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Be forthright. Own up to your mistakes. Move on. And if nobody was injured, take time to laugh. HENRY FUHRMANN

Last year, scientists decided to send robots into the eye of the storm - to show us what tempestuous hurricanes look like on the inside. https://t.co/uMxy3nMWH5 https://t.co/k5an3laXgm

NASA's next SLS launch attempt has been canceled due to the intensifying Tropical Storm Ian. https://t.co/Ez4HkGjP2o https://t.co/9TSsW2e5a6

A decommissioned U.S. Navy frigate was blasted to smithereens by a variety of anti-ship weaponry during a rare, sophisticated live-fire exercise off the coast of Scotland. https://t.co/l9hGhwK3rx

The cancer types include squamous cell carcinoma and various lymphomas. https://t.co/9ZPQ1QkL1D

The new materials can create products like suitcases or flat-screen casings without the need to call on more raw resources. https://t.co/JBoBik0nAZ

Pakistan 'relied' on bridges constructed by the British during the 2010 floods, claims expert. https://t.co/oN4w8hO9KX

Because diets in poorer countries tend to be higher in fibre, the stool of someone from a low-income country weighs, on average, twice as much as the stool of someone from a high-income country.

The largest horn circumference on a steer ever was achieved by Lurch, an African Watusi steer owned by Janice Wolf from Gassville, Arkansas, USA measuring 95.25 cm (37.5 in) ) on 6 May 2003. 🐃 Two vets measured three times to confirm the incredible circumference. Although they are not the longest horns on record, Lurch's horn span is an impressive 2.1 m (7 ft).   Sadly, Lurch died at 3 p.m. on 22 May 2010 of a cancer at the base of one of the horns.

Strange diamonds only a micron thick and shaped like hexagons. https://t.co/vrtXot0eXm

It offers services on all seven continents of the world. https://t.co/4rOIGt2u9t

Anannatannassamitindriya is a Sanskrit word for the feeling that there must be a word for a feeling that you can’t name. Its literal translation is ‘I-will-come-to-know-what-is-unknown’. https://t.co/m0lNzMsHSw

NASA had hoped to launch Artemis I this week. https://t.co/cdhHz6L72z

It's a lunchtime Qiktionary! We need a common 5 letter word. 4 of the letters are C, Y, P and I, but maybe not in that order. The 5th letter is in the deck. You can download the Qiktionary app on iOS for more word puzzles + facts. https://t.co/6Xkb75Tsfu

A new six-acre island has emerged in the Pacific Ocean. Do you think explosions like this could feasibly create new habitable land?