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Arriving in Rio

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Onboard the UK’s First Battery Electric Train!

In this special episode of The Everything Electric Show, we take you on an 18-month journey behind the scenes of the development and deployment of the UK’s first battery-electric train. Join Imogen as she follows the incredible progress of the … Continue reading →

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The Portuguese word for turkey is “peru” #linguistics #language #etymology #thanksgiving #history

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Making chocolate.

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This is a map of internet fibre optic cables at the bottom of the world’s oceans.

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Walkway that lights up the more you step.

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Florence, Italy

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Kyoto, Japan

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These are stretchers used in WW2 to carry injured civillians during the Blitz. They were made out of steel so they could be easily disinfected after a gas attack. During the war around 600,000 of them were made. Some of them were repurposed as railings in post-war London.

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why you keep buying books you don’t read

[…] Why are buying books and reading books two different hobbies? Why is your to be read (TBR) list only ever getting longer? And what does all that have to do with book publishers destroying thousands of books every year? … Continue reading →

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