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Not all special effects are high tech - some of the asteroids in The Empire Strikes Back are potatoes, and one of the ships in Return of the Jedi is a gym shoe.

Word of the Day: APANTHROPY - a love of solitude, an aversion to spending time with other people

How will you stand up for your dreams today? When Jedidah Isler PhD (jedidahislerphd) was growing up, she dreamed of someday becoming an astrophysicist. But at the time, few Black women had earned a doctorate in a field of physics. In a TED Talk, she shares how she became the first Black woman to earn a PhD in astrophysics from Yale, explaining how encouraging greater diversity in STEM would just change science for the better. To others like her, who worry their identity, history or background will get in the way of their dreams, she offers this advice: "To every Black, Latina, Indigenous, First Nation or any other woman or girl who finds herself resting at the blessed intersection of race and gender, you can be anything you want to be." Watch her inspiring talk at the link in our bio. #MondayMotivation

Only 5% of Americans believe they are less intelligent than average.

What a nice mustache! https://t.co/k3j7rnLaZ1

"One of the remarkable things about love is that, despite very irritating people writing poems and songs about how pleasant it is, it really is quite pleasant." LEMONY SNICKET

There are over 8 million beetle specimens in London’s Natural History Museum. Many of them are yet to be properly identified by scientists.

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Black History Month, first launched in 1926, is the annual celebration of the achievements of Black Americans, and a time to recognize their central contributions to U.S. history. Today we celebrate some historic firsts in Black history from Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress and the first African American woman to seek the Presidential nomination to Jackie Robinson, the first Black American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era, to many others who broke the color barrier. Link in bio. #BlackHistoryMonth Image 1: Shirley Chisholm Image 2: Jackie Robinson Image 3: Hattie McDaniel Image 4: Thurgood Marshall Image 5: Althea Gibson Image 6: Shawna Kimbrell Image 7: Kamala Harris