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we use lasers to vaporize small amounts of enamel from fossil teeth (like this troodontid allowing the released gases to be analyzed for their chemical composition?

This can reveal info about the diet, habitat, and physiology of extinct animals.

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2020-06-26

The town of Chinsurah in 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 was also composed at Chinsurah.

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2020-06-10

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 which arrives today this year.🗓️

"Pipa (loquats)", hanging scroll, Xu Gu, 1895

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2020-05-20

that is by far the most-produced and best-selling car in the world? Produce your own 1st generation

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2020-05-16

DYK: Sheogorath once gave a weapon to a son of Malacath that would drive him insane with bloodlust? After he accidentally murdered an Orc woman with the blade, Sheogorath summoned Malacath to the scene of the crime, and told him he knew the killer's location.
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2020-05-16

DYK: Dremora warriors are distinguished by eight known ranks? They are Varlet, Churl, Caitiff, Kynval, Kynreeve, Kynmarcher, Markynaz, and Valkynaz. It is possible for a Dremora to earn the highest of the non-officer rankings, Kynval, through proving themselves in battle.

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2020-05-14

that there are three major relating to famous and writer and . This is a hand-coloured illustration of The Carpet People by Pratchett held https://t.co/P8amgDGfsW

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2020-05-12

in 1747 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.

🎨 Portsmouth Harbour in 1747

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2020-05-10

DYK: The mage Malkur Valos was raised by a Golden Saint? After his mother died in childbirth, his father summoned a Saint to raise his child. When his father died in a mage's duel, the Golden Saint decided to keep the baby, and took Malkur back with her to the Shivering Isles.

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2020-05-07

What happens when a pirate retires? Find out in Countdown (The School Magazine). DYK? TSM’s Learning Resources are all online https://t.co/8nQrnHYLnD? Includes texts/strategies for group or individual learning/links to NSW syllabus/national curriculum.

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2020-04-27

Did some pixel art of my bby Arkentriste~~~
DYK that this is how I first got into art? Doing Pokemon pixel art? hah

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2020-04-13

. requested that we tackle the Carpow Logboat. We think this is pretty good work by

that the Logboat is over 3000 years old? Read more on the website. https://t.co/Sd0TvD5SQ0

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2020-03-31

A new is reportedly on its way to Nintendo Switch later this year

DYK: The original was supposed to be titled 'Super Mario RPG 2,' but was changed due to legal issues with Square Enix, who co-developed the first Mario RPG

➡️ https://t.co/DgWonYCRwp

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2020-03-30

(1/2) Although spokespeople had existed before, the first official 'Speaker' of the House of Commons was elected in 1377?

His name was Sir Thomas Hungerford, and you can read his bio here... https://t.co/1PWYNLIQCp

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2020-03-28

that manatees closest living relatives are 🐘s?

🖼️ from "Biologia Centrali-Americana", 1 of our 1st digitization projects & a resource still crucial to scientists studying natural history of Central America. : https://t.co/kF2b9sqlWR

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2020-03-25

DYK: Dwemer Cities have names that can be translated to our language? Some examples include:

Bthar-Zel -- Allied City
Kagrenzel -- Music City
Fal'Zhardum Din -- Blackest Kingdom Reaches
Arkngthunch-Sturdumz -- Graveyard of the Ghost Invaders or Where Bread Becomes Toast

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2020-03-24

Mycology is the study of fungi—mushrooms!

Violetta White Delafield was an early 20th century American botanist and mycologist who produced hundreds of beautiful drawings & watercolours of mushroom specimens.

A collection of her illustrations: https://t.co/2MViRZpOwo 🍄🎨

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2020-03-20

Although there are many kinds of bamboo, pandas are selective and will only eat a few varieties.

Tracks of a Panda 🐼

https://t.co/8VaWxdQx9W

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2020-03-16

A 17thc apothecary shop. It's well known we were once the Barber Surgeons but we were also the Incorporation of Surgeon Apothecaries. Find out more about this - sometimes stormy - relationship in our digitised manuscript collections https://t.co/nRFFrujz7z?

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2020-03-10

a high schooler imagined an arch on riverfront 14 years before Eero Saarinen submitted his design of the ? Learn more, then find out what our Teens Make History Exhibitors have been up to with their newest exhibit, https://t.co/JQONSe8Xa0

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2020-03-05