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During the Second World War, British officer John ‘Mad Jack’ Churchill took a sword, a longbow and bagpipes into battle.

Video shows how high you would be able to jump on each planet (full video link in comments)

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TIL fossilization is so rare that scientists estimate less one-tenth of 1% of all the animal species that have ever lived have become fossils.

Find out why the F-35 might be the most expensive failure in military history. 🤔 Find out more information at https://t.co/ybXCGsoMZm #engineering https://t.co/joHiTCNRzr

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The material is thinner than a strand of human hair and able to prevent high-speed particles from penetrating it. 🤓 #engineering https://t.co/4ZEzNR0WGB

These otherworldly sculptures sit at the bottom of the ocean in tropical locations like the Bahamas and Grenada — but what are they doing there in the first place? Artist JasonDecairesTaylor has installed more than 500 underwater cement figures like this one, so they'll become part of the marine ecosystem as coral and other aquatic life grows on them. "As soon as we submerge the sculptures, they're not ours anymore," Taylor says. "They belong to the sea. As new reefs form, a new world literally starts to evolve." Click the link in our bio to learn more about these beautiful and haunting works of art — and how they can help inspire people to protect our reefs and oceans.

Thanks to a hole in its center, the bike has a 69% reduction in drag. 🏍 #Engineering https://t.co/qMPFXyZaJo

We've added another piece to the human evolution puzzle. 🧩 #Engineering https://t.co/yllfrmyebr

TIL that during the final months of World War II, Japan planned to use the Black Plague as a biological weapon against San Diego, California. It was scheduled for September 22, 1945, but Japan surrendered just five weeks before it could happen.

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They didn't deserve him

The building showed signs of sinking between the early- and late-1990s at a rate of a few millimeters a year. 🏢 #Engineering https://t.co/b8uUKeW02z

TIL a teaspoon of seawater typically contains about 50 million viruses.