Although there is no official solid boundary for where space begins, the Kármán line sits at 62 miles above sea-level and is conventionally used as the start of outer space in space treaties or for aerospace records keeping.🤓🤩😊👇

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The wanted to ratify their coins! Find out more about the story on our Online Talk by historian & numismatist Dr Shailendra Bhandare on Sat, 6 Jun, 7 pm IST. Book now at https://t.co/ZH98rHFEiT

Pic: Milind Shimpi

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Another day on aerosol Earth. Produced in real time, the Goddard Earth Observing System calculates the presence of types of aerosols, tiny solid particles and liquid droplets, as they circulate above the entire planet.🤯🥺👇
Cr: Joshua Stevens
https://t.co/mGnrp7FhtK

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NASA Measures Wind Speed on a Brown Dwarf!
For the first time, scientists have directly measured wind speed on a brown dwarf, an object larger than Jupiter (the largest planet in our solar system) but not quite massive enough to become a star.
https://t.co/hH3ylXpYP4

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adalah arkeolog amatir.
Dia mengikuti berbagai penggalian dan tinggal di situs arkeologi di TimTeng dan Afrika Utara dengan suami keduanya, Max Mallowan. Christie memotret artefak-artefak dan membersihkannya dengan krim muka miliknya sendiri.

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On March 4, 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took the 1st photos of rings around Jupiter. This was the first time anyone saw Jupiter’s rings. Jupiter's rings are so thin and faint, it is difficult to see them from Earth with telescopes.🤩🤓🤯
https://t.co/nPMhW71FXz

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Hey everyone, yet another amazing astrophotographer who deserves a follow. Just check out some of his incredible images!!!🤯🤯🤯🤩🤩🤩👇👇👇
https://t.co/ZhRSrzxe9u https://t.co/O8pKGldGrw

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This picture is actually the addition of ten consecutive images taken by the same camera from the same location. The images were well planned to exclude direct light from the famous Uruguayan lighthouse. The bright dot on the right is Jupiter. 🤩
Cr: Mauricio Salazar

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City of Melbourne on a Friday night!!
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Confectioners starting making synthetic following WWII when it was popularised due to inclusion in soldiers' rations. Before, it was made of natural latex tapped from ~ the tree. Looks like chicle is making a comeback.

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that are greatest gallery and also one of the first modern museums in history. They were built in 1560-80 to house offices (uffici) for Duke Cosimo I and as a gallery for Francesco I to display the Medici art treasures.

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Audubon collection was acquired in 1861 through fundraising efforts of 92 donors who raised $1,030 to purchase this breathtaking wildlife art. Happy !

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As a young boy, Paul Verlaine had read Charles Baudelaire‘s Les fleurs du mal, inspiring him to write.

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry never saw his book "The Little Prince" published in his home country (France).
📖"All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it."

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The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention is the first black comic book convention recognizing comic, sci-fi and fantasy creators and fans. It was founded in 2002 that has paved the way for more black conventions of the like nationwide.

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The size, number, position, relief & type of blemish present determines a clarity grade. https://t.co/0CZ4Gn8Fbq

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Wales has more castles per square mile than any other country in the world!

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Novelist and poet Hermann Hesse worked in bookshops until the publication of his novel "Peter Camenzind".

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As a young boy, Paul Verlaine had read Charles Baudelaire‘s Les fleurs du mal, inspiring him to write.

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T. E. Lawrence lost the manuscript of "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" at Reading railway station.

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