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The nicknames given to Dublin dock workers in the 20th century include 'Silent Pencil' Fulham, 'Eat the Baby' Carras, and 'Two Thumbs' Murphy, who actually had three thumbs.

These batteries are made from nuclear waste and could last thousands of years. 💎 #Engineering https://t.co/RVfByoIozt

The study postulates that starved bacteria can have lifespans that can last up to 100,000 years. 🦠 #engineering https://t.co/LxNQdDrHNn

The vaccine was previously cancelled as it caused HIV false positives. 💉 #engineering https://t.co/PYvxQwGpFW

The image has a “seeing quintuple” effect due to gravitational lensing. 🛰 #engineering https://t.co/sYiwSqA95q

After John Coltrane died in 1967, a small sect was founded in San Francisco called the Yardbird Temple which worshipped him as a god, and Charlie Parker as the equivalent to John the Baptist. https://t.co/Oq0RxuHKtx

This is how carbon fiber cover components and tubes are made 🧐 🎥 Easy Composites Ltd / YouTube #engineering https://t.co/yBN22MOuQ2

As the effects of climate change worsen, we may start to see more and more grizzly and polar bear hybrids. 🐻 #engineering https://t.co/qQ12lApk9u

Word of the day: QUAALTAGH, n. the first person you meet when you leave the house (from the Manx language).

The drug dealer's 36 bitcoins soared tenfolds in value during his time in custody. 💸 #engineering https://t.co/hCZ99NoYHK

If a painter has a finished canvas in mind, he is an illustrator. JONATHAN MEADES

Cuttlefish are better at remembering what they ate for lunch last Wednesday than most humans. https://t.co/9vcM7PRpMO

This is the world’s biggest airplane ‘boneyard’, with almost 4,000 aircraft. ✈️ #engineering https://t.co/Wo5k974jJU

Scientists are looking to nature to develop alternatives to plastic. Mushrooms could do the trick. 🍄 #engineering https://t.co/4hVHNnLoKF

The images were later turned into a kind of gif 😀 #engineering https://t.co/5w1Jrumn9t