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In 1920, Dorothy Parker met her editor for brunch. He fired her. She ordered the most expensive dessert on the menu and left.

Offsetting carbon emissions can be easier by automating reforestation. 🌳 #engineering https://t.co/c0FLWfUluS

Model S Plaid passed Porsche 991 GT3, McLaren Senna, and McLaren P1 as if they were regular cars on a freeway. 🚗 #engineering https://t.co/0iBTSswzKR

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There have never been any “Good Old Days,” there have just been days. KURT VONNEGUT

Its lifespan might be tied to the changing environment. 🐟 #engineering https://t.co/Oh9b7UNyog

Sally Phillips Becomes A Microbrewery. Like our video and subscribe to the channel if you want more hot content. 🔥 https://t.co/AiodPc09lw

Water sources are limited, and we have to make sure that they are always safe and active, but how? 🌊🤔 Find more at https://t.co/apvIh9nNK2 #engineering https://t.co/flLDHpiaOo

This decades-old debate is still generating heat, and it's about to get really hot in here. 🔥😀 #engineering https://t.co/EKlamJ5grD

Airspeeder will kick off its remote racing series this year before starting piloted racing in 2022. 😮 #engineering https://t.co/re3s53iPNr

Contrary to popular belief, a windmill is not the most efficient on the hilltop. 💨⚡ #engineering https://t.co/AkKyCB6PIy

When Roger Ebert—who was born on this day in 1942—hated a film, he didn't mince words. ⁠ ⁠ Head to the link in our bio for 50 movies the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic absolutely loathed, along with his dry assessments of their value (or lack thereof).⁠ ⁠ #accessibility text: Photo of Roger Ebert holding up an award with text below that reads: "Charlie’s Angels is like the trailer for a video game movie, lacking only the video game, and the movie."

[⬅️Swipe] He simulated 50 games of Hangman for every word in his 90,000 word dictionary and finally had the answer after nearly five million games of Hangman.

Australia summed up in a single picture.

For every mile of British railway laid in the 19th century, a thousand pounds was spent on booze by the construction teams (equivalent to £25,000 today).