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Today I learned where the Milky Way Galaxy Got its name

Its called Milky Way because ancient greeks thought that the disk in the sky was a stream of milk from the Goddess; Hera's breasts. This stream was reffered to as a Gala. So put two and two together and we got the Milky Way Galaxy :blob_cookie:
 
NotaNuffian

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TIL VS Battle and their tier list of destruction.

For the record, I already vaguely know of the method of calculating damage level, mainly in dishing out but sometimes also on tanking (small town level, medium city level, planet level etc) and speed level (mach and lightspeed)

What I did not fully know was that there are some people out there who are good enough to actually jot it all down properly.
Pixytokisaki14 said:
Today I learned where the Milky Way Galaxy Got its name

Its called Milky Way because ancient greeks thought that the disk in the sky was a stream of milk from the Goddess; Hera's breasts. This stream was reffered to as a Gala. So put two and two together and we got the Milky Way Galaxy :blob_cookie:
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Sad that it is not breast milk way.
 
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Wilhelm Voigt (13 February 1849 – 3 January 1922) was a German con man and impostor. In his most famous exploit, Voigt masqueraded as a military officer of the elite Prussian Guards in 1906, rounding up a number of Imperial German Army soldiers under his "command", "arresting" the Mayor of Köpenick, and "confiscating" 4,002 marks from the city treasury. Voigt then changed back into civilian clothing and disappeared with the money. The case was exploited for British propaganda about German militarism, but the German people overwhelmingly considered Voigt's exploit to be both clever and hilarious. Although Voigt was soon caught and served 20 months in prison, he became a folk hero as "the Captain of Köpenick" (German: der Hauptmann von Köpenick [ˈhaʊptman fɔn ˈkøːpənɪk] ⓘ) and was granted a full pardon by Kaiser Wilhelm II.
 
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Azeban said:
Wilhelm Voigt (13 February 1849 – 3 January 1922) was a German con man and impostor. In his most famous exploit, Voigt masqueraded as a military officer of the elite Prussian Guards in 1906, rounding up a number of Imperial German Army soldiers under his "command", "arresting" the Mayor of Köpenick, and "confiscating" 4,002 marks from the city treasury. Voigt then changed back into civilian clothing and disappeared with the money. The case was exploited for British propaganda about German militarism, but the German people overwhelmingly considered Voigt's exploit to be both clever and hilarious. Although Voigt was soon caught and served 20 months in prison, he became a folk hero as "the Captain of Köpenick" (German: der Hauptmann von Köpenick [ˈhaʊptman fɔn ˈkøːpənɪk] ⓘ) and was granted a full pardon by Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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The age old tradition of people shouldn't be charged with objectively funny crimes.
 
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A.i. start up valued at 1.5 billion dollars collapses and files for bankruptcy after it was exposed that it was not A.I. it was just 700 humans.

the majority of labor at Builder.ai was produced by humans, with some clerical work being done using general software.

The farce lasted for eight years, getting exposed in May 2025...
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