Salvador Dalí walking his pet anteater in Paris, 1969
Salvador Dalí, the renowned surrealist artist, had a penchant for the unconventional in both his artwork and personal life. One of his most peculiar choices was his pet anteater, which became a symbol of his eccentricity and… Show more
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I'm a history buff who has spent over 40 years researching the heroes resting in Arlington National Cemetery.
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This morning did an early start and took my first damselfly video of the year
Water tension on that dew drop is amazing!
I wonder what goes through their heads when I'm doing these videos?
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In 1991, Michael J. Deas approached Jennifer Joseph with an offer to serve as the live model for the new Torch Lady logo of Columbia Pictures. Deas, renowned for his photorealistic artwork, aimed to create a timeless representation with strong features, and Joseph perfectly fit… Show more
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Hand of an X-ray Technician at the Royal London Hospital in the 1900s.
Physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen unveiled one of the most significant breakthroughs in medical history with the discovery of X-rays. While experimenting with cathode light's ability to penetrate glass,… Show more
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The Swedish warship Vasa. It sank in 1628 less than a mile into its maiden voyage and was recovered from the sea floor after 333 years almost completely intact. It is now housed at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, it is the world's best preserved 17th century ship.
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The clearest image of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spacecraft.
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#OTD in 1907, the Great White Fleet departed Hampton Roads to circumnavigate the world in a 14 month, 43,000 mile journey that included 20 port calls across six continents. The mission helped accomplish Theodore Roosevelt's goal of establishing the U.S. as a global naval power.
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50 years ago #OTD. One of my absolute favourite photos from the Apollo programme.
2 miles away, the Lunar Module, Challenger - Cernan and Schmitt's home for 3 days, sits quietly on the Taurus-Littrow valley floor, dwarfed by the spectacular lunar landscape.
#ApolloRemastered
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Six days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, #OTD in 1941, CDR William Sullivan (left) was appointed the first Supervisor of Salvage.
Under his leadership, 9 Pearl Harbor ships were refloated in 3 months, the first Navy salvage school was founded, and USS Lafayette was refloated.
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From Nov. 27 to Dec. 13, 1950, a brutal battle was fought at the Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War. ~30,000 U.S. & U.N. troops faced ~120,000 enemy combatants. 11 Americans were awarded the Medal of Honor for valor. Eight of them are buried or memorialized at ANC. #MOHatANC
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10 December 1824: The Marquis de Lafayette addresses the US House of Representatives in its chamber, he is the first foreign dignitary to do so
#onthisday #ushistory #19thcentury
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For so long I’ve dreamt of taking a photo like this. By some miracle the clouds cleared tonight just minutes before the Mars/Moon occultation. Setting up the fastest I ever have, I was able to take this photo of an incredible celestial alignment!
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The Security Service of Ukraine respects confidentiality of cats 👍🐈🇺🇦
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This is the moment Mars peeked out from behind our moon after being hidden for an hour. This shot was captured using my largest telescope and a special high-speed camera. Seeing another planet rising on the horizon of our moon was such a surreal experience.
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In the 1880s, the Harvard Observatory director was frustrated with his staff, and would say "My Scottish maid could do better!" So, he hired his Scottish maid. Williamina Fleming, who went on to discover tens of thousands of stars and more.
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Great demonstration of static electricity.
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How Darth Vader sounded on the set of STAR WARS (played by David Prowse), and after he was dubbed by James Earl Jones.
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Aerial footage of a volcanic eruption captured by Bjorn Steinbekk.
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Lt Col Jimmy Stewart. 453rd BG , 703rd BS. He led his squadron of B-24s over Germany 20 some times. Starting as Private Stewart he retired as Brigadier General after 27 years. Thank you Sir. #WWII
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The oldest known image of a human face ‒ this woolly mammoth ivory portrait head was sculpted over 25,000 years ago at Dolní Věstonice.
Image: Brno Museum, Czech Republic
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There's a lonely grave in Flanders Where a brave young hero sleeps; There's a cottage home in England Where a mother sits and weeps.
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Anchored 350 yards away, USS Mindanao (ARG-3) suffered heavy damage from the USS Mount Hood explosion. Fragments punched holes throughout the hull and superstructure. 180 of the Mindanao's crewman were killed and injured in the incident.
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#OTD in 1944, the ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded near Papua New Guinea. The blast was so violent that it destroyed 22 other vessels. 295 sailors on board the Mount Hood were obliterated, their remains never found. The cause of the disaster was never determined.
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A rare snow leopard roaming on Mount Everest at 18,000ft, photo published in today by Kittiya Pawlowski. What a shot!
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BREAKING 🚨: NASA confirms a large section from the Challenger disaster has been found
Thus far, only 47% of the space shuttle has been recovered
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#OnThisDay 1920 the destroyer HMS VERDUN sailed from Boulogne with the body of Britain's Unknown Warrior. The Unknown Warrior was buried in
the following day to remember the unknown British dead from #WW1 (The war to end all wars) #Remember
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Numerous "sightings" of Kiss were reported after the war in Romania, Turkey and even New York as late as the 1930s, and there were rumors that he'd joined the French Foreign Legion under the name Hoffman. However, Kiss' eventual fate remains unknown.
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Police found out that he'd been wounded and was recuperating in a military hospital in Serbia, but when they showed up, they found that he'd placed the body of a dead soldier in his hospital bed and run away. He was never caught.
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Police sketch of Béla Kiss, an Austro-Hungarian serial killer who murdered at least 24 women and stored them in metal drums behind his house. He was conscripted into the army in 1914, and when police discovered his "collection" in 1916, he used the turmoil of war to disappear.
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There are treasures in the collection that will give you goosebumps when you see it. This is one of them: Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation in Abraham Lincoln’s hand.
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