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Did you know Thomas Jefferson spoke #Welsh? Or that Lincoln's family home is in Bala? 5 of the first 6 US presidents were of Welsh descent:

hisdoryan.co.uk/american-presi

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[For various technical reasons, I'm running late this month. July's Book of the Month and Track of the Month will be published circa 25th.]

Please note that June's Book of the Month is 'The Leopard' by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and the Track of the Month is 'Komarovsky and Lara in the Hotel' by Maurice Jarre.

phidoc.net/book_of_the_month.h

phidoc.net/track_of_the_month.

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It is not ignorance that is the problem, but the illusion of knowledge.

– Karl Popper

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RT @WESCentenary
Dina St Johnston founder of Vaughan (VPS) UK’s 1st independent software house in 1959. She wrote programmes for some of UK’s earliest computers, incl software for British Rail & “left a lasting contribution to both the art & science of programming” d. 2007 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_S

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Gair y Dydd: aur geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?a. Ar y diwrnod hwn yn 1865 y darganfuwyd aur ym Mwynfeydd aur Clogau, ger Dolgellau. #cymraeg

Word of the Day: aur 'gold': geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?a. On this day in 1865 gold was discovered at Clogau, near Dolgellau. #welsh

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Today's #Covid19Cymru stats show 3 deaths reported in the past 24 hours.That's under the average, and coming after the weekend (when there's often a bounce), that is relatively good news..
Total now 1510. Average (past week) 4.14

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Gair y Dydd: naturiaethwr geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?n – ar y diwrnod hwn yn 1709 y bu farw Edward Lhuyd, y naturiaethwr y mae
@CymdEdwardLlwyd
wedi ei henwi ar ei ôl. #Cymraeg

Word of the Day: naturiaethwr 'a naturalist': geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?n – on this day in 1709 Edward Lhuyd died, the #Welsh naturalist, linguist, and antiquarian who was one of the first to draw attention to the similarity between the Celtic languages.

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