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Happy Easter 🐰#history #easter

The Swiss Army are going to trial issuing female soldiers with women's underwear instead of men's.

Watch as the process of honing helps with the lubrication of the piston rings. 🥰 Find more at https://t.co/gq3dJOC7Ox 🎥 andreassjoodin/ Instagram #engineering https://t.co/eVPp19Pjs2

Ancient astronaut theories have been popular for some time, but does that mean they're true? 👩🏽‍🚀 #engineering #aliens #astronauts https://t.co/o22gdf3sbn

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Allan, an engineer who dared speak the truth against the odds, recently passed away at 83. 😲 #engineering #McDonald #Challenger https://t.co/wXcIl2is1H

An in-depth look at exactly how amputee football is played and the physical demands of the sport. ⚽ #engineering #football #amputee https://t.co/j6D89dAhsD

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1968, just after 6 pm, Martin Luther King, Jr. was fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. Just one year prior in 1967, he delivered a speech entitled “Beyond Vietnam” in front of 3,000 people in New York City. In it, he said there is a common link forming between the civil rights and peace movements and called for an end to the Vietnam War. To learn more about this moment in history, visit the link in our bio.

Saw this in the park yesterday. Figured I'd share it with you all.

TIL in 2015, Microsoft released a study showing that the average human attention span has dropped to eight seconds, down from twelve in the year 2000, making us apparently more distracted than goldfish.

There is a man walking around with pet ostriches in my city

Just like my household in the lockdown.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #DiplyFacts #DidYouKnow #TrueFacts #ThatsAFact #FactOfTheDay #TrueStory

Welcome to the trippy side of physics. 💠 #engineering #crystals #space https://t.co/jRXaJtmwc6

Even if you don't think you're a "touchy" person, you're probably missing those everyday hugs, handshakes and pats on the shoulder more than you know. Not only does touch provide us with some very real emotional and social benefits, it can also reduce our pain and stress. Click the link in our bio to find out about our biological need for physical touch and learn 4 ways to soften its absence from your life.

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