Open Mic WEDNESDAY 17th JUNE 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way. (About 3 trillion trees compared to 100-400 billion stars).
POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.”
― Leon Trotsky
POLITICAL HAIKU OF THE DAY:
Months spent closing seas,
Then reopening the same gate-
Oil flows, graves remain.
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