My #TwoPointSixChallenge is to tweet 26 things I& #39;ve discovered about 26.
Here goes:
"Two, six, heave" is a phrase used to coordinate sailors& #39; pulling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_six_heave">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_... @RNLI
1/26
Here goes:
"Two, six, heave" is a phrase used to coordinate sailors& #39; pulling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_six_heave">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_... @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/MyDoncast...
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/MyDoncast...
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 They were withdrawn from circulation in 1928.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.
#TwoPointSixChallenge
3/26 https://www.leftovercurrency.com/exchange/british-pounds/withdrawn-hm-treasury-banknotes/hm-treasury-2-shillings-and-sixpence-banknote-king-george-v/">https://www.leftovercurrency.com/exchange/...
@hmtreasury started issuing these 0.125 British Pound banknotes in 1914. They were withdrawn from circulation in 1928.
No #FirstFiver-type prospect here then.
#TwoPointSixChallenge
3/26 https://www.leftovercurrency.com/exchange/british-pounds/withdrawn-hm-treasury-banknotes/hm-treasury-2-shillings-and-sixpence-banknote-king-george-v/">https://www.leftovercurrency.com/exchange/...
THE PLAY; John Keats and His Fortunes the Subject of Anne Crawford Flexner& #39;s & #39;Aged 26.& #39;
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
https://www.nytimes.com/1936/12/2... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
4/26
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
https://www.nytimes.com/1936/12/2... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
4/26
"Hold onto hope if you got it
Don& #39;t let it go for nobody"
26 - a great song by @paramore
https://youtu.be/8Ju7T4J1qbc ">https://youtu.be/8Ju7T4J1q...
#TwoPointSixChallenge
5/26
Don& #39;t let it go for nobody"
26 - a great song by @paramore
https://youtu.be/8Ju7T4J1qbc ">https://youtu.be/8Ju7T4J1q...
#TwoPointSixChallenge
5/26
When @captaintommoore& #39;s #WalkWithTom reached £26m @howardlake
https://twitter.com/howardlake/status/1252175117523849218?s=19">https://twitter.com/howardlak...
#TwoPointSixChallenge
6/26
https://twitter.com/howardlake/status/1252175117523849218?s=19">https://twitter.com/howardlak...
#TwoPointSixChallenge
6/26
26 animals sitting like humans @BuzzFeedUK
https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/expresident/animals-sitting-like-humans">https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/e...
#TwoPointSixChallenge
7/26
https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/expresident/animals-sitting-like-humans">https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/e...
#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">https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp...
#TwoPointSixChallenge
8/26
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">https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp...
#TwoPointSixChallenge
8/26
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
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
9/26
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
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
9/26
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
https://www.space.com/31001-ear... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
10/26
https://www.space.com/31001-earth-mass-extinctions-comet-strikes.html
https://www.space.com/31001-ear... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
10/26
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
https://www.boredpanda.com/26-days-o... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
11/26
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
https://www.boredpanda.com/26-days-o... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
11/26
26 People who have their own understanding of fashion
https://brightside.me/wonder-people/26-people-that-have-their-own-understanding-of-fashion-466410/
https://brightside.me/wonder-pe... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
12/26
https://brightside.me/wonder-people/26-people-that-have-their-own-understanding-of-fashion-466410/
https://brightside.me/wonder-pe... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
12/26
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/
https://beatlesdaily.com/2019/02/1... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
13/26
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/
https://beatlesdaily.com/2019/02/1... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
13/26
‘I honestly prefer cats over humans’: How one man adopted 26 cats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTyLccftQ5o
https://www.youtube.com/watch... href="https://twitter.com/CatsProtection">@Catsprotection @Battersea_
#TwoPointSixChallenge
14/26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTyLccftQ5o
https://www.youtube.com/watch... href="https://twitter.com/CatsProtection">@Catsprotection @Battersea_
#TwoPointSixChallenge
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
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mandycaru... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
15/26
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
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mandycaru... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
15/26
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/">https://www.who.int/ith/disea...
#Coronavirus
#TwoPointSixChallenge
16/26
https://www.who.int/ith/diseases/sars/en/">https://www.who.int/ith/disea...
