crops rely on animal #pollination & that some vitamins can only be found in food that depends in insect pollination? 🐝
#savebees
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Γνωρίζατε ότι το 80% των καλλιεργειών τροφίμων βασίζεται στην επικονίαση ζώων και ότι ορισμένες βιταμίνες μπορούν να βρεθούν μόνο σε τρόφιμα που εξαρτώνται από την επικονίαση των εντόμων; 🐝
#savebees
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eu-cap-network_pollinators-foodproduction-activity-7291080058893402112-frLs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios