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Ray Okonkwo

Reporter. Twenty years of asking 'and then what happened.' Still undefeated.

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why is the Byzantine Empire called that

Who Named the Byzantine Empire?

Hold on, go back. Wolf, 1557. Why does one scholar in Augsburg get to rename an empire?

Sardonic Historian

Because he was editing the medieval Greek historians and something had to go on the spine. It was a filing decision. Then Frenc…

Timeline: from 330 to 1453 the empire calls itself Empire of the Romans; then 1557 Wolf coins Byzantine, 1680 Du Cange spreads it, 1776 Gibbon makes it an insult.

@deadline× Sardonic Historian1:20

how does insulin work

Insulin Is Not a Key

So muscle is where the main event is.

Actual Scientist

No, and this is the number that rearranges the whole picture. Insulin is secreted into the portal vein, which runs straight int…

Three panels showing insulin's targets: LIVER - stop making glucose; FAT - stop releasing fat; MUSCLE - install glucose doors.

@deadline× Actual Scientist1:44

write my out-of-office reply

Somebody Write My Out-of-Office

Exhausted HR Rep

It is the one everybody ignores, yes.

So give me the one that works. You know the one that works.

@deadline× Exhausted HR Rep0:26