#Coronavirus
#TwoPointSixChallenge
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
https://26project.org.uk/26trees/... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/Treeflections"> #Treeflections
#TwoPointSixChallenge
17/26
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
https://26project.org.uk/26trees/... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/Treeflections"> #Treeflections
#TwoPointSixChallenge
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-sou... href=" https://loudwire.com/bands-sound-nothing-like-first-album/
https://loudwire.com/bands-sou... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
18/26
https://loudwire.com/bands-sound-nothing-like-first-album/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
https://loudwire.com/bands-sou... href=" https://loudwire.com/bands-sound-nothing-like-first-album/
https://loudwire.com/bands-sou... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
18/26
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
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/DontVisitWalesChallenge"> #DontVisitWalesChallenge
#TwoPointSixChallenge
19/26
Don’t visit them until further notice @RachJM3 RICKY!!!
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/gallery/26-stunning-welsh-hills-peaks-7126880
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/DontVisitWalesChallenge"> #DontVisitWalesChallenge
#TwoPointSixChallenge
19/26
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/
https://sagegateshead.com/whats-on/... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
20/26
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/
https://sagegateshead.com/whats-on/... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
20/26
Famous 26 year-olds include @ArianaGrande, @KSIOlajidebt and @Harry_Styles
https://www.famousbirthdays.com/age/26.html ">https://www.famousbirthdays.com/age/26.ht...
#TwoPointSixChallenge
21/26
https://www.famousbirthdays.com/age/26.html ">https://www.famousbirthdays.com/age/26.ht...
#TwoPointSixChallenge
21/26
When @RedwingsHS rescued 26 ponies & #39;queuing to die& #39;
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-21547744
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
22/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-21547744
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
22/26
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
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/g... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
23/26
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/giant-panda
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/g... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/TwoPointSixChallenge"> #TwoPointSixChallenge
23/26
26 interesting "Star Wars" behind the scenes facts from @HamillHimself
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuenschwander/26-facts-about-star-wars-that-came-straight-from
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuen... href="https://twitter.com/FundraisingYoda">@FundraisingYoda for you, this is.
#TwoPointSixChallenge
24/26
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuenschwander/26-facts-about-star-wars-that-came-straight-from
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuen... href="https://twitter.com/FundraisingYoda">@FundraisingYoda for you, this is.
#TwoPointSixChallenge
24/26
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. #sthash.3Kbm2muW.dpuf">https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/alzheimer-s-society-amongst-charities-to-furlough-staff.html #sthash.3Kbm2muW.dpuf
https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/alzh... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/NeverMoreNeeded"> #NeverMoreNeeded
#TwoPointSixChallenge
25/26
https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/alzh... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/NeverMoreNeeded"> #NeverMoreNeeded
#TwoPointSixChallenge
25/26
Otis Redding died in a plane crash, aged just 26.
No I won& #39;t be afraid, no I won& #39;t be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand NEAR me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqVO41NKw9A">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Charities are standing by for us. Let’s stand with them, apart today, together tomorrow.
#TwoPointSixChallenge
26/26
No I won& #39;t be afraid, no I won& #39;t be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand NEAR me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqVO41NKw9A">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Charities are standing by for us. Let’s stand with them, apart today, together tomorrow.
#TwoPointSixChallenge
26/26
Since you& #39;re here, and charities are under threat (well, it works for @guardian) have a look at some fab #TwoPointSixChallenge you& #39;ll enjoy, undertaken by
@RebeccaKCooney
@Sydneyhound
@boultea
@balgobinthinks
@bushraahmed_wcv
@nicola_tallett
@Soarnicola
More later...
@RebeccaKCooney
@Sydneyhound
@boultea
@balgobinthinks
@bushraahmed_wcv
@nicola_tallett
@Soarnicola
More later...
And there& #39;s more:
@piterk68
@JoMcG1985
@bronaghhh
@KerryOReilly2
@helen_e_nelson
#TwoPointSixChallenge
@piterk68
@JoMcG1985
@bronaghhh
@KerryOReilly2
@helen_e_nelson
#TwoPointSixChallenge