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"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." HUNTER S. THOMPSON

From artificial tidal wave machine to a thought camera, Tesla had interesting ideas. 😲 #engineering #Tesla #inventions https://t.co/lY4C52xHQj

With metal hinges and few screws, you can make a cool wooden foldable laptop stand. 🔩🔩 Find more at https://t.co/gq3dJOC7Ox 🎥 Hobby Room #engineering https://t.co/38CgNyhr1H

The term pi was introduced in 1706, before that it was know as ‘the quantity which when the diameter is multiplied by it, yields the circumference’. Happy pi day! https://t.co/Xua7techGf

Pi is both naughty and nice. Find out why. 😁 #engineering https://t.co/aVSVHrti8f

Not sure what to watch tonight? How about one of the three episodes of QI XL currently streaming on iPlayer? https://t.co/AfhXlU4pgo

This iconic mask design protects you from a possible virus 🦠 😀 Find more at https://t.co/gq3dJOC7Ox 🎥 Plastique Fantastique #engineering https://t.co/adZUFMx9YO

The plants have now been placed in conservation. 🌱 #engineering #plants #extinct https://t.co/MCHWIIsisl

The more evangelical Christians there are in a US state, the more Google searches there will be for "male enhancement and enlargement" products.

Your pets will be very happy with this! 🐶 Find more at https://t.co/gq3dJOC7Ox 🎥 @thompsonwoodworks #engineering https://t.co/z5gkkjQfcW

These different mulch layers are used for all kinds of fields and conditions but they all work really well. 🧐 Find more at https://t.co/apvIh9Fp8C 🎥 Terrateck #engineering https://t.co/wzsFfPGCza

People who work remotely purchase 7% larger homes.

About one in five meerkats (mostly infants) are killed by members of their own species, compared with just over one percent of humans whose deaths were linked to violence, whether murder or war.

Albert Einstein was born on #ThisDayInHistory in 1879. After he made his name with four scientific articles published in 1905, he went on to win worldwide fame for his general theory of relativity and the Nobel Prize in Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect in 1921.

Get ready to have your mind blown! 🤯 This gorgeous image from photographer StephenWilkes actually shows a single location captured over the course of 24 hours. Besides this watering hole in the Serengeti, he's used his fascinating technique to document other natural wonders like the ice sheets in Greenland and the cliffs of Yosemite National Park. Wilkes wants his work to open people's eyes to the beauty of nature — and to the precarious place that climate change has put us all in. "Nature reveals itself to us in unique ways, if we stop and look at the world through a window of time," he says. To see more of Wilkes' incredible time-lapse photos, head to the link in our bio. (PS: Want to learn more about how to protect beautiful natural habitats like this? Visit TEDCountdown to learn more about our climate change initiative and how you can take action.)⁠ ⁠ [Image: Stephen Wilkes]