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Some snippets and items from various sites . . .
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Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
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Item:
That Plastic You Put in a Blue Bin Might Now Be in a Landfill
Date:
November 3, 2022
Most plastic used by Americans is not recycled, a new Greenpeace report found. But that’s not for a complete lack of trying by the public—in many cases, even plastics thrown into recycling bins end up in a landfill.
“More plastic is being produced, and an even smaller percentage of it is being recycled,” Lisa Ramsden, senior plastic campaigner for Greenpeace USA, who helped author the report, tells NPR’s Laura Sullivan. “The crisis just gets worse and worse and, without drastic change, will continue to worsen as the industry plans to triple plastic production by 2050.”
Of the 51 million tons of plastic produced by American households last year, only about 2.4 million tons were recycled, representing roughly five percent of the country’s heap of plastic waste, per the report.
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Source:
Amusing Planet
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Item:
Francis Greenway: The Only Forger to Be Featured on a Banknote
Date:
October 29, 2022
Australia owes many of its former convicts, who, through their ability and determination, made substantial contributions to the development of the colony and the nation as a whole. Among these was Francis Greenway, an architect by profession, who arrived as a convict in 1814 for the crime of forging documents. He soon came to the attention of Governor Lachlan Macquarie and became the first government architect of New South Wales. Francis Greenway is credited of producing some of the finest colonial buildings in Australia including St. James Church and Supreme Court in Sydney City and St Matthew's Church in Windsor.
Francis Greenway on the first Australian 10-dollar note.
St James Church
Old Supreme Court building, Sydney
Greenway was an architect of some eminence in Bristol, until his firm went bankrupt. Under great financial stress, Greenway took a desperate step that he shouldn’t have—he forged some documents. In 1812, Greenway was found guilty and sentenced to death, as was typical at that time. This sentence was later commuted to transportation to the colony of New South Wales for 14 years.
Greenway died of typhoid in 1837, and was buried in an unmarked grave in East Maitland.
Despite his tragic end, Greenway’s legacy lives on in the dozens of buildings that he designed around Sydney, including the James Church, which was chosen as one of Australia’s only two man-made ‘treasures’ by Dan Cruickshank in the BBC series Around the World in 80 Treasures.
In 1966, when Australia changed their currency from the pound to dollar, on the first Australian $10 note printed, Greenway’s face was shown along with public buildings he helped construct. This was quite the irony because Greenway was a convicted forger. Greenway’s image on the banknote remained until 1933, when he was replaced by Banjo Paterson and Dame Mary Gilmore on new polymer notes.
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Source:
Bored Panda
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Item:
Disturbing And Morbid Facts That Might Freak You Out A Bit
Date:
November 6, 2022
Selected factograms from the above site . . .
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We Want Plates
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Selected pics and headings from the above site . . .
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Dinner with the Flinstones:
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We call this ‘Lazy Bastard Sardines’
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Sausages in a skull
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A table for tree
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Source:
Cracked
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Item:
Unexpected Facts About The Music Industry
Date:
November 3, 2022
Selected factograms from the above site . . .
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