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"Lacy" is a song by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo (pictured) from her second studio album, Guts (2023). A folk-pop and indie-folk song with influences of theatrical folk, "Lacy" chronicles her obsession with the beauty of a female figure named Lacy and has themes of envy and self-hatred. It originated from a poem that she wrote for school and adapted as a song with producer, Dan Nigro. Music critics praised the lyricism, production, and the intensity of Rodrigo's performance, perceiving potential LGBTQ implications in the song's lyrics. "Lacy" reached the top 30 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the US. It received platinum certifications in multiple countries. Rodrigo performed the song at the Grammy Museum and included it on the set list of her 2024–2025 concert tour, the Guts World Tour. Noah Kahan performed a cover version on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge that was well-received and released as the B-side to a 7-inch vinyl single in 2024. (Full article...)
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September 8: Victory Day in Malta
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- 1566 – Ottoman–Habsburg wars: Ottoman forces led by Suleiman the Magnificent captured the fortress of Szigetvár in Hungary, but were forced to end their campaign to take Vienna.
- 1726 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of Geist und Seele wird verwirret, a solo cantata for alto voice.
- 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Led by Napoleon, French forces defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Bassano in Veneto, Italy.
- 1966 – Queen Elizabeth II opened the Severn Bridge (pictured), linking South Gloucestershire in England and Monmouthshire in Wales.
- 1974 – Watergate scandal: U.S. president Gerald Ford gave his recently resigned predecessor Richard Nixon a controversial full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he committed while in office.
- Seraphina Sforza (d. 1478)
- Inez Knight Allen (b. 1876)
- Peter Sellers (b. 1925)
- Alexandra David-Néel (d. 1969)
Knowledge about Earth
Facts and Figures
- Age of Earth: ~ 4.568 billion years
- World Population: 7.3 billion (July 2015)
- Continents: 7 (Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia)
- Mean Radius: 6371.0 km
- Axial Tilt: 23,44°
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Our Solar System
Our solar system consists of
1 star (Sun) and 8 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune).
- 1 AU (astronomical unit) is roughly the distance between Earth and the Sun (about 150 million kilometres).
- The space probe Voyager 1 was launched by the NASA in 1977 and is meanwhile (autumn 2015) about 133 AU away from Earth.
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Why you should extend your general knowledge:
There are many reasons why one should or wants to extend his knowledge.
First you should consider that "general knowledge" is knowledge which a group of humans - who belong together regional, temporal or otherwise - owns. Thus, it describes a basic understanding of specific categories of knowledge.
As the English philosopher Francis Bacon said before: "Wisdom is Power" [Bacon 1597].