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The Banana is a new, more forgiving unit of measure.
Joined March 2020
There are 13 circles behind Twitter’s logo design
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British after realizing Mars hasn’t been colonized yet.
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Incredible photograph of the United Kingdom taken from the International Space Station 😍
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The world’s largest truck was the 1974 Terex 33-19 Titan, built by General Motors of Canada.
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Always remember the decimal point when ordering a 7.5mm drill bit.
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2019 - avoid negative people . 2020 - avoid positive people . 2021 - avoid people.
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Earth, as seen from the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Texas A&M
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Jean Bugatti standing next to his Bugatti Royale, one of seven built (1932)
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Wow! New research reconstructs a billion (!) years worth of plate tectonics. Mouth watering research. Source:
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A 300-year-old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once.
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Me checking electric bill: Please don’t be high. Electric bill:
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Today’s kids will never know the choices you had to make.
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The bank says I can’t afford $750 mortgage so I pay $1150 a month in rent instead.
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Birthdays are good for your health. Studies show that people who have more birthdays live longer.
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Artificial reefs play an important role in leaving larger living spaces for fish, crabs, lobsters, and marine plants. The aim is for these alternative reefs to protect vital offshore installations from storms and erosion while also encouraging marine biodiversity.
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It doesn’t matter how old you are, buying snacks for a road trip should always look like an unsupervised 9 year old was given $100.
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"Rockets of the World" 🚀 . Infographic made by Tyler Skrabek
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This wooden utility pole in Brazil had to be replaced by a concrete one but the workers kept the toucan’s home
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This door was 8 ft (2.4m) thick, nearly 12 ft (3.7m) wide and weighed 97,000 lbs (44000Kg).
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During WWII the Germans built wooden airplanes and sometimes complete airfields to keep the Allies away from their real airfields. However, the RAF responded by waiting for them to finish and then dropped a single fake wooden bomb on it.
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Night shift workers when time went from 1:59 to 1:00 😠
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38 years ago these 4 men saved NYC. Never forget.
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Stare at the red dot on the woman's nose for 30 seconds, then look at an empty wall while blinking quickly.
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1932 video shows a car with “park assist” feature. Invented by Brooks Walker.
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Ceramic water pipes found near Epang Palace. China, Warring States, 5th-3rd century BCE.
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The first McDonald’s in Moscow that drove the city mad, 1990.
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1999 - nineteen ninety nine.1888 - eighteen eighty eight.1777 - seventeen seventy seven.1111 - ??.
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One advantage to being colorblind is always being able to finish a Rubik’s cube.
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The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Moscow, 1980
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Colleagues: you are so difficult to work with. Also me:
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Equality: is giving people the same thing/s. Equity: is fairness in very situation.
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This is the filter wheel for MIRI, one of the Webb telescope's three imaging cameras. Each of the 18 elements here provides a distinct perspective on the universe.
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A size comparison between the Titanic and a modern cruise ship
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In Japan if a tree is in the way of road building, they bind the roots and move it.
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When you both know it’ll end in disaster but you don’t care.
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