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[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The sabertooth longhorn beetle is one of the largest beetles reaching a length of up to 17.7 cm.

Its larval stage can last up to 10 years, while its adult phase is likely to last no more than a few months.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

A hummingbird weighs about the same as a penny

And to think this tiny 3 gram bird evolved from dinosaurs

📹 berkshire_bird_observatory

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Stunning jade carving factory in China

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

This is China’s new high-speed road sweeper.

Operating at speeds up to 80 km/h, it clears heavy highway debris in literally seconds.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Garden quartz is a type of clear quartz crystal that has natural inclusions, things like chlorite, iron, or other minerals. These inclusions often look like tiny landscapes, moss, plants, or underwater scenes

[ABC News @ABC]

As Seattle hosted its first 2026 World Cup match, an aerial scoreboard created using drones kept residents abreast of the result.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Kini, P., Wong, J., McInnis, S., Gabana, N., & Brown, J. W. (2016), «The effects of gratitude expression on neural activity», NeuroImage, 128, 1–10. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.12.040

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A cat train in Japan.

It was opened in honor of the cat Tama, who worked as a station attendant in the city of Kinokawa. The entire train is dedicated to cats, and it even has a library.

[ABC News @ABC]

As Mexico celebrated its World Cup opening victory over South Africa, Merlin, a 2-year-old duck dressed in the national team’s colors, became an unlikely internet sensation and the tournament’s first viral, unofficial mascot. https://t.co/tbWGkHktzP

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Geologist finds rare formation inside volcanic rock that looks exactly like ‘Cookie Monster’ on Sesame Street

[狗鷲イヌワシChapter II @emoemo78354888]

可愛い💕深海魚🤗

フサアンコウ科フサアンコウ属の一種で、英語圏では主にコフィンフィッシュやシー・トードと呼ばれているとの事。

[TSN @TSN_Sports]

As they normally do, Japanese fans made sure to clean the stadium before they left.

#FIFAWorldCup

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

5 billion years ago, Earth's tectonic plates began colliding beneath the surface, creating enormous pressure that forced land upward into mountains.

[Chris Hadfield @Cmdr_Hadfield]

Space walk glove - beautiful engineering.
Protects us from the deadly vacuum of space and the wild temperature swings, while letting us feel what we're grabbing. In training I could pick up a dime off the pool floor.
They twist and lock into place at the end of the spacesuit sleeves.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The world is a cat playing with Australia

[고양이 트윗 번역계猫ポスト翻訳垢🐱 @nihongowacaran]

해변의 돌멩이를 하나씩 골라 바닥에 놓는다. 색을 맞추고, 위치를 잡고, 또 하나를 고른다. 영국 출신 아티스트 저스틴 베이트먼이 만드는 고양이 모자이크 랜드 아트다.

붙이지 않는다. 굳히지 않는다. 바람이 불면 흩어지고, 파도가 오면 사라진다. 그래서 영상이 남아있다.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A reminder that most of what we worry about never actually happens

[é @tynovaine]

natural rubber is so pleasing to squeeze

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This is called the Coffer illusion.

In this image there are 16 circles.

Can you find them?