The story of the tiger that in 1997 was wounded by a poacher who also stole part of its kill: the tiger found the poacher's cabin, destroyed his belongings, waited at least half a day for him to return, then killed and ate him
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Frank Prentice, an assistant purser on the RMS Titanic, describes how he survived the sinking of the ship, 111 years ago #Today
[video: https://t.co/lwC92QEZEG]
[read more: https://t.co/1yX3yNLbkN]
Bumblebees change their flight patterns differently when they have to pass through a tight space based on their size, indicating that they have some idea of their own size and shape despite their simple nervous systems
[video: https://t.co/Na76B2P4PG]
Roman concrete has been considered as an alternative to modern concrete. It's believed that it would have a substantially smaller environmental impact in addition to being far more durable, surviving thousands of years in harsh conditions nearly unscathed: https://t.co/ZzMn2mktu9
Musician and producer Jacob Collier frequently experiments with audience during his tours. This is how he turns his entire concert audience into a choir, signalling at different sections to move up or down a note
[IG: https://t.co/oTRhLWRy1o]
In 1881, the Harvard Observatory director was frustrated with his staff & would say "My Scottish maid could do better!" He hired his Scottish maid, Williamina Fleming who classified tens of thousands of stars and discovered white dwarfs
[read more: https://t.co/dkSOyhL4Be]
Indonesia’s remote Sumba Island is famous for a great many things, but above all its uniquely shaped mangroves, dubbed “dancing trees” for the way they seem to sway with the setting sun in the background
[📷 Bartolome Balaguer Vicens: https://t.co/jtIlHzzsKf]
A remarkable photo taken by Rick Geiss from Gulf Shores, Alabama in July 2016, showing a majestic cumulus congestus cloud with a microburst pouring a rain shaft over the ocean
[source, read more: https://t.co/sMPpPTF9B6]
Elon Musk: “Any parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life”.
Thank you @elonmusk
https://t.co/hhrYKceQSX
This is the world's largest quartz crystal cluster on display. it was discovered in 1985 at the bottom of a 45 metre deep cave in the Otjua mine near Karibib in Namibia. It weighs 14,100 kg and took three years to excavate and remove
[read more: https://t.co/CocnTpZi1w]
Broccoli is a human innovation and a man-made food, being a result of the selective breeding of wild cabbage plants started around the 6th century BCE
Bonus: it has a fractal structure
[read more: https://t.co/07Jk5edwsr, https://t.co/y8QvYU2akF]