An Avid Bridge Lover

Just A Bridge Lover. Tunnels and dams are cool too.
#ToEngineerIsBeautiful

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

تو به یک دشت پُر از گل
تو به یک شهر طلایی
تو به یک دست پُر از مهر
تو به یک عاطفه می‌مانی
تو به یک شام دل انگیز
تو به یک روز خجسته
تو به یک کوچه‌ی پُر حرف
تو به یک عاطفه می‌مانی
تو به یک دست پُر از عشق
تو به یک چشم پُر از مهر
تو به یک نور زرافشان
تو به یک عاطفه می‌مانی

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

Where do the top scorers come from? -
No tournament’s leading scorer has reached double digits since 1958.
The modern Golden Boot is usually won with six to eight goals, and in 1962, 1994, and 2010, the scoring lead was shared across countries.
#GoldenBoot

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

The FIFA World Cup did not grow gradually. It grew in historical jumps, interrupted by WWII and remade by major format changes.

From 13 teams and 18 matches in 1930 to 48 teams and 104 matches in 2026.

Is bigger always better?

#WorldCup #FootballHistory #FIFA

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

The lower the finishing position, the more widely it has been shared. Seventeen countries have finished fourth. Only eight have become champions. The World Cup’s outer circle has widened; its summit remains exclusive.

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

The #Netherlands reached three World Cup finals and lost all three.
They are football’s great World Cup near-miss. #Hungary and #Czechoslovakia each reached two finals without a title.

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

Most countries get one turn. Only six have hosted the FIFA World Cup more than once.
Mexico becomes the first to host it three times.

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

The World Cup has travelled across five regions. Its champions have not.

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

Home advantage is real, but it has limits. Six hosts have won the World Cup, while nine have not even reached the top four.
And Brazil? Two times host (1950 and 2014), zero home titles. 🇧🇷

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

#Brazil has won the most titles (5), while #Germany, including West Germany, has reached the top four 13 times.

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

The 1994 tournament, hosted by the United States, still holds the average crowd record: 68,991 per match. But 2026 has shattered the total attendance record: 6.26 million so far.

Bigger than ever, though not quite the most crowded per game.

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

More matches create more goals. But once we normalize by match, the story changes: 1954 remains the great scoring outlier (5.38 per match), 1990 the low point (2.21), and the modern game has only partly rebounded.

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

Why is it that the wars get named after the attacked countries.
#IranWar
#IraqWar
#AfghanistanWar
#VietnamWar

Genuinely wondering! 🤔

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

@Rainmaker1973 Check out this newly published research on the potential presence of microplastics in recycled-plastic-modified asphalt pavements. The article is available free for the next 50 days through the following link, starting March 16, 2026: https://t.co/ayygLZMQXN

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

@ScienceMagazine @ScienceAdvances Check out this newly published research on the potential presence of microplastics in recycled-plastic-modified asphalt pavements. The article is available free for the next 50 days through the following link, starting March 16, 2026: https://t.co/ayygLZMQXN

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

@JAMA_current Check out this newly published research on the potential presence of microplastics in recycled-plastic-modified asphalt pavements. The article is available free for the next 50 days through the following link, starting March 16, 2026: https://t.co/ayygLZMQXN

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

@ScienceMagazine Check out this newly published research on the potential presence of microplastics in recycled-plastic-modified asphalt pavements. The article is available free for the next 50 days through the following link, starting March 16, 2026: https://t.co/ayygLZMQXN

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

@sciencegirl Check out this newly published research on the potential presence of microplastics in recycled-plastic-modified asphalt pavements. The article is available free for the next 50 days through the following link, starting March 16, 2026: https://t.co/ayygLZMQXN

[Drop A Pin Show @DropAPinShow]

Going through every country in the world alphabetically. -Afghanistan

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

Power flies. Bullshit cries.
#USA #Venezuela #Trump #Maduro

[An Avid Bridge Lover @AvidBridgeLover]

@ThrillaRilla369 Go to a graduate school and ask that question!!! Most of what is produced is garbage anyway, but straight all nighters are very common.