Meet the Bagworm Moth Caterpillar who constructs miniature “log cabins” by collecting little twigs and building them into tiny protective houses which they live in! Note how similar the construction is to a strand of DNA. Photo by Nick Bay. Via - Timi Woody #insects #caterpillars

King James IV of Scotland handled this very coin when he personally distributed it as part of a Royal Maundy ceremony in 1512. It's one of the most incredible objects I’ve ever held. This specimen, 1 of just 3 in existence, is from the Lord Stewartby Collection at the @hunterian @CMaclean96 #coins #Scotland #history

Baked Potato Cart. A legitimate fast food lunch option back in the day. #Fastfood #potatoes #history #food

A deer walked into a shop in Colorado, the owner gave her a peanut bar and about 30 minutes later she came back with her whole family, with the kids waiting outside. @NationalGeographic #deer #kindness

Go on a Walk With the Real-Life Master Roshi and His Giant Tortoise Friend, No Dragon Balls in Sight. A 69-year-old funeral director and his 26-year-old pet tortoise are living proof that the internet can still provide joy

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Go on a Walk With the Real-Life Master Roshi and His Giant Tortoise Friend, No Dragon Balls in Sight

A 69-year-old funeral director and his 26-year-old pet tortoise are living proof that the internet can still provide joy.

#Japan #tortoise

While the name of the mooncake varies across Asia, the importance of eating them is universal. (ED: I'm eating them this very day!) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-rebellious-history-of-mooncakes-the-note-passing-dessert-that-liberated-china-180985046/?utm_source=Globalmuseum #Mooncake #Asia

Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of has not so much as received a memorial plaque. Her newspaper obituaries do not mention her greatest discovery. Every high school student knows that Isaac Newton discovered gravity, Charles Darwin discovered evolution & Albert Einstein discovered the relativity of time. But when it comes to the composition of our universe, the textbooks simply say that the most abundant atom in the universe is hydrogen #CeciliaPayne

#Gargoyles reading #books are my favorites. @Kerria

"Godmother of Rock 'n' Roll" Sister Rosetta Tharpe performing "Didn't it rain, children" (1964). @historyinmemes #RocknRoll #music

A famous photograph of a little girl turning away from the loom to the window. This picture became a symbol of the struggle against child labor, USA, 1908. @historyinmemes #Childlabour #childlabor #history #photography