I live in a country where I can see a specialist any time I like without a referral and essentially without waiting. I CANNOT believe the answer to this extremely important question. Or rather the lack thereof - implying that non-specialists will decide who can see a specialist.

This is where “uppercase” and “lowercase” came from. In the early days of printing, capital letters were kept in the upper compartments of the type case, while the smaller letters were placed below for easier access.

🧵In 2003, two tourists poking around a tiny Saudi Arabian island stumbled on a Latin inscription in the dirt. What it said rewrote the map of the Roman Empire. Rome's furthest outpost wasn't in Britain. It wasn't in Persia. It was here 👇

Omg! ❤️

My gods, they're identical to house cats!

No enquiries for Madeline at all 😢 she’s still waiting for a home. We cover the whole of Scotland, can you please share? Madeline is looking for a new home with someone who doesn’t live close to any main roads, or a train station! 🚂 She found a new home last year but

Literal genius writing. No other television writing can touch this level of genius.

たぶん役に立たない情報｜大唐の無名工匠が千年越しに残した、深い愛と孝心に泣かされる 千年を越えて、墨の痕はそのまま残っている。

I feel seen.

Ooooh!!!

He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Migrating fish in Utrecht were getting stuck at a canal lock. Two ecologists fixed the problem with a doorbell. It's called the Visdeurbe, or the "fish doorbell." Every spring, fish migrate through the city's canals to spawn in shallow upstream waters. But the old Weerdsluis

Actual hero.

Finally, some good news!

A Roman water boiler from the 1st century BCE that was discovered at Villa Della Pisanella in Boscoreale, Italy. It is one of the rarest examples to survive with its complete system of pipes and fittings intact.

Real.

Fuck no!

I think it's a great idea.

My... brain... cannot...