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Odd moment in the six nations match between England and Wales

I like Minecraft

LPT: If you're feeling down or going through a hard time, take 3 minutes each morning to write down 5 things you're grateful for. It might be as simple as a hot cup of coffee or snuggles from your cat. But it can set your day up for positivity and keeping things in perspective.

An Unfixable Flaw Threatens 5 Years of Intel Chips

U.S. judge says Amazon likely to succeed on key argument in contract challenge

The right wanted to destroy the "administrative state": Coronavirus is why we need it. For three years, Trump has destroyed the federal government from within. Now we begin to see the true price

Night sky over Turtuk(one of the Northern most Village in India) - Ladakh | Equipment - Nikon D810A + 50mm | 1600 x 1068

I am truly a generous god

How a Russian Billionaire With a Criminal Past Became a Major Investor in Lyft and other US tech firms.

Trump inaccurately claims the Obama administration is to blame for slowing down diagnostics testing

I used a telephoto lens to photograph the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex as it rose above the horizon in Saskatchewan, Canada [OC]

Melotte 15

I extracted most of the stars out of my 10 image, 50 megapixel Milky Way mosaic to show just how detailed the core of our galaxy is! Link to a 4k version in the comments [OC]

The top photo was my first attempt ever at astrophotography 4 months ago. The bottom photo was last nights attempt

Patriarch of Pandemics: The yearly seasonal flu is a direct descendant of the virus that caused the 1918 flu pandemic that killed 40 million people at the end of WWI.

TIL Sanora Babb was writing a book about the Dust Bowl but John Steinbeck stole her notes to write The Grapes of Wrath, and as it was felt the market couldn’t support two books about the subject, her book remained unpublished until 2004.

TIL the song we commonly associate with clowns and circuses is actually a military march titled "Entrance of the Gladiators"

TIL that Walt Disney took out multiple loans to finance Snow White, evening mortgaging his own house to pay for it. At the time, insiders in the film industry thought the film would bomb and called it “Disney’s Folly”. Even Walt’s wife, Lillian, thought it would bomb.

TIL that, in America, before TV was on 24 hours, there was a nightly sign off where the Star Spangled Banner was played and an image of the American flag was shown before the TV cut to static.

Edit of a old format

History of the URL

Researchers One Step Closer to Creating Organic Batteries

Chlamydia cousin discovered in deep Arctic Ocean

LPT: 70% Isopropyl alcohol is a better disinfectant for biological organisms than 90%. Higher numbers aren't always better.

FCC could require phone companies to authenticate calls | Engadget

Physicists Are Studying Mysterious ‘Bubbles of Nothing’ That Eat Spacetime

TIL, a bank teller refused to cash Charlize Theron's check when she first came to Hollywood; so she engaged in a shouting match with him. A talent agent, waiting behind her, handed her his business card and subsequently introduced her to casting agents. She made her film debut several months later.

Created a surfing edit of John John Florence and his brother Nate. If you guys could let me know what you think of this vid that I made, it would mean a lot! (The actual camera work isn't me, just the editing)

Sources: Angels fire visiting clubhouse manager for aiding opposing pitchers.

The Shaq Rainbow

NASA declares Starliner mishap a “high visibility close call”

And now, a word from Juno at Jupiter [4K UHD]

LPT: If you are using a gas mask, Check your filter! Don't use damaged and old filters, a lot contain Asbestos.

Neurobiological changes associated with aging can be seen at a much younger age than would be expected, in the late 40s. However, the study also suggests that this process may be prevented or reversed based on dietary changes

LPT: 17 tips for Working From Home (it dosesn't have to be a pain in the neck!)

More than 12,000 people demand that Congress reject the dangerous, new EARN IT Act

eBay bans sales of face masks, hand sanitizer amid coronavirus price gouging.

SXSW cancelled due to coronavirus

The male Karen

A Right-Wing Billionaire Was Just Convicted of Bribery, and He’s Dragging Republicans Down With Him

Trump Org charged taxpayers eight times more for Secret Service stays than it claimed: documents

LPT: When someone says something stupid in response to your post or comment, do not respond. Don't argue. Let others do it.

Shaun Stevenson pass to Brad Weber for the try - [WAR CHI] Super Rugby 2020

30 years ago this month, the Indiana Boys Basketball State Championship drew over 41,000 fans!

Under a Democratic President, McConnell Vows a Return to Total Obstruction - Nothing will happen on any of the issues that Americans care about as long as he is the senate Republican leader.

LPT: Doctors, Lawyers and Accountants are the three professionals who can't do their job if you don't tell them the whole truth. It's in your best interest. Help them help you.

Thirdhand smoke—where toxic chemicals off-gas from a smoker's clothes—may be more hazardous than previously thought. A new study analyzed the air quality of a smoke-free movie theater after moviegoers arrived, finding the toxic emissions were equivalent to one to 10 cigarettes of secondhand smoke.

Little tissue, big mission: Johns Hopkins University will send heart muscle tissues, contained in a specially-designed tissue chip the size of a small cellphone, up to the microgravity environment of the International Space Station (ISS) for one month of observation.

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Snaps Its Highest-Resolution Panorama Yet, Curiosity Mars Rover Snaps 1.8 Billion-Pixel Panorama.

LPT: Be conscious of noise/volume creep. Tinnitus is a slow and insidious killer, and once it starts, it can never be reversed. Checking volumes regularly and turning things down will preserve your hearing.