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He was naughty.
#BREAKING: Play School host and actor "Naughty John" Hamblin has died today aged 87. John was cherished by generations of Australians, presenting the show with a cheeky sense of humour for a whopping 29 years from 1970 to 1999. READ MORE: 9Soci.al/AXIJ50KOMU9 #9News
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More of this hidden engineering should be on display.
The Taipei 101 skyscraper has this damper with a mass of 728 tons & a diameter of 5.4 m. It helps stabilize the building in high winds & earthquakes. This is how it worked during the M6.9 earthquake on September 18, 2022 [📹 HD: buff.ly/3Lmxsx5]
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Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and white stripes on cows. They found that it reduced the number of biting flies landing on the cows by more than 50% [full paper: buff.ly/2Iwp6nj]
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“What have you done?” said Pooh. “I only told you to give Paddington a bit of a scare…” .
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And the closest we get to this is surfing.
Sea lions playing in huge waves near Santa Barbara Island. Credit: Ryan Lawler nitter.cf/SteveStuWill/status/13…
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Ancient Yelp
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#BREAKING: At least three people have been killed after a powerful Earthquake struck Papua New Guinea. DETAILS: 9Soci.al/rxys50KGg5g #9News
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Only in North Queensland do you walk out of your office to a “Did you lose a dragon” sign (on a box with said dragon inside) #LifeintheTropics @jcu @CoralCoE
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Hard to pick a worse example of "useless" math. Statistics, AI, computer graphics, optimization. This concept is everywhere. If you rely on products that require people to collect data and compute a trend, then you've relied on this math. You just might not know it.
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👋 Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants for primary producers, not-for-profit organisations or businesses which felt the brunt of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth or the Central, Southern and Western Queensland floods have been extended. More here👉 statements.qld.gov.au/statem…
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Thoughtful thread
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This guy wins at Linkedin
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Help us learn about Bin-Opening across Oz, including reporting where - you “have” AND “have not” - seen this behaviour rebrand.ly/cockatoos @BigCityBirds1 @DrBarbaraKlump @LucyMAplin Please share @BirdlifeOz @UrbanBirdsOz @CitSciOZ @Sydney_Science @austmus @NSWDPE
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These are just great.
My friend got these pudding cups. (As in, “the proof is in the pudding.”)
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Like a Tiffany window.
It's not stained glass. It's a dragonfly's wing close-up.
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