Cephalopods' intelligence allow them to understand and solve even complex problems, like this not easy test of opening a jar from the inside
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Born 394 years ago #Today, Christiaan Huygens was scientist, inventor of the pendulum clock and discoverer of Titan. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time and a major figure in the scientific revolution https://t.co/Yd1yQLaO0M
How colors change as you go deeper underwater, because water selectively scatters and absorbs certain wavelengths of visible light
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This is The Last Judgment, painted by Michelangelo nearly 500 years ago.
And it's one of the most controversial (and heavily censored) paintings of all time.
Some say it's a masterpiece, some say it's a mess, and some have even tried to destroy it...
Fore-edge painting is a technique popularized in the 18th century by John Brindley and is deemed critically endangered in the contemporary era
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Photographer Ash Thomson captured this unusual perspective of a flying albatross, visualizing the stiff and cambered structure of its wings, favoring dynamic soaring. This and other pictures by the author, here: https://t.co/AktMvwQfAC
That time photographer Scott Taylor caught an 'angry bird' in real life.
His camera captured a moment in which a cardinal’s wings were tucked tightly into its body, making the bird look like a fluffy red ball floating in midair
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Looking from above, shadows are our best avatars. An impressive optical illusion artwork by Kostya Terentev
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Who's that guy on the £20 note?
A painter called Joseph Mallord William Turner.
Does he deserve to be there? Well, he's probably the greatest English artist of all time...
On this day 2,067 years ago Julius Caesar was assassinated in broad daylight in the middle of Rome.
But it wasn't a mob or a popular uprising - Caesar was killed by a group of disgruntled senators.
Here's how it happened, moment by moment, on that fateful day in 44 BC...
Danger in the mud.
This award winning photo by Jens Cullmann shows a crocodile with a perfect camouflage, except for its eyes
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Artist James Cook renders detailed landscapes and portraits by typing a careful assemblage of letters, numbers, and punctuation marks onto sheets of paper using old / unwanted typewriters.
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