Mastodawn

Jan 1, 2025

Thinking of goals, and I always want to learn more. Perhaps a fun way to make it stick would be to bundle that with the goal of one TMYK toot per day. Might be a fun habit to form?

So here’s #TMYK 1/365.

Apparently a graveyard and cemetery are not the same thing. Graveyards are more associated with a particular church, whereas cemeteries tend to be larger and more likely to be independent of a particular church.

Thanks @Jillianmarisa for this fact. Which she says she already shared with me (and I apparently forgot) Checks out! 😅

Today's #TMYK (2/365) comes from one of this morning's NPR newscasts.

Burgle as in burglar can apparently stand on its own. I guess that makes sense. But until today I'd never heard burgle used. The example was something like "so and so had burgled a mansion."

Hey, @grammargirl feeling like this language silliness is up your alley?

Don't burgle me, bro!

Today’s #TMYK (3/365) is also a #PSA: The guidelines for visiting the Trinity test site (location of the first nuclear weapon detonation) have been revised.

Visitors are now permitted only one day per year (used to be two) and the Alamogordo Caravan has been indefinitely canceled. 😭

There is good news, though. Signups are no longer required and it doesn’t seem there’s a cap on attendance.

I know where I plan to be on October 18!

Deets: https://home.army.mil/wsmr/contact/public-affairs-office/trinity-site-open-house

#NuclearHistory #AtomicHeritage #manhattanproject

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JL Johnson

Jan 5, 2025

Today’s #TMYK (4/365) is a #BirdFact.

The American Redstart is in the European Expansion of #Wingspan. But it is native to the Americas. Weird.

While confirming that, @Jillianmarisa found the range map and for some reason, it doesn’t like Kentucky?!? Odd island. Anyway there’s your weak fact for the day. No redstarts for youuuu, KY

#AmericanRedstart #TMYK365