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dagoodnewson Shakespeare's sister: Digital archives reveal insights into unknown sibling

The reigning monarch during much of shakespeare and his sister's life was queen elizabeth - a woman.

dagoodnewson Migration out of Africa may have been driven by first glaciation of Pleistocene

> Madagascar was the last place on earth to be settled

I believe that honor belongs to antarctica.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_Antarctica

dagoodnewson Astronaut Thomas Stafford has died

> There’s a good chance some or all 7 will see people walk on the moon reasonably soon.

Yes. And SpaceX was supposed to fly the japanese entrepreneur around the moon in 2023.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-moon-announcement-elon-m...

Considering that just a fly-by to the moon is being delayed, I'd imagine that actually landing men on the moon is going to be delayed as well.

dagoodnewson Japan brings negative interest rates era to an end with first hike in 17 years

> Historically HK was the financial hub of this region

Japan was once the 2nd largest economy in the world. It had an economy bigger than china and south east asia combined. Historically, Japan was its own financial hub. Not to mention Japan developed before hong kong did. Also, Japan isn't geographically near hong kong.