#DidYouKnow:The #Sea #Organ is an architectural sound art object located in Zadar, #Croatia and an experimental musical instrument, which plays music by way of sea waves and tubes located underneath a set of large marble steps.

They are designed as a group of pipes that run under large marble stairs, and the sea waves create air pressure that produces random but fairly harmoniously arranged tones in the pipes.

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#DidYouKnow: Comet #Nishimura (C/2023 P1), Named for Hideo Nishimura, the Japanese photographer who first spotted it, may be visible now.

Nishimura captured the comet on Aug. 12 while imaging the sky before sunrise with a digital camera — the third comet he has discovered.

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#DidYouKnow: The #BoringBillion, otherwise known as the Mid Proterozoic and Earth's Middle Ages, is the time period between 1.8 and 0.8 billion years ago (Ga) spanning the middle Proterozoic eon.

The period is believed to mark a delay in the evolution of complex life, primarily due to low levels of oxygen in the atmosphere.

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#DidYouKnow:The Doctor Who Drank Infectious Broth, Gave Himself an Ulcer, and Solved a Medical Mystery.

This discovery has allowed for a breakthrough in understanding a causative link between Helicobacter pylori infection and stomach cancer.

Know the story of Barry Marshall and Robin Warren, his long-time collaborator, who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine (2005) "for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease"

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#DidYouKnow: #AngkorWat (meaning "Temple City") is a temple complex in Cambodia and is the largest religious monument in the world, on a site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m2; 402 acres).

As the best-preserved temple at the site, Angkor Wat is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation. It is one of the most important pilgrimage sites for #Buddhists in #Cambodia and around the world.

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#DidYouKnow #DYK
There's a librarian for every subject taught on campus, from Accounting to World Languages!

#DidYouKnow that if you watch Con Air backwards it's aircon

#DidYouKnow: A mass driver or #Electromagnetic #Catapult is a proposed method of non-rocket #Spacelaunch which would use a linear motor to accelerate and catapult payloads up to high speeds.

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#DidYouKnow: You can use the interactive #Tag explorer to explorer details of any topic and it's relationship with other #Topics.

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#DidYouKnow: #Cytogenetics refers to the study of tissue, blood, blood marrow, or culture cells in a laboratory, using banding or manipulating techniques to look for changes in the #Chromosomes, including broken, missing, rearranged, or extra chromosomes.

Changes in the chromosomes may be a sign of a genetic disease or condition

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#DidYouKnow: In recreational #Mathematics, a #Repunit is a number like 11, 111, or 1111 that contains only the digit 1 — a more specific type of repdigit. The term stands for repeated unit and was coined in 1966 by Albert H. Beiler in his book Recreations in the Theory of Numbers.

A repunit prime is a repunit that is also a prime number. As of May 2023, the largest known prime number 2^82,589,933 − 1 is a repunit prime.

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Get to know some of the most important art movements!
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#DidYouKnow that aromatherapy has roots in ancient Egypt? Essential oils like frankincense and myrrh were used for their health benefits. 🌿✨ #AromatherapyHistoryTrivia

#DidYouKnow: The #Rosette #Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the #MilkyWay #Galaxy.

A survey of the nebula with the Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed the presence of approximately 2500 young stars inside optical Rosette Nebula and studded within a dense molecular cloud.

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Did You Know‽

Most people know that humans drown when immersed in water for prolonged periods of time, but did you know that they also cannot survive immersion in molten lead?!

For more fun human facts, subscribe to my newsletter Human Fact of the Day!

#humans #didyouknow #funfact

#DidYouKnow: #Parthenogenesis (#Virgin #Birth) is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development of embryos occur in a gamete (egg or sperm) without combining with another gamete (e.g., egg and sperm fusing).

Parthenogenesis occurs naturally in some plants, algae, invertebrate animal species.

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A new General Knowledge Quiz has just been posted on our website!
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#DidYouKnow:A #Diatom is any member of a large group comprising several genera of algae, specifically microalgae, found in the oceans, waterways and soils of the world.

Living diatoms generate about 20 to 50 percent of the oxygen produced on the planet each year, take in over 6.7 billion tonnes of silicon each year from the waters in which they live, and constitute nearly half of the organic material found in the oceans.

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Hi everybody,

#DIdYouKnow it costs over $50,000 to breed, raise and train one Guide Dog puppy?

This August, my dog and I are taking part in PawGust to suppawt the impawtant work of Guide Dogs. It’s the pawfect reason for me and my dog to get out there & fetch some funds for these furbulous dogs and their trainers.

If you would like to get some tails wagging, please throw in a donation. It’s pawriffic to be part of #PawGust!

#GuideDogs #DogWalk #doglovers

#DidYouKnow today is #TakeYourCatToTheVetDay? Regular check-ups are an important way to keep your furry friends happy & healthy, but sometimes they need care fast. When that’s the case, we’ve got urgent care at Angell West. Learn more here, via @nbc10boston's the Hub Today: https://www.nbcboston.com/entertainment/hub-today/happy-and-healthy-pets-tips-to-navigate-veterinary-urgent-and-emergency-care/3105064/

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