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#DYK @DenaliNPS, home to the tallest mtn in No Am and lower Cantwell Fm (Cret), a rock unit that contains an incredible record of dinosaurs. Sed environments for Cantwell include alluvial fans and braided streams. A reasonable modern analog can be seen in western Brooks Range.
Happy Air 20th anniversary!
DYK president Baba brought Hinoue Itaru and illustrator Mikipon on a round trip to the midnight release of Air in Akihabara. Meanwhile, Maeda was at home F5ing 2chan to check for fan comments.
(Hinoue's illustration of this made for the Maeda Lab)
🐚This image is shellabrating a milestone - over 11k views on @Flickr! #DYK you can find beautiful scientific illustrations from our collections to download?
See "Shells and their inmates" (1841): https://t.co/iAdPe64AHn .
Full book in @BioDivLibrary: https://t.co/GHL9EcgFBH
Your Museum #YourSay
🌍#DYK that in 2019 #AmgueddfaCymru declared a climate emergency?
🏞️We are committed to playing our role in securing the future of the planet
Tell us how you think the museum can make a difference
➡️https://t.co/VG5CLQjsZD
#DYK today is #NationalRadioDay? Highlighting two @USNavy Radiomen, learn about the sacrifice and tale of twin brothers stationed on the same ship during the invasion of Normandy: https://t.co/LRHozb8Ix0
#DYK that each session of cadets that trains to become Salvation Army officers have a different sessional name? We collect the commissioning brochures for each session in our archive which also all have different, beautiful covers like these.
Here's some plant love to kick off the week! 🌿♥️
DYK #beautyberry produces compounds that restore the activity of certain antibiotics to #MRSA? We're learning more about the healing power of plants every day!
Art credit to the incredibly talented @LoyXecology! #Emory #SciComm
#DYK we have a #podcast? #BatChat is presented and produced by @SteveRoeBatMan. In every episode, Steve gets experts as well as local heroes to share their stories from the bat conservation movement. https://t.co/Jycv1dp5fq
#DYK that creatives behind @LovingVincent are working on another film?
The painted adaptation of @NobelPrize winning novel #ThePeasants by #WladyslawReymont.
Again, each frame will be a painting, this time inspired by the 19th century artistic #YoungPoland movement.
DYK: It would take over 3 million average-sized milkshakes to fill up an Olympic-sized pool?
#dairy #milkshake #milkshakemagic #milkshakefacts
#DYK: legs of crane and turtle, thieves tell us how to divide the sum, and the circular constant without Pi? Since the 17th century, people have enjoyed #wasan, #JapaneseMath not only as study but also as entertainment. More from #JapanLibrary https://t.co/K2zE3nTNLq
Proud to announce that I've been sponsored by @grindincoffeeco, a black LGBTQ+ owned company! DYK that they donate 50% of their merch sales to charity on top of delivering premium HQ coffee all over the world? Order at https://t.co/tUGd1NKBgA and use MYBACKLOGBATTLE for -15%!
#DYK we use lasers to vaporize small amounts of enamel from fossil teeth (like this troodontid #dinosaur), allowing the released gases to be analyzed for their chemical composition?
This can reveal info about the diet, habitat, and physiology of extinct animals.
#FossilFriday
#DYK The town of Chinsurah in #WestBengal was home to the Dutch, British, Armenians & Bengalis between the 17th & 19th centuries. It was an important trading center for the Dutch East India Company. India's national song #VandeMataram was also composed at Chinsurah.
Sweet&sour, these juicy loquats are ideal appetizers, refreshing your throat and your stomach.😋#DYK that eating loquats is typical on 'Xiaoman' (lesser fullness), the 8th of Chinese 24 #SolARTerms, which arrives today this year.🗓️
"Pipa (loquats)", hanging scroll, Xu Gu, 1895
#DYK that #Toyota #Corolla is by far the most-produced and best-selling car in the world? Produce your own 1st generation #papercraft!
#DYK that there are three major #SpecialCollections relating to famous #fantasy and #sci-fi writer #TerryPratchett @SenateHouseLib @TCDResearchColl and @LivUniSCA. This is a hand-coloured illustration of The Carpet People by Pratchett held @SenateHouseLib #collectionsunited https://t.co/P8amgDGfsW
#DYK in 1747 #Portsmouth elected an MP posthumously?
Edward Legge, a Naval Officer serving in the West Indies, was elected on 15 Dec. News later arrived that Legge had in fact passed away 87 days prior, on 19 Sept. #LocalHistory @PortsCityMuseum
🎨 Portsmouth Harbour in 1747