The world's last commercial ocean-going sailing ship - The Pamir - rounding Cape Horn, 1949.
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Laser correction☝🏻

Before it, the surgical field was treated, then the corneal epithelium was removed and its remnants cleaned up. Only after these manipulations was the laser irradiation started
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Corruption is legal in the US, explained in 5 minutes

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Scania AXL - the world's first autonomous truck without a cab and driver
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Percentage of modern English words derived from other languages
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Industrial production of pizza
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An underwater volcano has erupted in the Pacific Ocean. It caused a tsunami in the area of the island nation of Tonga. Tsunami threat announcements were also distributed in some areas of New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands and the Kuril Islands.
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A herd of elephants, deep in Kitum Cave, Kenya, mining for salt in total darkness. They often venture into the 200 metre(700 ft) deep cave and spend hours mining the salt deposits with their tusks. This is the only way the can fill their dietary need for salt, as they live high in Mt.Elgon
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Decoy trees hung from cables above a road to hide the road during the war, \#Finland 1941.
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Vertical indoor farming is a revolution in agriculture

A vertical indoor garden that helps you grow food anywhere and anytime without any effort.

Boobmi was created to simplify the entire growing process by eliminating the unnecessary and leaving the most essential: light, water and fertilizers. Once Boombi is plugged in, you won't have to worry about your plants getting enough water or adequate light, Boombi will automatically provide the perfect conditions.
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Nаtive Argentinians taken to Europe to be exhibited as animals in a human zoo, 1889.
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Gorenje of lithium ions in the flame of alcohol
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The shock wave created by an airplane as it gains speed generates vapor cones.

The physical effects of an airplane flying so fast through the air are shock waves. Shock waves form around the airplane as it gains speed and approaches the speed of sound.
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The Circassian genocide,[6][7][8][9][10] or Tsitsekun,[a][b] was the Russian Empire's systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing, and expulsion of 80–97%[6][10] of the Circassian population, around 800,000–1,500,000 people,[6][7][8] during and after the Russo-Circassian War (1763–1864).[4][12][13] The peoples planned for removal were mainly the Circassians, but other Muslim peoples of the Caucasus were also affected.[12] Several methods used by Russian forces such as impaling and tearing the bellies of pregnant women were reported.[4][14] Russian generals such as Grigory Zass described the Circassians as "subhuman filth", and glorified the mass murder of Circassian civilians,[4][15][16] justified their use in scientific experiments,[17] and allowed their soldiers to rape women.[4]

It turns out that in the 19th century ketchup was sold in a pharmacy as medicine. 💊
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