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In May 2019 the black hole at the centre of our galaxy briefly became 75 times brighter than usual and scientists aren’t sure why.

Watch marines fly with jetpacks and land on a speeding ship 🤩 Find out more information at https://t.co/55SZRadusx 🎥 @takeonGravity #engineering https://t.co/8V4Askox5b

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Justice. #wtffunfacts #wtffunfact

This unique prosthesis can do daily tasks with high precision 😄🤖 Find more at https://t.co/apvIh9nNK2 🎥 @NPDevices #engineering https://t.co/ureoDZa9UC

The cicadas are coming! 🪰 Billions of Brood X cicadas have been living underground for the last 17 years. They're ready to emerge this month, en masse—probably at a park near you. #CicadaWatch2021 But what do they do all those years underground? How do they survive? These and other questions, including how you might be able to experience this incredible phenomenon, will be answered by Museum Curator Jessica Ware during The Scientist Is In, a (free) family-friendly program taking place tomorrow at 2 pm ET. Bonus: Insect chef BrooklynBugs will be sharing his cicada recipes with us! #LinkInBio Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY 2.0, flickr

Basic structure of an Irish fairytale: Don’t do the thing. Does the thing. Death. RÓISÍN MCNALLY (@Roisin_McNally)

A bee extending its tongue means a positive test result in this unusual testing method. 🐝 #Engineering https://t.co/ttX83zbiWr

Action figures have been getting more muscular.

Vitalik Buterin is the youngest of Ethereum's seven co-founders. 💵💥 #engineering https://t.co/CB8ljHT2bA

Immediately before signing a trade embargo against Cuba, JFK had his press secretary buy over 1000 Cuban cigars for him.

The toddler's ancient remains provided an intimate look into the minds and hearts of humans that lived 78,000 years ago. 💀 #engineering https://t.co/iyfC6drPEo

The company, which also happens to be Vietnam's first automaker, is also in the works to expand over to Europe and North America. 📈🤔 #engineering https://t.co/GZQ53BRFbE

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In 1824, Lord Byron noticed that a member of his brigade in Greece had been frightened during a recent earthquake. Two days later, Byron had several soldiers come to the man’s house and shake it, mimicking an earthquake.