What, I'm just minding my own business, get over yourselfpic.twitter.com/HLhjl0Fds9

— Hy Bender (@hybender) November 11, 2022

Where the terms 'uppercase' and 'lowercase' came from: from the early days of the printing press

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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 12, 2022

Samanea saman, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family. It usually reaches a height of 15–25 m (49–82 ft) and a diameter of 30 m (98 ft). This is located in Alae Cemetery, Wainaku, Hawaii

[source, alexjbauer: https://t.co/S0chTLcLbu]pic.twitter.com/IaHGmOcBDH

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 12, 2022

Super-Sheeppic.twitter.com/sF8LMMnUrw

— Hy Bender (@hybender) November 12, 2022

The magnitude of difference between 1 million and 1 billion is not that intuitive and can be illustrated with this example of the time scale:
- A million seconds is 12 days.
- A billion seconds is 31 years.
- A trillion seconds is 31,688 yearshttps://t.co/8AUKjwuxy9 pic.twitter.com/h2wFEoqsRV

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 13, 2022

The lava formations you can spot at West Kamokuna Skylight, HI look like Dante's damned soul sliding into hell

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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 13, 2022

«Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads»

Created for Back to the Future's 30th anniversary, this floating Delorean uses a powerful magnet to recreate the flying capability of the 2015 time machine

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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 13, 2022

Only in South Africa.. 🦒

🎥 YT: chrismareog pic.twitter.com/j3PPvnFK44

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) November 13, 2022

President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan, who he said made an "enormous contribution" to Irish society thanks to her "tireless efforts" | Read more: https://t.co/jrr8YskuDX pic.twitter.com/DOLB8Ju72p

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 14, 2022

Vicky Phelan was hailed as a "powerful advocate for Irish women" by chair Maria Dickenson of the An Post Irish Book Awards.

In an extract from her memoir, these are her own poignant words

Obituary: 'A powerful advocate for Irish women'https://t.co/o7wdtDYe24 pic.twitter.com/ZVsPQX1gkp

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 14, 2022

“I don't want your apologies. I don't want your tributes. I don't want your aide de camp at my funeral. I don't want your accolades or your broken promises.

“I want action. I want change. I want accountability,” - Vicky Phelan.

Statement from 221+ pic.twitter.com/FiKmo1A89Z

— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) November 14, 2022

Quote from Lois Hi on November 14, 2022, 6:19 pm

 

“I don't want your apologies. I don't want your tributes. I don't want your aide de camp at my funeral. I don't want your accolades or your broken promises.

“I want action. I want change. I want accountability,” - Vicky Phelan.

Statement from 221+ pic.twitter.com/FiKmo1A89Z

— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) November 14, 2022

 

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Left: how humans see starlings.
Right: how starlings may see each other - with bolder markings and more colour

The amazing world of UV vision, seen through the eyes of…. birds.

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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 14, 2022

This is a magnified cross section of a pine needle

[source, Forest Schooling, Nature Learning, Earthschooling: https://t.co/XrslJvyDpG]
[read more: https://t.co/BeuO9yqTXm] pic.twitter.com/v7qcF4r9gx

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 15, 2022

He just loves his job.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/dYHmtFk8vO

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) November 15, 2022

Hilarious.. 😅

🎥 KBCpic.twitter.com/ynItIvn1mP

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) November 14, 2022

Easter Island's moai are possibly the world’s most famous sculptures, but their household name is actually a misnomer, as each figure also has a hidden body

[read more: https://t.co/EjEE8i1VvF] pic.twitter.com/wXxDOZuQ4L

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 16, 2022

There's a place in China where the mountains are like trees and the trees grow like branches [read more: https://t.co/HGLmsnZomV] pic.twitter.com/acqMqHlwcL

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 16, 2022

The 1,250-m-long Guoliang Tunnel (Chinese: 郭亮洞) is carved along the side of and through a mountain in China. The tunnel links the village of Guoliang to the outside through the Taihang Mountains

[read more: https://t.co/KgezPrh3os]pic.twitter.com/Nq0KGaXL7y

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 16, 2022