Victoria

Gin & Sparkle

[Leeds United @LUFC]

🔥 Elland Road! Our Fans!

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

But why ?

[AskAubry 🦋 🐆🦝 @ask_aubry]

Nope nope nope hell no Cthulhu.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

People who accidentally found their doppelgängers in museums - a thread 🧵

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The iridescence of Amethyst

📹Labradorite King
https://t.co/b3eQ7l54m1

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

10 masterworks of painting that inspired iconic movie scenes - a thread 🧵

1. “The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt - “Shutter Island”, directed by Martin Scorsese

[Marianne Levy @MarianneLevy]

Not online yet but I need you to read my ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of @Nigella_Lawson’s Amsterdam Christmas in today’s @theipaper because IT IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER WRITTEN

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

kitty contemplating

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The unexpected sound of a desert rain frog

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Bees generally can’t fly at night, they use the sun as a compass. Even if the sun is behind clouds, bees can infer it’s position using patterns of polarised light

So they may sleep in flowers, many blossoms close up at night, creating a warm space

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The size of this Giant Alaskan Malamute

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Polybothris sumptuosa, also known as Madagascar blue jewel beetle

📹 Dayyan Saylany/reptiliatus

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The white-lipped pit viper (Trimeresurus insularis), found on the lesser Sunda islands of Indonesia

the blue variety is rare, and only occurs in places such as Komodo Islands

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Raindrops ignite

What bioluminescence looks like In the rain

[Adam Sharp @AdamCSharp]

International euphemisms (some rare) for menstruation:

6. It’s lingonberry week (Swedish)
5. I have my bears (French)
4. The cockerel sang to me (Puerto Rican Spanish)
3. Garibaldi is coming (Italian)
2. The moon came (Indonesian)
1. There are communists in the funhouse (Danish)