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Kestrel’s Plausible Facts

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I like to collect information. On any given day, tens (hundreds?) of questions pop into my mind that I am curious about. I try to infer answers from what I already know, and then I do a bit of research to see if I’m right. I always learn something! This blog is a collection of things I’ve researched and learned. I don’t always do deep research, which means the topics covered are sometimes quite surface-level. Just enough to satisfy my curiosity, hence “plausible” in the title. While these posts are based on what I’ve read elsewhere on the internet, they may not give the full picture. Humans can make mistakes, but it's more fun reading mistakes from humans than mistakes from LLMs.

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Kestrels are tiny falcons, and they are cute as heck. “Kestrel” is a name applied to many different types of Falcons around the world that are similar in their size and behaviour. The name came into English circa 1600 from the French word “cresserele.” The “t” sound likely developed in French before the word landed...

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