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This viewpoint is one of the most photographed landscapes in Indonesia.

Three bays. Three sand colours. One summit. Padar Island, Komodo National Park.

I was there. A short report.🧵

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@naturelife_ok Crows rank among the most intelligent birds on the planet and can recognize individual human faces for several years, even passing this knowledge on to their offspring.

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@World_Insights1 The Atacama Desert in Chile one of the most fascinating places on earth and ranks as the driest non-polar desert.

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@natures_picture Aristotle: "Nature does nothing in vain."

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@statsglobe These are my top 5 of the world

1) Yellowstone National Park
2)Grand Canyon
3) Taj Mahal
4) Machu Picchu
5) Angkor

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@Civixplorer The name “Hagia Sophia” means “Holy Wisdom” in Greek.

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@nolatrader1 @ImtiazMadmood @MarioNawfal It's in Europe. Why do you ask?

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@unkonfined Definitely better than: ey/em/eir

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@Popularpuppies3 So so cute

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@statsglobe China lacks combat experience. I believe it is vastly overestimated.

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Most German cities have roots in the Roman period. The Romans founded military camps and civilian settlements along the Rhine and Danube. Places like Trier, Cologne, Mainz and Augsburg began as these fortified sites and later developed into proper towns with markets, administration and walls.

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@CosmicGaiaX Whales evolved from land-dwelling mammals around 50 million years ago. Their closest living relatives are hippos. Early forms still had hind limbs and walked on land before fully adapting to the sea.

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@natures_picture They have existed for more than 100 million years and outlived the dinosaurs. Absolutely astonishing!

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@Popularpuppies3 So cute

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@AmazingNature00 It is a dormant volcano made of three cones. Kibo holds the summit, while Mawenzi and Shira are older and extinct.

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@CarlBovisNature Some species are social parasites. They invade other nests and let the hosts raise their young.

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@World_Insights1 Do you think the later German and French rivalry started right there?

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@Civixplorer Is this Gorbachev?

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@theepicmap India invented zero & chess. China invented paper, gunpowder & the compass.
India now has more people. China has the Terracotta Army & the Great Wall.
Both shaped the modern world more than most realise.

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@Enezator You can feel every year of struggle in those tears.

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@elonmusk Nearly every country that became rich saw its birth rate drop. Africa is following the same path, just later.