Thread on the real life locations that inspired famous paintings 🧵 1. Café Terrace at Night by Van Gogh

Thread of surreal archeological discoveries 🧵 1. Roman mosaic found under Italian vineyard

29,000 feet up Mount Everest with a DJI drone [📹 liulangCooki]

This critically endangered Philippine eagle chick, just one week old is being fed by a hand puppet designed to look like its parent, “Limited human contact can help ensure a successful natural pairing with another eagle” 📹 Philippine Eagle Foundation

The swans living at the mediaeval Bishop's Palace in Wells, Somerset, UK, have rung the bell here since 1850. A tradition started by one of the Bishop’s daughters: food drops from the window when they do so at around 1 pm every day. [📹 visitwells] x.com/i/status/17907…

A photographic worthy natural phenomenon occurs every year on Lake Baikal. Masses of broken ice look like shards, transparent and shining in a turquoise color, caused by the slow and unequal pressure in the main body of the packed ice. [📹 Alexey Trofimov]

Behold the 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Jonckheere Coupe, famously known as the 'Round Door Rolls.' This unique masterpiece, originally a Hooper convertible, was re-bodied by Jonckheere in 1934, featuring iconic round doors, bullet-shaped headlights, and a sleek aerodynamic design.

Congrats to JD Vance. You have come a long way.

Butterflies will sometimes land on a Caiman and drink its salty, crocodile tears to in order to survive. This helps the Caiman to feel both less sad and more fabulous.

The end of Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu — they could’ve been contenders, now they’re just crooks dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0…

Look at this absolute unit of a common snapping turtle coming out of hibernation carrying the earth on its back

16 July 2019. We miss you brother. #JohnnyClegg

Thread on the real size of things 🧵 1. Titanic compared to a modern cruise ship

This never gets old 😂

Ever noticed these in London?

Jimmy Kimmel’s full comments on Charlie Kirk which led to his show being taken off air indefinitely.

This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.

Ethan Hooker's first try with isiXhosa commentary might be the best video of the entire season 🤣🍝🥣 #SSRugby #QuilterNS

They say nothing is impossible, except perhaps getting a cross-border letter for your vehicle from Standard Bank ZA. Second time, too.

Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this