Franz S

Nimm das Leben nicht so ernst, du kommst ja doch nicht lebend raus.

[Franz S @fhajlm]

„Es gibt keinen Zufall. Jeder Weg ist vorherbestimmt. Alles passiert, wann es passieren muss. Zur richtigen Zeit, am richtigen Ort. Als wäre der Teppich der Welt ein Geflecht von unendlichen Fäden. Jeder an seinem Platz. Aber die wenigsten von uns wissen, wohin ihre Reise geht.“

[Philadelphia Phillies @Phillies]

🇻🇪❤️

[Ulises @UlisesDavid__]

Honestamente si yo hubiera visto esto en el cielo también hubiera creído que es un dios.

[Kathleen @tmszhjh88]

Caught a seal

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

That water clarity is an engineering decision, and the math behind it is wilder than the video.

Roman aqueducts ran on gravity alone. No pumps, no pressure systems. Engineers carved channels with a gradient so shallow it borders on absurd. The Pont du Gard in southern France drops 2.5 centimeters over 275 meters. That's roughly the thickness of a coin over the length of three football fields. They surveyed that accuracy with plumb lines and wooden leveling instruments.

The clarity you're seeing is a direct product of flow velocity. Too steep and the water erodes the channel walls, picks up sediment, turns brown. Too flat and it stagnates. Roman engineers targeted a slope of about 20 centimeters per kilometer, which kept the water moving fast enough to stay fresh but slow enough to stay clear. Before the water reached the city, it passed through multi-chamber settling tanks where velocity dropped near zero. Suspended particles sank. Clean water flowed out the top into the next chamber. Repeat three or four times.

Pliny specified the minimum slope in writing. Vitruvius published the exact mortar ratio for hydraulic cement: one part lime to two parts volcanic ash for underwater work. The pozzolana from Pozzuoli reacted with water to form a calcium-aluminum-silicate compound that actually gets stronger the longer it sits submerged. Modern concrete degrades in water. Roman concrete bonds with it.

Scale the whole system and it gets harder to process. Eleven aqueducts fed Rome at its peak. Combined output: roughly 1 million cubic meters of water per day. That works out to about 250 gallons per person for a city of one million. Modern New York delivers about 125 gallons per person per day. Ancient Rome had access to double the per capita water supply of the largest city in the United States, running entirely on slope and stone.

The Trevi Fountain in Rome is still fed by one of them. Two thousand years, same source, same gravity, same water.

[ʇuᴉɐS📍 @saint_cloudy]

Interstellar proves that the most terrifying thing in the universe isn't aliens..... it's time

[Ryanair @Ryanair]

people asking for Wi-Fi

[Tolerity @traeloaball]

El tipo de jubilación que pretendo

[Wynner 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇪🇺 @EuroWynner]

It’s difficult for me to explain to non German speakers how crazy his accent is. Integration final boss.

[internet hall of fame @InternetH0F]

Chernobyl aired 7 years ago today

It stands as the second highest rated show of all time on IMDB with only 5 episodes

[GameVerse @TheGameVerse]

“Bro, how did you learn history”

Me:

[CATERINA VALENTINO @CATERINAV]

#25 Está foto es una ABSOLUTA LOCURA!

Caracas de noche 🇻🇪
BELLA! BELLA.BELLA!

📸 .@venezuelaenfoto .@GianlucaCoccon1

[GameVerse @TheGameVerse]

History repeats itself.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

The first trailer for ‘ASSASSIN'S CREED: BLACK FLAG - RESYNCED’ has been released.

Releasing on July 9.

[Cine Vichaar @Cine_vichaar]

In Better Call Saul, Ever realize how one random, clueless guy kinda set off the entire Breaking Bad universe?

I’m talking about Daniel Wormald, that dude with the ridiculous yellow Hummer

At first, he just seems like a harmless idiot trying to play gangster. But look closer… he hires Mike Ehrmantraut. That one move connects Mike to Nacho Varga. Then Nacho pulls Mike into the whole mess with Hector Salamanca.

Now things escalate. Gus steps in. Mike starts working for Gus Fring. Through that chain, Saul gets involved… and eventually, Walter White enters the picture.

It’s honestly crazy to think that one small, dumb decision by one guy created a ripple effect that led to so much chaos, destruction, and dèath.

[NASA @NASA]

@alltooriah Tell your cat the Artemis II crew said pspsps

[Cats with Aura 😺 @catwithaura]

No thoughts head empty

[Cultura Literal @culturaliteral1]

Cuando estás lejos de alguien que amas