Galilei was the first person to observe Saturn through a telescope, his tiny refractor was not powerful enough to discern its rings. Christiaan Huygens was the first to propose that Saturn was surrounded by a ring in 1655.
#saturn#nasa#astronomy#discovery#science#space#sky
"I went to Rome and all I got you was this stylus!"
This Ancient Roman pen with an inscribed joke dates back nearly 2,000 years. It was found under the streets of London.
#archeology#roman#joke#gift#historia#pen#london#ancient
More than 100,000 orphans and street children were sent from Britain to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa through assisted juvenile emigration between 1869-1932 as agricultural labourers and domestic servants.
#homechildren#history#immigration#immigratetocanada
The first hybrid car was a Porsche! 🏎
F. Porsche created the “Semper Vivus” in 1900, the first functional hybrid car in the world. He increased the efficiency by using a combustion engine to drive a generator to fuel the wheel hub with electrical energy.
#porsche#cars#history
🚩🇬🇧Britain's Red Flag Act
All mechanically powered vehicles to abide by the following rules:
Use a team of three operators.
Comply with the 4mph limit on the open road and 2 mph in populated areas.
Be lead by a man walking and waving a red flag to warn pedestrians.
#UK#History
710 years ago today on 22 March 1312 the mystical Knight Templars were suppressed by Pope Clement V.
Philip IV of France pressured Pope Clement to have order's members in France arrested. charges were blasphemy, idolatry, and sodomy, they were burned alive as heretics.
Contrary to humanity’s 300,000-year history, drinking animal milk is a new habit. 7500 years ago, the first people to drink milk regularly were early farmers in western Europe some of the first with domesticated animals, including cows.
#milk#diary#history#diet#food
Freddie was born as Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar, 1946, to Parsi-Indian parents Bomi and Jer. He spent most of his childhood in India at boarding school and began taking piano lessons at age seven.
He and his family fled to England in 1964
#freddiemercury#queen#uk#Immigration
Meet the first female combat pilot, Sabiha Gök��en. Turkish aviator flew 8,000 hours and 22 different types of aircraft during her career. Istanbul's second international airport was named after her in 2001.
#aviation #pilot #history #womenempowerment #womanpower #woman
Thomas Edison poses alongside the Bailey Roadster, an electric car from 1910. The car was using Edison's iron-nickel storage battery and endured a 1000 mile journey.
#innovation#electriccar#tesla#edison#tech#history
There are two small islands between Alaska and Russia, known as Big Diomede, belonging to Russia, and Little Diomede which belongs to the US. During the winter, this 2.5 mile stretch of water between the two islands freezes, allowing walkable access between the US and Russia.
The shortest distance between Russia and Alaska is roughly 55 miles. Due to time zone differences, it can be Sunday in Alaska while it's Monday in Russia.
This short distance between the two continents is called the Bering Strait. #RussiaUkraine#russia#USA#America#Bering
Ever wondered where the sterling pound, the oldest living currency in the world came from? Or, why a Christian Anglo-Saxon King started printing Islamic wording on his coins?
Watch the now:
https://t.co/X6elhyaCI9
A Brief Story Of Sterling Pound and King Offa
#History#Sterling