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John Young and Virgil Grissom just before take-off of Gemini 3 in 1965. Young had an illicit corned beef sandwich concealed in his spacesuit. (Image: NASA) https://t.co/6dz90GLiOr

A video on social media showed the Kevlar-E prototype driving down the street flying a Ukranian flag. 🤔 🎥 Defense Express #engineering https://t.co/E9BtfdD9lD

A recent study points out that ancient Native Americans who lived around North America's Great Lakes thousands of years ago around the Old Copper Culture, or the Old Copper Complex. Find out more at https://t.co/a2NqjT8Pd4 🚀 #Engineering https://t.co/k91FDlgwTZ

A gyascutus is an imaginary large four-legged beast with legs on one side longer than the other so it can walk on hillsides

What better way to celebrate the summer? 🤓 #engineering https://t.co/nHoToZ34Ru

Trials with a 500 square meter kite will begin early next year. 🏄‍♀️ #engineering https://t.co/WnVUC9tlVO

The neutron star has been described as a "cosmic cookie monster." 🌌 #engineering https://t.co/b66bmoMGNh

It took more than a month to find the jet. ✈️ #engineering https://t.co/5iy5PHD4Mu

Marie Curie is well known as the first genius to have snagged two Nobel Prizes. The first came in 1903, when she and her husband, Pierre, were awarded a Nobel Prize in physics for their radiation research. Eight years later, in 1911, she nabbed a Nobel in chemistry for her discovery of radium and polonium. Lesser known are the fascinating details of the brilliant scientist's personal life, including the time she found herself at the center of a spectacular sex scandal.⁠ ⁠ Story at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ #accessibility text: Photo of Marie Curie with text that reads: Marie Curie's Sex Scandal and the Duel It Inspired

He also says that water is the biggest keystone to inhabiting the Red Planet. 🧑‍🔬 #engineering https://t.co/7Kt1CiBUu3

An off shoot of Newton’s apple tree was blown down by storm Eunice. The original tree was blown down by a storm in 1820.

Stanford University-approved airbags offer three times better shock absorbance than other helmets. 🤔 #engineering https://t.co/T0qQOkiTA7

3D-printed mineral foam will revolutionize the construction industry by saving material and weight. 🧼 #engineering https://t.co/O8gGuPU20o

The video was uploaded by Jawed Karim, one of the co-founders of YouTube.

When Sandy Allen was 10 years old, she stood 6 feet, 3 inches tall. By the time she was an adult, Allen was 7 feet, 7 inches—tall enough to hold the Guinness World Record for tallest woman on the planet.⁠ ⁠ It was Guinness that actually helped Allen come to terms with her soaring frame. After reaching adulthood, Allen wrote to the company, hoping that they might be able to put her in touch with someone as tall as she was. Her social life was “practically nil,” she wrote, owing to her self-consciousness. Read Allen's story at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ #accessibility text: Sandy Allen standing next to two girls in 1978.⁠