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‘Tax chief told me to drop sensitive case, said he was secure after acting against Opp leader’

I added the moon to my image of the Andromeda Galaxy to show just how relatively large it is in the sky! [OC]

Pluto's heart-shaped plain, Sputnik Planitia by New Horizon Mission (2015).

I did an exposure lasting a whole 24 hours on the Eastern Veil Nebula - a supernova remnant located about 1,500 light years away in Cygnus.

Juno Passing Jupiter

Hate Crimes Against Minorities Linked to Rise of BJP: Study

“Subhasri died because the banner fell due to wind. If anyone has to be booked, it’s the wind," said AIADMK veteran leader Ponnaiyan regarding the 23-year-old techie's death after an illegal AIADMK hoarding threw her off her scooter.

Photo I took of Mumbai during sunset.

LPT: if someone is vigorously flashing their lights on the other side of the road, there’s a high chance that a cop is up the road waiting for people speeding.

LPT: If you work outside in the cold, cover your feet with baby powder then put a little bit in your socks. It will keep your feet dry and warm throughout the day. It's an old outdoor hockey trick for keeping your feet warm in skates.

Trump told Theresa May he doubted Russia was behind Skripal poisoning

Texas DB Jamison rips the ball away from the receiver in mid-air with one hand.

Trump’s stunning call for China to investigate Joe Biden may have given Xi Jinping all the leverage he needs in the trade war

UFC fighter Nadia Kassem tries a dirty trick against Ji Yeon Kim, gets dropped right after

LPT: If a co-worker asks you how your weekend was, etc., make sure to ask them about theirs in return. They are trying to build a good working relationship with you. To not reciprocate shows you don’t care.

In line with the Dunning-Kruger model, participants overestimated their levels of racial and gender-based egalitarianism, and this pattern was strongest among the most prejudiced participants.

Saturn's moon Enceladus contains building blocks of life

TIL a scientist stationed in Antarctica managed to score a match through Tinder with a woman camping 45 minutes away.

If Donald Trump goes down, he’ll try to take everyone with him

Trump calls for Romney's impeachment

4 Microsoft accounts breached in hack targeting U.S. presidential election - Company says hackers linked to Iran government tried to tamper with 241 accounts

Anime openings

no hate guys

Organized Amazon Warehouse Workers Just Got Two Fired Co-Workers Rehired - Workers at a delivery center in Sacramento asked management on Monday to reinstate two fired co-workers, and they won their request.

LPT: Don’t call out the lies of narcissists to their face.

LPT: If a contractor (plumber, electrician, handyman, etc.) doesn’t return your call or get back to you, call them again. Sometimes they get busy and forget

Is something wrong with me?

UP Government Orders Fresh Probe Into Kafeel Khan [p]

PayPal Pulls Out of Libra, Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Project

A new 3D structure for growing cancer cell cultures could allow doctors to test medications on model tumors they grow from a patient’s own cells, researchers report.

Steam engine being fired up at Darjeeling station. Mt Kanchenjungha in the background.

It really do be like that

LPT: Give a young child only 2 colors of playdough. Either 2 primary or a primary and a matching secondary. When it gets smashed together it will still be nice looking and prolong the time before it looks like a brown mess.

Aspirin, Strangely Enough, Might Protect Our Lungs From Air Pollution: NSAIDs Modify the Effect of Short-Term Air Pollution on Lung Function

One small step for man,one huge step for Doof

LPT: Instead of asking “How was your day?” Say “Tell me about your day”. Then avoid trying to reciprocate by saying anything like “me too, blah blah” and instead just ask five relevant questions in a row. People like to talk about themselves so let them, and you’ll be amazed at what you learn!

LPT: Not sure how much propane is left in the tank? Pour a glass of hot water down the side and then run your hand down it. The tank will be warm from the water until you get to the propane level, and you’ll be able to clearly feel the temp difference.

Men with breast cancer have lower survival rates than women

Astronomers have obtained an extremely high-resolution image showing two disks in which young stars are growing, fed by a complex pretzel-shaped network of filaments of gas and dust. this reveals for the 1st time how matter discarded as stars die is recycled to form new stars and planets.

Road Safety Level : 99999999

I mean that's not false

TIL Theo Jansen has been creating strandbeesten, which are moving kinetic structures, sometimes wind-propelled, that resemble walking animals. All of his models are based on a system of triangles and connecting links which convert the rotation of an axle into a stepping motion of six or more legs.

TIL because of a 1954 report on illiteracy, Houghton Mifflin's edu director gave Theodor Geisel with a list of 348 words he thought 1st graders should learn, asking Geisel to cut it down to 250 and to use those words to write a book. Geisel returned using 236 of them in his book, The Cat in the Hat.

Ron Johnson says he was blocked by President Trump from telling Ukraine foreign aid was coming

Iran-linked group tried to hack U.S. 2020 presidential campaigns, Microsoft says

How confident are you that we will put humans on Mars in our lifetime?

Paralysed man moves in mind-reading exoskeleton

TIL the earth's center is 2.5 years younger than the outside as a result of gravitational time dilation

TIL about the Shope papilloma virus, a virus that can cause rabbits to grow "horns" on their head. This may have led to the myth of the jackalope

Reps Lieu And Rice Call For Bribery Investigation Into NRA Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre