It is now common knowledge that in 1995 Brendan was given only 10 days to write the JavaScript language and get it into Netscape. Date handling is a fundamental part of almost all programming languages, and JavaScript had to have it. That said, itβs a complex problem domain and there was a short timeline. Brendan, under orders to βmake it like Javaβ copied the date object from the existing, infant, java.Util.Date date implementation. This implementation was frankly terrible. In fact, basically all of itβs methods were deprecated and replaced in the Java 1.1 release in 1997. Yet weβre still living with this API 20 years later in the JavaScript programming language. ~ https://maggiepint.com/2017/04/09/fixing-javascript-date-getting-started/
Rebracketing (also known as resegmentation or metanalysis) is a process in historical linguistics where a word originally derived from one set of morphemes is broken down or bracketed into a different set. For example, hamburger, originally from Hamburg+er, has been rebracketed into ham+burger, and burger was later reused as a productive morpheme in coinages such as cheeseburger. It is usually a form of folk etymology, or may seem to be the result of valid morphological processes. & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebracketing
βOne of the more unusual (but still fascinating) exhibitions at Bletchley Park is all about the role pigeons have played in the First and Second World Wars. Aircrews used them as rudimentary black boxes, writing their coordinates on a message and releasing the pigeon if they had to ditch or crash land.
Canadian PO (A) S Jess, wireless operator of an Avro Lancaster bomber carrying two pigeon boxes. This is photograph TR 193 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, Link https://aviationoiloutlet.com/blog/pigeons-of-war/
The first piece of art created in space, and the pencils Alexei Leonov used to draw it.
On weekdays and during school months, there is a significant elevation of suicide deaths in children.
Most bees, including honey bees and bumble bees, cannot fly at night. They are diurnal, meaning they only fly and pass along pollen during the day. Bees can crawl at night, however. (streamable.com)
An etymology of unicorn in French (streamable.com)
The source video: https://www.tiktok.com/@human.1011/video/7260512757915602222
Method of wrapping carrier pigeons
In a single straight-line course, it is possible to sail directly from India to the USA. (streamable.com)
A source: https://www.tiktok.com/@maptravelers/video/7257217165613337902
WW2 crash landings - historic restored footage (www.youtube.com)
China zoo denies allegations that star attraction is a man in a sun bear costume (www.straitstimes.com)
Sceptics pointed to what appeared to be pants-like folds around the bear's rear when it was standing. Read more at straitstimes.com.
On average, the top 10% richest individuals work 0.9 hours less per week than the poorest 10%. An infographic with charts for different countries.