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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
Samwise Gamgee, The Lord of the Rings 📚
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Aug 9, 2018
Smoke from California's Mendocino Complex Fires creates an unreal sunset 📷
Smoke from California's Mendocino Complex Fires creates an unreal sunset 📷
The fire is now the largest in California history.
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Aug 9, 2018
6 Huge Public-Private Partnerships Will Advance NASA Beyond The Moon 🚀🌑
6 Huge Public-Private Partnerships Will Advance NASA Beyond The Moon 🚀🌑
Exciting new investment of approximately $44 million in NASA have the potential to benefit the economy and advance NASA space technologies.
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Aug 9, 2018
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny their own understanding of their history.
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny their own understanding of their history.
George Orwell
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Aug 5, 2018
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."
Winston Churchill
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Aug 5, 2018
Interesting Facts About Lightning ⚡️
Interesting Facts About Lightning ⚡️
Remember to go indoors when thunder roars!
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Aug 5, 2018
Rare Straight Lightning Bolt Over Zimbabwe ⚡️
Rare Straight Lightning Bolt Over Zimbabwe ⚡️
No zig-zagging. No branching. Expert said this single, straight bolt of lightning was extremely rare!
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Aug 5, 2018
The sun makes up 99.86% of our Solar System's mass ☀️
The sun makes up 99.86% of our Solar System's mass ☀️
The Sun's mass is approximately 1,988,550,000,000,000,000,000 billion kg. Which is equivalent to about 330,000 Earths.
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Aug 5, 2018
Why We Explore: The Birth of NASA 🛰
Why We Explore: The Birth of NASA 🛰
60 years ago today NASA was established after we freaked out about Russia's Sputnik satellite
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Jul 29, 2018
Remembering Roger Federer's First Grand Slam Title: 2003 Wimbledon 🏆
Remembering Roger Federer's First Grand Slam Title: 2003 Wimbledon 🏆
Roger Federer vs Mark Philippoussis
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Jul 8, 2018
Soldiers 'shotgunning' weed in Vietnam
Soldiers 'shotgunning' weed in Vietnam
Archival footage of American soldiers smoking marijuana through the barrel of an unloaded shotgun at base camp near Saigon.
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Jul 8, 2018
Jim Henson's Letter to David Bowie about Labyrinth
Jim Henson's Letter to David Bowie about Labyrinth
David Bowie would later say, "every Christmas a new flock of children comes up to me and says, 'Oh! you're the one who's in Labyrinth!'"
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Jul 8, 2018
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