I was casually drinking my morning coffee minding my own business and a fox came and crapped in a plant pot

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Could tensions ‘escalate’ before the escalator was invented?

4 Feb 2026 Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
Is necessity the mother of invention? NO! Latin is, etymologically speaking. That’s just one of many revelations as Jess and Rob investigates words for innovations.
🛗 Could you ‘escalate’ something before the escalator?
🍞 When was sliced bread actually invented?
🩹 What connects zippers, band aids and aspirin?
These questions answered – and many more – in another inventive episode of Words Unravelled.

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MIT’s TRANSFORM project turns ordinary surfaces into shape shifting displays that respond to human touch in real time

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How This Bird Domesticated Humans

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A rainbow is a 360° circle, but only someone at a very high altitude can see the complete circle.

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The instrument being played here is a “Didgeridoo”, an aboriginal instrument dating back to atleast 1000 years. William Barton, a renowned aboriginal multi-instrumentalist and composer, is the instrumentalist here.

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The Bolivian Salt flat looks so beautiful.

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The First Animation Ever Made

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A Quiet Corner in Seoul

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Monarch Butterfly Cardigan by Paloma (@hot.stash), with the pattern created by Biyabimi

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