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“Starlink Ocho”

Journey to Space with Falcon 9

I used a small amateur telescope to capture the shockwave of a star that exploded 15,000 years ago [OC]

Finally! A sunspot appeared this week - it's been a while. I stayed on target with it for 50 minutes and created this time-lapse of it.

LPT: That loofah your about to throw away makes a great scrubber for the soap scum on your shower walls

LPT: If you or your family own a business, you should claim said business on Google to accurately update information such as hours and or temporary closures.

Scientists closer to unravelling the mystery of anesthesia and consciousness

Police Have Long History of Responding to Black Movements by Playing the Victim

Judd Apatow: ‘Trump is not intellectually capable of leading our country’

Her gift is a blessing and a curse

Gotta hate the player, not the game.

Modi has to stop treating himself like a celebrity!

TIL a man from Michigan tipped the FBI the exact location of Osama Bin Laden in 2003. They didn't take his tip seriously, and it took eight more years before they ended up killing him in the exact location he told them. There was also a $25 million reward for the info he gave them which went unpaid.

Admiral from bin Laden raid: US 'needs to move forward without' Trump

Trump has trouble lifting glass of water during West Point graduation speech

It worked right?

Texans' J.J. Watt says taking a knee isn't about the American flag

LPT: when you start reaching the bottom of your mustard jar/bottle, add some oil and vinegar and shake vigorously. You now have a ready-to-use bottle of vinaigrette.

LPT: when taking family group photos at special events, take one with and without significant others (non-married).

Brazil opens equatorial launch site to commercial craft

Ram Ke Naam (In the name of God) - a documentary by Anand Patwardhan (1991)

The size of the global economy was nearly $120 trillion in 2017 measured by new PPPs, and over half of economic activity was in low- and middle-income economies

TIL: In 2005, a 12-year-old Ethiopian girl who was abducted and beaten by men trying to force her into a marriage was found being guarded by three lions who had chased off her captors.

For the first time ever, a spacecraft has sent back pictures of the sky from so far away that some stars appear to be in different positions than we'd see from Earth. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft observed interstellar parallax from the outer reaches of the solar system, 7 B kilometers from home.

Please help. My friend is fighting for her life. She is only 19. It would mean the world to me if you guys can donate or even just spread this around. Anything helps.

Voter turnout soared in Georgia despite massive primary day problems | Democrats cast close to a million votes in the Senate primary, more than triple the number in the 2016 primary.

People that work east from where they live may share this opinion

So you have chosen death

LPT: if you have trouble understanding a problem write out a full post describing it as if you were asking the internet for help. Having to describe a problem in detail will force you to understand it well enough for others to understand it.

TIL When babies are born in Thailand, it is common for people to say the baby is ugly. There is a superstition that attractive babies will be taken by evil spirits. It is impolite to say positive things about the baby.

LPT: Never Argue with a Nihilist, Conspiracy Theorist, or Anyone Who Disregards Obvious Established Truths (Like Flat-Earthers)

LPT: Don't expect something in return just because you did someone a favor.

LPT: If you are walking your dog and it doesn't want to move and it's sunny, it might be because the floor is too hot for his paws.

LPT:A reminder to parents giving the PS5 as a Christmas Gift Open the box up and update everything that way your kid can play it when they open it instead of waiting 7 hours for all the needed downloads.

LPT: Consider discussing with your family the idea that none of you will exchange holiday gifts for adults this year (except for kids) . It takes a lot of financial and emotional stress burden off of everybody... especially this year as it’s been tough for so many.

China has been defeated by the news anchors

TIL Dogs suffer from almost every psychiatric disorder that afflicts humans, except one - schizophrenia.

TIL students uncovered a village in Canada that is 10,000 years older than the Pyramids

Oh the horror

3 hours of Space Station footage in 1 Minute | Timelapse

Giving cash to poor families may also save trees in Indonesia. The country's anti-poverty program is associated with a 30 percent reduction in tree cover loss in villages.

TIL about Loving Day, June 12th; the day that Mildred and Richard Loving finally won their case against Virginia in the US Supreme Court in 1967, legalizing interracial marriage in the US.

Trump insiders say his campaign is falling apart because the President can't accept reality | 'No one wants to get fired, so no one will tell the President why he’s losing — but maybe that’s OK because none of them understand why'

Trump says Abraham Lincoln 'did good' for the Black community but that 'the end result' is 'questionable'

LPT: Record yourself opening all packages that you receive (especially if they were expensive) just in case of an issue

LPT... after watching a horror film. search for the bloopers, reminds you it’s all fake.

What did you do?

Scientists discover unexpectedly large structure near Earth's core. It is amazing how little we know about what's down there.

TIL that in 2016, partner surgeons Dr Darrell Cass and Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye successfully operated on a 23 week old baby by removing her from the mother’s womb, removing a tumour and then replacing her back in the womb. She was born a second time, healthy and on time.

Nike joins the companies making Juneteenth an annual paid holiday