Thread by @JTCHANGINGBIZ, My #TwoPointSixChallenge is to tweet 26 things I've discovered about 26.Here goes: [...]

My #TwoPointSixChallenge is to tweet 26 things I've discovered about 26.

Here goes:

"Two, six, heave" is a phrase used to coordinate sailors' pulling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_six_heave @RNLI
1/26

On 26th October 1985, a scientist named Dr Emmett Brown sent an unsuspecting local teenager back in time.

This whole event can teach us some valuable lessons about #Coronavirus says @MyDoncaster
#TwoPointSixChallenge
2/26 https://twitter.com/MyDoncaster/status/1252523758314754048?s=19

https://twitter.com/MyDoncaster/status/1252523758314754048?s=19

An HM Treasury 2 Shillings and Sixpence banknote (King George V)
@hmtreasury started issuing these 0.125 British Pound banknotes in 1914. They were withdrawn from circulation in 1928.

No #FirstFiver-type prospect here then.

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3/26 https://www.leftovercurrency.com/exchange/british-pounds/withdrawn-hm-treasury-banknotes/hm-treasury-2-shillings-and-sixpence-banknote-king-george-v/

HM Treasury 2 Shillings and Sixpence (George V) - exchange yours

Get paid for your HM Treasury 2 Shillings and Sixpence banknote (King George V). At Leftover Currency we exchange your withdrawn HM treasury banknotes

https://www.leftovercurrency.com/exchange/british-pounds/withdrawn-hm-treasury-banknotes/hm-treasury-2-shillings-and-sixpence-banknote-king-george-v/

THE PLAY; John Keats and His Fortunes the Subject of Anne Crawford Flexner's 'Aged 26.'

By Brooks Atkinson, Dec. 22, 1936 @nytimes
https://www.nytimes.com/1936/12/22/archives/the-play-john-keats-and-his-fortunes-the-subject-of-anne-crawford.html

#TwoPointSixChallenge
4/26

THE PLAY; John Keats and His Fortunes the Subject of Anne Crawford Flexner's 'Aged 26.'

Aged 26, by A C Flexner (N Y C)

https://www.nytimes.com/1936/12/22/archives/the-play-john-keats-and-his-fortunes-the-subject-of-anne-crawford.html

"Hold onto hope if you got it
Don't let it go for nobody"

26 - a great song by @paramore

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5/26

When @captaintommoore's #WalkWithTom reached £26m @howardlake

https://twitter.com/howardlake/status/1252175117523849218?s=19

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6/26

https://twitter.com/howardlake/status/1252175117523849218?s=19

26 animals sitting like humans @BuzzFeedUK
https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/expresident/animals-sitting-like-humans

#TwoPointSixChallenge
7/26

World’s 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%, says @oxfamgb
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/business/2019/jan/21/world-26-richest-people-own-as-much-as-poorest-50-per-cent-oxfam-report
#TwoPointSixChallenge
8/26

World's 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%, says Oxfam

Charity calls for 1% wealth tax, saying it would raise enough to educate every child not in school

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/business/2019/jan/21/world-26-richest-people-own-as-much-as-poorest-50-per-cent-oxfam-report

Dominic Van Allen dug himself a bunker beneath a public park.

Counter-terrorism: “Tell me about yourself, Dominic.”
Van Allen: “I’ve been homeless for 26 years. I don’t know, I used to be stage crew."

#HiddenHomeless
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/mar/05/invisible-city-how-homeless-man-built-life-underground-bunker-hampstead-heath
#TwoPointSixChallenge
9/26

The invisible city: how a homeless man built a life underground

The long read: After decades among the hidden homeless, Dominic Van Allen dug himself a bunker beneath a public park. But his life would get even more precarious

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/mar/05/invisible-city-how-homeless-man-built-life-underground-bunker-hampstead-heath

Over the past 260 million years, cratering rates on Earth have peaked every 26 million years or so, in tune with a previously noted cycle of mass-extinction events, researchers found.

https://www.space.com/31001-earth-mass-extinctions-comet-strikes.html

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10/26

Death from Above: Mass Extinctions Tied to Comet Strikes

https://www.space.com/31001-earth-mass-extinctions-comet-strikes.html

26 Days of tea in Japan: I paint on used tea bags
https://www.boredpanda.com/26-days-of-tea-in-japan-i-paint-on-used-tea-bags/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

#TwoPointSixChallenge
11/26

26 Days Of Tea In Japan: I Paint On Used Tea Bags

During my art residency at Studio Kura, part of my exhibit will include 26 paintings on tea bags, each of which is an impression of my 26 days creative sojourn in Itoshima, Japan. Exploring past and...

https://www.boredpanda.com/26-days-of-tea-in-japan-i-paint-on-used-tea-bags/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

26 People who have their own understanding of fashion
https://brightside.me/wonder-people/26-people-that-have-their-own-understanding-of-fashion-466410/

#TwoPointSixChallenge
12/26

26 People Who Have Their Own Understanding of Fashion

If you see some strangely dressed weirdo in the street, it’s probably not a weirdo but a trendsetter — an innovator from the world of fashion. These people are the first ones to catch or even invent...

https://brightside.me/wonder-people/26-people-that-have-their-own-understanding-of-fashion-466410/

Top 62 amazing George Harrison facts

Did @IanMacQuillin know he played 26 instruments including: sitar, arp bass, violin, tamboura, dobro, swordmandel and moog synthesizer?
https://beatlesdaily.com/2019/02/11/top-62-amazing-george-harrison-facts/

#TwoPointSixChallenge
13/26

‘I honestly prefer cats over humans’: How one man adopted 26 cats

@Catsprotection @Battersea_
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14/26

26 dogs enjoying their very first Christmas in their forever homes.

