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TIL Jackie Chan is actually a trained opera singer and has recorded over 20 albums with over 100 songs in over 5 different languages. In the 80’s, he would sing the theme songs to his films over the closing credits. In 1984, he won the Best Foreign Singer Award in Japan

In 2019, AI-programmers were able to make convincing videos of people talking from a single source image, so they tried it on some famous portraits: https://t.co/3H5zsFhoeN

govabbott becomes the first Governor to open an entire state back to pre-pandemic state.

Probably one of the cooler igloos I've seen.

The metric system is used in many parts of the world and throughout the global scientific community. But why is it so important? 📏📐 Find more at https://t.co/apvIh9nNK2 #engineering https://t.co/vdqmyRFXNI

Somebody in my neighborhood made an ice rink in their front yard

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TIL that Irish soldiers during the 1798 Rebellion would carry barley in their pockets as provisions while marching. After the rebellion failed, barley would grow from their mass graves every spring, symbolising the regenerative nature of Irish resistance.

Surface hardening through induction heating and subsequent quenching. 🔥 🎥 ksynio / Instagram #engineering https://t.co/C2YAo6ITSA

The eggs of two fish species survived Russia's Soyuz spacecraft's launch conditions. 🐟 #engineering https://t.co/NKb1gO8SFJ

TIL Leif Erikson may not have even been the first Norsemen to discover the Americas. In 986, Bjarni Herjolfsson sighted the mainland while trying to sail to Greenland. He decided to not make landfall, and later sagas would not include him, giving most, if not all, of the credit to Leif.

TIL that Leo Fender, the inventor of Fender Guitars, never knew how to play the guitar.

This set of stair cases that you can’t access one from the other

The Sinabung volcano eruption in Indonesia