Daily Knowledge "The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."
[Thomas Szasz]
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Eternal Blue is the debut studio album by the Canadian heavy-metal band Spiritbox. It was released on September 17, 2021, through Pale Chord Records and Rise Records. Vocalist Courtney LaPlante (pictured) and guitarist Mike Stringer formed Spiritbox in 2016 following their departure from Iwrestledabearonce, and began development on Eternal Blue in 2018. Planned for an April 2020 release, progress halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After releasing "Holy Roller" and "Constance" as singles in the second half of 2020, the band finished the album by March 2021 with producer Daniel Braunstein. Showcasing influences from Slipknot, Deftones, Depeche Mode, and Tears for Fears, among other artists, Eternal Blue includes a diverse array of heavy-metal styles and electronic elements, and LaPlante used both screamed and clean vocals on the album. Once recording was completed, three more songs were released as singles preceding the album: "Circle with Me", "Secret Garden", and "Hurt You". (Full article...)
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On this day: September 17
September 17: Constitution Day and Citizenship Day in the United States
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- 1382 – Following Louis I's death without a male heir, his daughter Mary was crowned with the title of "King of Hungary".
- 1849 – Harriet Tubman (pictured) escaped from slavery in the U.S. state of Maryland, and later orchestrated the rescues of other slaves via the Underground Railroad.
- 1939 – World War II: The Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east, sixteen days after Nazi Germany's attack on the country from the west.
- 1962 – NASA announced the Next Nine astronauts selected for the purpose of landing on the Moon.
- 2008 – Seven al-Qaeda fighters attacked the United States embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, leaving 20 people dead.
- Li Jingsui (d. 958)
- Stephen Hales (b. 1677)
- Arne Slot (b. 1978)
- Red Skelton (d. 1997)
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].