Enjoy, but remember: A dog is for life, not just for Christmas @DogsTrust

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mandycaruso/please-just-enjoy-these-very-good-dogs-enjoying-their-very
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15/26

26 Dogs Enjoying Their Very First Christmas In Their Forever Homes

From baby pups to senior rescues, these Very Good Dogs™ are enjoying their first Christmas in their forever homes!

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mandycaruso/please-just-enjoy-these-very-good-dogs-enjoying-their-very

An epidemic of SARS affected 26 countries and resulted in more than 8000 cases in 2003 @WHO
https://www.who.int/ith/diseases/sars/en/

#Coronavirus
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16/26

26 Trees

A partnership between @26characters and @woodlandtrust

“I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree”
https://26project.org.uk/26trees/?page_id=178

#Treeflections
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17/26

26 bands who sound nothing like their first album

https://loudwire.com/bands-sound-nothing-like-first-album/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
https://loudwire.com/bands-sound-nothing-like-first-album/

#TwoPointSixChallenge
18/26

26 Bands Who Sound Nothing Like Their First Album

See the bands who have made the biggest musical shifts since releasing their debut album!

https://loudwire.com/bands-sound-nothing-like-first-album/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

26 stunning Welsh hills, peaks and mountains that will knock your socks off.

Don’t visit them until further notice @RachJM3 RICKY!!!

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/gallery/26-stunning-welsh-hills-peaks-7126880

#DontVisitWalesChallenge
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19/26

26 stunning Welsh hills, peaks and mountains that will knock your socks off

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/gallery/26-stunning-welsh-hills-peaks-7126880

The National Association of Choirs North East Group’s plans to celebrate one hundred years in song with 26 choirs will be rescheduled.

How about a 26 second virtual preview?

@wendyfinnandmax @soult @r0b_shaw @CharityNikki

https://sagegateshead.com/whats-on/a-choral-spectacular-of-massed-voices-celebrating-100-years-of-singing/

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20/26

A Choral Spectacular of Massed Voices - Celebrating 100 Years of Singing | Sage Gateshead

https://sagegateshead.com/whats-on/a-choral-spectacular-of-massed-voices-celebrating-100-years-of-singing/

Famous 26 year-olds include @ArianaGrande, @KSIOlajidebt and @Harry_Styles

https://www.famousbirthdays.com/age/26.html
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21/26

When @RedwingsHS rescued 26 ponies 'queuing to die'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-21547744
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22/26

'Queuing to die' ponies rescued

More than 25 emaciated ponies that were "queuing to die" are rescued from Wales by a Norfolk-based horse sanctuary.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-21547744

Pandas live mainly in temperate forests high in the mountains of southwest China, where they subsist almost entirely on bamboo. They must eat at least 26 pounds of it every day. @wwf_uk
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/giant-panda
#TwoPointSixChallenge
23/26

Giant Panda | Species | WWF

The giant panda is the rarest member of the bear family and among the world’s most threatened animals. Learn about WWF's giant panda conservation efforts.

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/giant-panda

26 interesting "Star Wars" behind the scenes facts from @HamillHimself
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuenschwander/26-facts-about-star-wars-that-came-straight-from

@FundraisingYoda for you, this is.

#TwoPointSixChallenge
24/26

26 Facts About "Star Wars" That Came Straight From Mark Hamill's Twitter

Mark used to argue with Carrie Fisher about whether or not Luke Skywalker counted as royalty.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuenschwander/26-facts-about-star-wars-that-came-straight-from

A poll of 539 charities carried out by @Caf found that 26% of charities strongly agree that they will need to use the government’s job retention scheme and furlough staff. https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/alzheimer-s-society-amongst-charities-to-furlough-staff.html#sthash.3Kbm2muW.dpuf
#NeverMoreNeeded
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25/26

Alzheimer’s Society among charities to furlough staff

https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/alzheimer-s-society-amongst-charities-to-furlough-staff.html#sthash.3Kbm2muW.dpuf

Otis Redding died in a plane crash, aged just 26.

No I won't be afraid, no I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand NEAR me.

Charities are standing by for us. Let’s stand with them, apart today, together tomorrow.

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26/26

Since you're here, and charities are under threat (well, it works for @guardian) have a look at some fab #TwoPointSixChallenge you'll enjoy, undertaken by
@RebeccaKCooney
@Sydneyhound
@boultea
@balgobinthinks
@bushraahmed_wcv
@nicola_tallett
@Soarnicola
More later...

And there's more:
@piterk68
@JoMcG1985
@bronaghhh
@KerryOReilly2
@helen_e_nelson
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