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For generations, Asian Americans have helped protect our nation by serving in uniform and have contributed in vital ways to American society. The recent increase in violence, racism and xenophobia against Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. is alarming. This kind of hatred should have no home here. Let's stand up for those who have stood for us. #StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate

The Egg Hornpipe was a well-known 19th century dance that involved hopping around a stage, avoiding dozens of eggs underfoot. Performers sometimes did it blindfolded, although often they removed the blindfolds to find the audience had stolen their eggs.

One of our chickens just laid a jumbo egg with another egg inside

Need to fit a bolt in a tight spot? Don’t have a pneumatic/electric ratchet? Try this. 😁 🎥 octane_workholding / Instagram #engineering https://t.co/uhcF3VtVaE

TIL that Zambia had its own space program in 1964, whose mission statement included sending "Afronauts": a crew consisting of a 17 year old space girl, a cat, and a priest to Mars. The priest was specifically instructed not to enforce Christianity of the Martians if they didn't want it.

Whats left after a Toucan dies

These earthquake-resistant modular buildings unfold into place. 🏠 Find more at https://t.co/apvIh9nNK2 🎥 Madi Home #engineering https://t.co/OAkLTxXL6B

DeepSpeed is developing electric hydrojets for luxury yachts and large vessels. 🛥 #engineering https://t.co/KbONzz5O1o

Need to fit a bolt in a tight spot? Don’t have a pneumatic/electric ratchet? Try this. 😁 🎥 octane_workholding #engineering

TIL that in 1939 the London zoo killed all it's venomous animals to avoid releasing dangerous animals into the city in the event that the zoo was bombed.

A Woman Sitting On The Abraj Al-Bait In Mecca, The Largest Clock In The World

In the early centuries of Christianity, ascetics took a liking to living in the caves around Jerusalem. Around 420 CE, there was a whole cluster of these Christian cave-dwellers (collectively called a lavra) in Wadi Qelt, a river valley in the eastern West Bank. About 80 years later, that lavra was reorganized into a monastery known as The Monastery of Saints John and George of Choziba.⁠ ⁠ Tucked into a cliff-face (a theme for monasteries, as it turns out), the Saint George Monastery still holds the bones of monks killed when the Persians destroyed the monastery in 614 CE. Much of the monastery was restored between 1878 and 1901 and contains two churches, one of which has a mosaic floor dating back to the 6th century. ⁠ ⁠ Head to the link in our bio for more precariously placed monasteries.

The 'Swiss Mini Gun' is considered the world's smallest fully functioning revolver. It measures 5.5cm long, 3.5cm tall and 1cm wide, and weighs only 19.8g. Many countries forbid it's importation, due to it being so easy to conceal.

Found this over on a different sub, thought to share it here.

Drive-Thru Polio Clinic, California in September 1960 Photo by Bill Bridges