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Some odd news in the week about koala bears, boars, and Google getting strong-armed by Russia, but on the Afghanistan front some senate hearings took place and we have some thoughts on it all. Stick around for some laughs at ourselves and some shower thoughts as well.

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Australia has lost one-third of its koalas in the past three years

Wild Boars Are Running Wild On The Streets Of Rome In Search Of Food

In Russia, Apple and Google Staff Get Muscled Up By the State

Free Speech a \'Core Value,\' YouTube CEO Says After Blocking Russian Opposition Videos

Milley,  Austin,  McKenzie testify before Senate committee on Afghanistan exit

. @HawleyMO  on what we\'ve learned from Afghanistan hearing:  1. Biden lied about the advice military leaders gave him  2. State Dept & WH delayed evacuation to catastrophe  3. The Pentagon failed to plan for the collapse of the Afghan Govt & Security Forces despite warnings

Ford reveals plans for massive EV and battery factories in the US

Since the disaster in Afghanistan & revelations broke that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs conspired against POTUS & offered highly classified intel to the CCP only 1 US Military Officer has been held accountable -  The LtCol who demanded accountability.

TIL:

TIL that there exists an official registered language which is spoken in whistle. It is used by spanish inhabitants of one of the canary islands. It is named "silbo gomera" which means to whistle.

TIL "snake oil" was originally an effective Chinese medicine made of Chinese water snakes (rich in omega-3 which can be used to treat inflammation). When immigrants brought it to the US, Americans started making the oil out of rattlesnakes (low in omega-3) or no snakes at all.

TIL soccer balls used to be brown or white: the black pentagons were added for television for the 1970 World Cup, to show viewers the position and spin of the ball on black and white TVs.

Shower Thoughts:

Left handed mouse users are probably more rare than left handed people

When you get out of school at 3, it felt very late. When you get off work at 3, it feels like you got half your day back

A babies first cry after birth is the human brain\\u2019s startup sound

"Car Guys" are the male version of "Horse Girls" Both are strangely obsessed with riding things.

High school bands show school spirit by going to football games and supporting the team but football players don\'t show school spirit by attending band concerts and supporting the band members.

The first astronauts didn\\u2019t want to be astronauts when they grew up.

Eating a banana, apple, orange, and kiwi on the same day was unheard of 100 years ago

There were two dead naked Stormtroopers in the Millennium Falcon for a good portion of A New Hope.