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This custom-made post-apocalyptic beauty is a showstopper. 🏍️ #engineering #steampunk #motorcycle https://t.co/UcdDQC0mOJ

Build yourself a cool crane truck by "simply" assembling and painting its pieces. 🚚 Find out more at https://t.co/JIxLjo2nt5 🚀 #engineering https://t.co/mZPJeuavTh

The invention frees up 20% more light from organic light-emitting diodes. 💡 #engineering #OLED #light https://t.co/xLpn6LobS1

Black holes are known to be nasty objects, but how likely are you to survive falling into one? 🌌 #engineering #black #hole https://t.co/4QeddI5Aoa

Some animals have sperm 20 times the size of their bodies. 💦 #engineering #sperm #size https://t.co/2xOEieirP0

When the US Postal Service was established, it had an eleven pound weight limit but no restrictions on what you could mail. An Ohio couple therefore sent their baby to visit his grandmother - by post. He only cost $0.15 to mail but was insured for $50. https://t.co/7OKHcH2I0e

Did you know you have 2 brains? 🧠🧠 Well, not literally. Scientists often call the gastrointestinal tract your 2nd brain — because it’s in constant contact with the one in your skull! That’s why just thinking about food can lead your stomach to start secreting enzymes, or why giving a speech can lead to your feeling queasy. According to gut-brain neuroscientist — and TEDFellow — Diego Bohórquez, learning more about the way guts and brains communicate could someday lead to new treatments for disordered eating, PTSD, chronic stress and more. Visit the link in our bio to learn more about how your two brains talk to each other.

One of Yellowstone National Park’s most popular attractions is its collection of geothermal features, an umbrella term that includes geysers, hot springs, fumaroles, mudpots, and travertine terraces. With more than 10,000 of such phenomena, Yellowstone is home to more than half of the world’s supply of geothermal features, including 1283 active and extinct geysers spread across nine geyser basins.⁠ ⁠ 📷: briandoylephoto

Get razor-shape knives with this handy sharpening guide. 🔪 Find out more information at https://t.co/eZK9NFozI9 #engineering https://t.co/nx2QruXdLn

If you want to get a perfectly tiled and waterproofed bathroom floor, watch this video on how to handle the area adjacent to the tub. 😲 Find out more: https://t.co/JRpfXs7ent 🎥 @schluterNA #engineering https://t.co/CB3mu0cVxX

Word of the day: CONCILIABULE - a secret meeting of those hatching a plot

Your security is too important to leave things to chance: start strengthening your gates with metal today. 👷🏻‍♂️ Find out more information at https://t.co/gIQRcWRqKX #engineering https://t.co/g3lXpcT0l9

In December 1952, 12,000 people died in a killer fog. Scientists have only recently determined why. 😲 #engineering #London #fog https://t.co/BlQIw4d6S8

The explosion of the 'Tsar Bomba' was the equivalent to 50 million tons of TNT. 😲 #engineering #Russia #nuclear https://t.co/xKSAfF0lgH