Leonardo astoundingly depicted the human fetus over 500 years ago, accurately illustrating its position within a dissected uterus.
Comparison: CT scan of a pregnant woman with full term fetus (pictured left) and da Vinci's sketch of a baby inside the womb (pictured right).
His talent was obvious early on: he painted this at 12 or 13.
So, is the explanation just that he was a once-in-a-millennium talent? Well, the circumstances of Michelangelo's day were also exceptional...
A thread of lesser-known architectural wonders that we lost over the ages (and what happened to them)... 🧵
1. Old London Bridge - the longest inhabited bridge in Europe
I think the reason Sisyphus jokes are so popular on twitter is that you can just keep reposting the same ones over and over and claim it's part of the joke
#MosaicMonday There is something delightfully abstract in this detail showing the personification of a season (possibly summer) in an AD 578 mosaic floor at the Church of the Apostles in Madaba, Jordan.
(📷 Carole Raddato, AAR Photoarchive)
@lufthansa cancelled my flight, and it’s been literally impossible to rebook it. I’ve been trying for the last 12 hours. No phone contact possible, only waiting on hold, and the “chat” is a joke.
No fim das contas, o bolsonarismo é sobre isso: defecar no Portinari, esfaquear Di Cavalcanti, rezar pra pneu, pedir ajuda a ETs, bater em jornalista, oferecer cloroquina pra ema, boicotar vacinação e idolatrar torturador. Tudo isso, claro, em nome de Deus.
@British_Airways you lost my bag 3 months ago. I made a claim, followed all the required steps, and patiently waited. Now you say that my bag has been delivered to me. And that you can't offer more compensation.
WRONG! I never had my bag back.
It's lost. Please fix this.
@AdmiralKirk@StumbleGuysGame Did your kid also receive a question “ what’s your age?” My kid answered this question, and then somehow the game automatically logged out of Facebook. :((( you should have seen the despair in this house today 💆🏼♀️
@HaddadDebochado Tem um povinho alienado que acha que o voto tira o direito de cobrança sobre os políticos, pelo contrário, aí que temos que ficar de olho mesmo e não tem que achar tudo lindo não, tem que acabar com idolatria a políticos, já basta os minions!