More countries prohibit egg washing than require it. The US requires egg washing because the chickens are often raised in squalor and getting feces on the eggs is unavoidable. The countries that do not wash eggs have much better hygiene and not washing the protective cuticle

"When a society loses its moral compass, it collapses from within." – G.K. Chesterton A Thread Exposing the Decline of the West🧵 1. The Celebration of Obesity

This 500-year-old portrait may seem ordinary, but it's one of the most mysterious in history. There's so much detail that you can read every musical note on this small page. But look closer — an unsettling secret is hiding in plain sight... 🧵

People who try to romanticize the past should be forced to stare at this chart for a while

All empires repeat the same cycle, says 20th-century historian John Glubb. He observed that for the past 3000 years every civilization has followed the same 6 stages before decline—what are they?🧵

One pattern I’ve noticed in all miserable people: They overthink and underact. The system I use to escape the cold, dark prison of overthinking:

The winners of the 2021 wildlife photography comedy awards🏆

Reminder that a 23-year-old created this masterpiece using only a hammer and chisel.

Why are some languages spoken faster than others? A recent research suggested that different tongues, regardless of speed, transmit information at roughly the same rate [read more: ow.ly/AUX350yh2FZ]

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Imagine a land so vast, so rich, it feels extraterrestrial.. Africa is truly like another planet🧵 1. Magnificent visual of the River basins of Africa

Analysts noticed that CCTV cameras in Taiwan and South Korea were digitally talking to crucial parts of the Indian power grid – for no apparent reason. On closer investigation, the strange conversation was the deliberately indirect route by which Chinese spies were interacting

A Tamil Brahmin Indian girl the world and the people of India forgot. Every English speaking Jesuit educated Indian know the story of Florence Nightingale but history has no record of Padmavathi Iyer. In the year 1917, a Tamil Indian girl was born in a middle-class family in

The Undertaker looks down at medical staff checking on Mankind after he fell, unscripted, through the top of Hell in a Cell into the ring 16ft below in 1998

this mf been 87 since i was 5 years old

When the country's PM flees, this is what follows: they demand female doctors for childbirth, yet won’t allow women or girls to pursue education. These are scenes from a medical college in #Bangladesh, where extremists are threatening female students, forcing them out of

Self driving and self service KFC food truck in China. Imagine what would happen if you release this thing in any large Western city. We can’t have nice things anymore.

CBI has unearthed what it describes as one of the largest medical college scams in the country's history, spanning across multiple states, involving senior officials, middlemen, top educationists, and even a self-styled godman. NDTV's Harsha Kumari Singh reports