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@TheCinesthetic i was once without toilet paper in a train station stall and suddenly Tom Cruise is looking over the partition with that grin of his and holding a fresh roll of triple quilted bum rag and he never said a word

Tom Cruise 👑

@histories_arch if that is what the name means then it is a stupidly long name

In October 2017, astronomers using the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii detected a fast-moving object passing through our solar system that would soon become one of the most debated discoveries in modern astronomy. The object was named ʻOumuamua, a Hawaiian word meaning "a messenger from afar arriving first." It was estimated to be between 100 and 1,000 metres long, with a width and thickness between 35 and 167 metres, making it a relatively small but unusually shaped body. Its reddish color was similar to objects found in the outer Solar System, hinting at a surface aged by cosmic radiation over vast stretches of time. What immediately set ʻOumuamua apart was its speed and trajectory, which indicated it had originated from outside our solar system, making it the first confirmed interstellar object ever observed passing through. Unlike comets, it displayed no visible coma, the cloud of gas and dust that typically forms when icy bodies pass close to the Sun. Even more puzzling, it exhibited non-gravitational acceleration, meaning it was speeding up in a way that gravity alone could not explain. Its tumbling, irregular motion suggested it was not spinning cleanly on a single axis but wobbling erratically through space. Scientists debated whether it was more like an asteroid or a comet, and its unusual shape, far more elongated than most known natural objects, fueled intense speculation. Some researchers proposed it was a fragment from a disintegrated rogue comet, while others suggested it could be a shard of an exoplanet rich in nitrogen ice, similar in composition to Pluto. In 2023, a new study proposed that the mysterious acceleration could be explained by the release of trapped molecular hydrogen from a water-ice-rich body that had been processed by cosmic energy over time. This explanation was consistent with ʻOumuamua being an interstellar comet, originating as a planetary relic broadly similar to comets found in our own solar system. By mid-2019, the majority of astronomers had concluded it was a natural object, though its precise nature remained actively debated due to the limited time available to observe it before it moved out of range. Its trajectory confirmed it would not be captured by the Sun's gravity and would continue outward, eventually leaving the solar system entirely and returning to interstellar space. The planetary system it came from and how long it had been traveling remain completely unknown. The discovery of ʻOumuamua fundamentally shifted how scientists think about interstellar space and the materials that travel through it, demonstrating for the first time that objects from other star systems pass through our own solar neighborhood and can be detected and studied, even briefly. It accelerated the development of new telescope survey programs and detection strategies specifically designed to catch future interstellar visitors before they exit observable range, directly leading to expanded interest in objects like 2I/Borisov, the second confirmed interstellar object detected in 2019. The debate over its origin also pushed astronomers, physicists, and planetary scientists to reconsider existing models of comet behavior, outgassing mechanics, and the diversity of planetary building blocks across the galaxy, leaving a lasting mark on how the broader scientific community approaches the study of small bodies in space. #archaeohistories

@100YearsAgoLive a few miles behind him in a grave

@CodpieceUK His arm is behind him

At a meet in New York City, American track star William DeHart Hubbard sets a long jump world record with a distance of 7.50m (24.5ft).

@Scrappssss @Lewis_Bollard i thought the point was to get away from the killing of the animals

@CodpieceUK @Lewis_Bollard Lab grown meat takes some type of entry product. Those entry products have to be scaled, and the backers behind these products don't give a rats ass about any ecological fallout it causes. If you esnt environmentally friendly food -- buy from local producers.

This is a pig who spent years confined in a gestation crate. She was left behind when factory farms flooded in Iowa and then rescued by some volunteers. The volunteers took her home and dug her a mud pit. She ignored it. They assumed years of confinement had extinguished her natural instincts. Then they noticed her wandering into the woods on their property. They followed her — and found her rooting in a pile of dirt, digging her own mud pit. The pork industry claims pigs adapt to confinement. They don't. Inside every gestation crate is an animal who still yearns to root, wallow, and just be a pig. This is the tragedy of factory farming. We tried to reduce feeling animals to machines. We failed.

@Scrappssss @Lewis_Bollard what is the meaning of this?

