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Isaac Newton was not a popular lecturer at Cambridge. According to Newton’s assistant, ‘so few went to hear Him, & fewer [...] understood him’ that he ‘read to the Walls.’

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NYPD officer comes face-to-face with a 425-pound tiger living secretly in a Harlem apartment. https://t.co/BPSiQq5pYd

It’s all fun and games until you slip and fall right before a big jump. 🌊😅 Find more at https://t.co/apvIh9Fp8C 🎥 maliahbeachclub / Instagram #engineering https://t.co/ebHtZB5wBm

The Michelin Man-like sails are quickly inflated when conditions are ideal for sailing. 🚢 #engineering https://t.co/04RcnXKd95

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SpaceX is allegedly already in talks with 'several' airlines. 🚀 #engineering https://t.co/eEylEWkuUj

Aerial view of Pyramid of Egypt.

Maybe we should stop trying, 'before it’s too late.' 👽 #engineering https://t.co/hvg0lmtWLs

This common anesthesia often associated with the dentists may have a novel purpose. 😷 #engineering https://t.co/mtXmGt3XW1

AOL's free trial CDs may have been a nuisance throughout the '90s, but they paved the way for an internet boom. 💿 Head to the link in our bio for a history of AOL's free trial CDS. ⁠ ⁠ #accessibility text: Photo of a bunch of CD discs overlapping each other with text that reads: At one point in the 1990s it was estimated that 50 percent of all CDs produced worldwide were for AOL.

On show with the late Grant Wood’s American Gothic, one of the most famed U.S. paintings of its generation, went the models who posed for it, Nan Wood Graham, the painter’s sister, wife of an oil-station operator, and Dr. B. H. McKeeby, a dentist. American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood’s inspiration came from what is now known as the American Gothic House, and a decision to paint the house along with “the kind of people I fancied should live in that house.” The painting shows a farmer standing beside his spinster daughter. The figures were modeled by the artist’s sister and their dentist. The woman is dressed in a colonial print apron evoking 19th-century Americana, and the couple are in the traditional roles of men and women, the man’s pitchfork symbolizing hard labor, and the flowers over the woman’s right shoulder suggesting domesticity. From vintage.everyday_

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100 years ago, on #ThisDayInHistory, Prince Philip was born on the island of Corfu in Greece. He was the queen’s consort for more than six decades, having accompanied her in her official duties and appearances throughout the world. Additionally, he participated in the works of many organizations, particularly favoring those focused on the environment, athletics, and education.

There’s no such thing as a chemical that makes your pee visible in swimming pools.