<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:19:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@questions-smart/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Did you know # 21: United States: Nearly 2 million people want to storm Area 51!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Urban legend says that area 51 is a strange place. Yet even if the conspiracy theories are true and Nevada's US Air Force facilities harbor extraterrestrial technology or life, they would hardly be called]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-21-united-states-nearly-2-million-people-want-to-storm-area-51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-21-united-states-nearly-2-million-people-want-to-storm-area-51</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[questions-smart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:05:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPA8RB6oiugCiXm2Yrz4QQXYDq6JCpAEZF1Cpzb6d5PVVfLUGwXbXv9YAfkt3sYiUDapcJ9CcQn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you know # 20: Dollar: Why an S barred?]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the most part, the symbols of world currencies have a sign similar to their initials (Fr for France for example). The dollar is all the exception, because it is represented by an "S" crossed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-20-dollar-why-an-s-barred</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-20-dollar-why-an-s-barred</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[questions-smart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 22:36:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBrM9h4N5kxae3abuGR6SKNJjFJahEEVTayidgWANBnE2ByTNuAmi4nRNmgGH1wj9uXTYMGWZFSMChuPHCz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you know # 19: The planet with hot ice cubes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gliese 436b is an exoplanet spotted in 2004, covered with ice water ... at 436 ° C ! Despite the huge ice crust, its surface temperature is close to 800 degrees Farenheit! Gliese 436b orbits around a red]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-19-the-planet-with-hot-ice-cubes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-19-the-planet-with-hot-ice-cubes</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[questions-smart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 04:06:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPJpohxsMNTP7tmzhgj1qrU3WyRTB3EeanfZh4wdHuKunkoaySAbiFzhdPUUkPotbcCFH2nmdPC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you know # 18:  Crisis Monday]]></title><description><![CDATA[If, like us, you hate Mondays for no apparent reasons, and if they make you feel good about it, this is information that will touch you right in your heart. If you were to die of a heart attack, there]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-18-crisis-monday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-18-crisis-monday</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[questions-smart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2019 15:43:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPe4NTHTidXW4Nn1CaEwahYAihduS6TbyTVX83XNCnkKsRWaZUaisQATUKpKT91EKB3mydHg526?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you know # 17:  The parasite that makes gay]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ephemera have the misfortune of experiencing the shortest breeding season in the world of insects, but as if that were not enough, 10% of males of the species Baetis bicaudatus suffer the torments caused]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-17-the-parasite-that-makes-gay</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-17-the-parasite-that-makes-gay</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[questions-smart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2019 14:03:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNpf3tE1JzdLP8vTpXT18RdkTWCeXZhZvnvwcXMmoyaot3pfy1wehvNSLfmNcYYo4b37GrmzTMp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you know # 16:  The Sun who wanted to go back to bed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Because of its eccentricity and a period of revolution in resonance 3: 2 with its period of rotation, Mercury sometimes presents singular days: if the sun rises to the East as it is accustomed, it decides]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-16-the-sun-who-wanted-to-go-back-to-bed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-16-the-sun-who-wanted-to-go-back-to-bed</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[questions-smart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2019 07:14:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQWtokZHtNftDK4ie22B9zPRLAhfww51YsGKZASX9VE6tSapzA9JyJ4TS2KfQWf5iTbjCD3fe4v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resistance to digital fascism: we all have a debt to Edward Snowden]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, this article will exceptionally exceed some of our usual beloved subjects, to focus on the journey of a man that everyone knows, but without always perhaps weigh how much we are indebted to him:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/resistance-to-digital-fascism-we-all-have-a-debt-to-edward-snowden</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/resistance-to-digital-fascism-we-all-have-a-debt-to-edward-snowden</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[questions-smart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2019 17:33:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCcM63Zjb2oeQN4CzjU6ZbZctPg2zE4ot91SrYvpx1AWBHKx74QU7VXNrWbne642hV764TmxGyk3zWHxz9hxtMrzELYgRSpcKsQnCq4MNnaDoqmNvJgwHoe1zpV1qQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you know # 15: The origin of the Google name]]></title><description><![CDATA[In writing the book Mathematics and Imagination , published in 1938, American mathematician Edward Kasner wanted to explore the difference between an enormously large number and infinity. He had the idea]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-15-the-origin-of-the-google-name</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-15-the-origin-of-the-google-name</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[questions-smart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2019 16:12:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQCFCDf5ThfxBuwgNXqJuFT4j3PdCZ88JHjQnLwdJaQ767TYjWXs1bKDEggkh5qnLyk8DHBcFDY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you know # 14: The unbeaten boxers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The name of Rocky Balboa, the famous boxer played by Sylvester Stallone, is a tribute to Rocky Marciano , the only heavyweight boxer who has remained undefeated in his entire professional career. Between]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-13-the-unbeaten-boxers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-13-the-unbeaten-boxers</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[questions-smart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 20:36:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPKH9JmXEsM3MDKgcJ1eV9UZb3LB2R4xavrpXfaqiVtjeihN7vLLGFpZV8vacxfoJxfV31NSZYi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you know # 13:The day Coyote caught Bip-Bip]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the whole story of the cartoon, this only happened once, but it happened! 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You'll discover it with these 6 little Kill Bill trendy revenge]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-12-6-stories-of-hellish-revenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@questions-smart/did-you-know-12-6-stories-of-hellish-revenge</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[questions-smart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:47:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPKCq9hGvCRjY9LNW4g6YZA6iXSmGsn8NdPic6MjRoLQafp11T2JhkCm9THnDX6zoihVEDfn1dQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you know # 11:  The celebrities who make the most money ... after their death]]></title><description><![CDATA[Celebrity is like taxes , it does not stop after death, and it is thanks to it that big stars today disappeared, manage despite their fatal condition, to gain substantial, and post-mortem, are money. 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