@CodpieceUK @Lewis_Bollard Yeah, because the practices that support that are so humane and ecological -- not.

@historydefined that was proper double cream and he is lactose intolerant this was an assassination attempt

Bill Gates gets pied three times before a business meeting in Belgium, 1998, by writer Noël Godin and other conspirators. Godin had previously successfully pied 22 people. Gates was chosen to be pied because Godin felt Gates "chooses to function in the service of the capitalist status quo, without really using his intelligence or his imagination.''

@Puppieslover saved that guy’s life

Adorable moment of Madrid's Municipal Police dog Paco, performing a resuscitation (CPR) on an officer during a drill. It's stealing hearts worldwide! ❤️

@HistorylandHQ i could eat a clementine for hours

90-year-old Sir Winston Churchill with his wife Clementine at the window of their Hyde Park Gate home in London on his birthday, 30 November 1964, as crowds gathered outside to celebrate. It would be his last public appearance, as he died less than two months later on 24 Januar…

@Saganismm we’ll see it in 3047

This is Betelgeuse. A bloated, dying red supergiant resting on the shoulder of Orion. It is so unimaginably vast that if placed in our solar system, it would swallow the Earth and stretch all the way to Jupiter. The light from this star left its boiling surface roughly 650 years ago. As those exact photons began their long, silent journey across the interstellar dark, it was the late 1300s here on Earth. The Renaissance had barely begun. For over six centuries, that light sped through the freezing vacuum just to reach our eyes right now. We might be looking at a ghost. Betelgeuse is so unstable that it may have already detonated in a spectacular supernova. If it has, we wouldn't know. The news of its violent death is still in transit, racing across the cosmic ocean, waiting to wash over our tiny world centuries from now. 🎥 ESO observatory

@NotEnoughEntrop @HarmlessYardDog @FreightAlley

@CodpieceUK @HarmlessYardDog @FreightAlley Even more

Which one of you bozos thought it was a good idea to build the entire world economy off just in time supply chains from the most unstable regions on the planet?

@NotEnoughEntrop @HarmlessYardDog @FreightAlley P Diddy levels of oil?

@HarmlessYardDog @FreightAlley The insane volume of oil we use every day makes stockpiles or inventory very expensive.

@jan_murray sooooo many frigid bigots around these days smh

I was trying to explain to someone yesterday why women defend single-sex spaces. “Imagine you were forced into an enclosed space with a strange man and told to take your top off in front of him. No choice. No opting out.” “That’s different,” they said. “That’s basically sexual assault.” “Exactly,” I replied. “Now imagine the man is wearing women’s clothes - but you still know he’s a man.” You could literally see the penny drop. This is the grown-up version of being plied with cider at a party, shoved into a cupboard with a boy - then being told you’re frigid if you don’t do what he wants. Only now, frigid has been replaced with bigot.

@Dr_TheHistories A 1950’s Bonnie Blue might have been equally warmly received over there

Marilyn Monroe visiting US troops in Korea in February 1954... She traveled to Korea to entertain American troops, performing ten shows in four days for over 100,000 soldiers. The tour was a USO (United Service Organizations) event meant to bring Hollywood glamour to servicemen stationed far from home. While there, she wore military-style clothing, including a custom dark jacket and pants, to perform during a hastily arranged show titled "Anything Goes". This trip was significant for the actress, offering her a chance to overcome stage fright and connect directly with fans in the military. © Reddit #drthehistories

@HansCastorp1234 @HistorylandHQ yes - English Red, French blue, Spanish Yellow.

@CodpieceUK @HistorylandHQ Painted ships????

The size of this flag flown on a Spanish ship at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805). Compared to the size of people around it.

@HansCastorp1234 @HistorylandHQ coloured sails and/or painted ships might have sufficed instead maybe

@CodpieceUK @HistorylandHQ The English flags were similar. And the French ones too.

@GrahamT42640895 @HistorylandHQ most unlikely

@CodpieceUK @HistorylandHQ Wow . .imagine if it got wet?

@Yoda4ever lovely looking guy

Rescue cat at shelter loves his caretaker.. adopt, don't shop..🐈‍⬛🥺❤️ 📹charity_for_strays