New Zealand man, Nigel Richards, won the French Scrabble championship, despite not being able to speak French. Instead he memorised the entire French dictionary. He still cannot speak French. Last month he won the Spanish-language World Championships. https://redd.it/1hiqu3s @r_Damnthatsinteresting
New Zealand man, Nigel Richards, won the French Scrabble championship, despite not being able to speak French. Instead he memorised the entire French dictionary. He still cannot speak French. Last month he won the Spanish-language World Championships. https://redd.it/1hiqu3s @r_Damnthatsinteresting
In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later. Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war. False news often spreads via public groups, or chats, with potentially fatal effects. Markets continued to grapple with the economic and corporate earnings implications relating to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “We have a ton of uncertainty right now,” said Stephanie Link, chief investment strategist and portfolio manager at Hightower Advisors. “We’re dealing with a war, we’re dealing with inflation. We don’t know what it means to earnings.” Telegram, which does little policing of its content, has also became a hub for Russian propaganda and misinformation. Many pro-Kremlin channels have become popular, alongside accounts of journalists and other independent observers.
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