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Born #Today in 1906, Grace Hopper was computer scientist, pioneer of computer programming, developer of COBOL and United States Navy rear admiral

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Stare at the red dot on her nose for 30 seconds, then look at a plain wall while blinking fast and discover what is an afterimage

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Using long exposure photography and a custom built lighting rig covered in colored gels, Daniel Mercadante created what he calls Rainbow Roads

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The Great Lake system profile vs the Atlantic Ocean vs Lake Baikal

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At first glance this photos by Andre Ermolaev looks like a twisting abstract painting, but in reality it's an aerial photo of rivers flowing through Iceland’s endless beds of volcanic ash

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This is what Greenland would look like without ice: it would show an enormous lake right in the center of the landmass

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Bats and dolphins evolved echolocation in the same way (down to the molecular level). An analysis revealed that 200 genes had independently changed in the same way and this is an extreme example of convergent evolution [read more: https://t.co/dK4loETTMG]

We can see the shape of the invisible magnetic fields on the Sun because they guide the motion of the plasma – the loops and towers of material in the corona glow brightly in EUV images. This is a model that visualizes them [video, NASA: https://t.co/Zdiz6a3uWe]

The number of finger joints on each hand (excluding the thumb) makes it possible to count to 12 by using the thumb. Egyptians and Babylonians were fond of counting in base twelve like this and this is why we have 24 hours in a day & 60 minutes in an hour https://t.co/zIZ5sMvBZq

Mass-produced and sold throughout the US as early as the beginning of the 20th century, chicken eyeglasses were intended to prevent feather pecking and cannibalism. Their lenses were mainly rose-colored, to prevent aggressive behavior linked to blood sight https://t.co/UMWBgEi1lL