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    Aug 21

    The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed Wednesday August 23 at 11.30am PT / 6:30pm UTC

    2 replies . 5 retweets 13 likes
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    Want to improve your mental math skills? Learn to calculate faster with these techniques:

    1 reply . 13 retweets 42 likes
  3. 13h

    On this day in 1973: A bank robbery became a hostage crisis in Sweden, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome."

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  4. 17h

    On this day in AD 79: Mount Vesuvius began to stir on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.

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  5. 22h

    Pen-tailed treeshrews do not get drunk off fermented palm nectar.

    1 reply . 7 retweets 8 likes
  6. Aug 22

    On this day in 1711: Attempting to attack Quebec, British forces wrecked 8 ships on the rocks of Pointe-aux-Anglais.

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  7. Aug 21

    Greek astronomer Aglaonice was regarded as a sorceress for her ability to "make the Moon disappear from the sky."

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  8. Aug 21

    Three specific shades of welding glass can be used to make glasses suitable for solar eclipse viewing.

    1 reply . 4 retweets 19 likes
  9. Aug 21

    Rude! Careful not to make any of the management angry.

    HA HA HA I’ve blocked the Sun! Make way for the Moon.
    2 replies . 13 retweets 43 likes
  10. Aug 21

    Hm...looks familiar.

    Guys, look at this photo I took with my computer off of Wikipedia.
    1 reply . 7 retweets 57 likes
  11. Aug 21

    A total solar hasn't been visible across the entire United States since 1918.

    37 retweets 84 likes
  12. Aug 21
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    Everything you need to know about photographing the solar eclipse and putting the results on Wikimedia Commons

    8 retweets 15 likes
  13. Aug 21
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    What is a total eclipse? You can review your knowledge of umbras, penumbras, and antumbras:

    1 reply . 8 retweets 15 likes
  14. Aug 21
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    The total area of the path of totality of today’s eclipse will be about 16% of the area of the United States.

    1 reply . 9 likes
  15. Aug 21

    The last time a total solar eclipse was visible across the entire contiguous United States was in 1918.

    1 reply . 21 retweets 45 likes
  16. Aug 21

    A total solar eclipse is essentially the same event as the Moon occulting the Sun.

    1 reply . 21 retweets 41 likes
  17. Aug 20

    On this day in 1945: Physicist Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped the "Demon core," fatally irradiating himself.

    4 retweets 32 likes
  18. Aug 20

    Miriam Makeba is credited with popularizing the world music and Afropop genres.

    1 reply . 4 retweets 19 likes
  19. Aug 20

    Damascus steel's reputation has inspired legends, such the ability to cut a hair falling across the blade.

    1 reply . 19 retweets 38 likes
  20. Aug 19

    On this day in 1988: A devastating fire struck Yellowstone National Park, consuming over 150,000 acres of land.

    2 replies . 7 retweets 25 likes

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