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English : Sherlock Jr. is a US 1924 silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. February 1st is the anniversary of Keaton's death.
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,_Korfu,_Alte_Festung_--_2018_--_1137.jpg) Ceiling at the entrance of the English Barracks, Palaio Frourio, Corfu, Greece Change image |
English : Ceiling at the entrance of the English Barracks, Palaio Frourio, Corfu, Greece
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English : Making dried persimmons
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English : FLIR1 is one of three US military videos of unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) that has been through the official declassification review process of the United States government and approved for public release. It is the only official footage captured by a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet present at the 2004 Nimitz incident off the coast of San Diego.
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English : In this video of a fish embryo you can see the heart beating and pumping the blood to the rest of the body.
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English : Inside view of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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English : Flight: FDX582 MEM-PDX. April 16, 2013. Landing on runway 10L.
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 Tracy (vicinity), California. Missouri family of five who are seven months from the drought area on U.S. Highway 99. Change image |
English : Tracy (vicinity), California. Missouri family of five who are seven months from the drought area on U.S. Highway 99.
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 Della H. Raney was the first African American accepted into the Army Nurse Corps. In US and Canada, every February is Black History Month. Change image |
English : Della H. Raney was the first African American accepted into the Army Nurse Corps. In US and Canada, every February is Black History Month.
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English : 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne, in French. It is the fifth most translated book in the world (174 languages). LibriVox recording by Nathalie Mussard, Amy Bey, Caroline Sophie, Ethan rampton, Julie VW, Ezwa and Nadine Eckert-Boulet. Part 1, chapter 1. February 8th is Jules Verne's birthday.
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English : Earth Views from the International Space Station. The International Space Station’s High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment is an external camera platform located on the Columbus module of the space station. In addition to providing beautiful views of Earth, one of the goals of HDEV is to monitor the longevity and quality of its image sensors in the space environment. HDEV operations began April 30, 2014 and only a single bad pixel has been identified.
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 Schokland UNESCO World Heritage. Pollard willows at the foot of the former island (on the flight port road). Change image |
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English : Formation "Chuveirão", Timimina cave, Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park, São Paulo, Brazil
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English : O mio babbino caro from Giacomo Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi (1918), recorded by Frances Alda on 11 February 1919
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 Jesus among the Doctors, stained-glass window designed by Josef Lang (1900) in the Gedächtniskirche der Protestation in Speyer, Germany Change image |
English : Jesus among the Doctors, stained-glass window designed by Josef Lang (1900) in the Gedächtniskirche der Protestation in Speyer, Germany
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English : Aerial views of Hell's Kitchen, East Midtown Manhattan. Featuring: One Worldwide Plaza, Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum, The Orion, One Vanderbilt, Empire State Building, Bank of America Building, Chrysler Building, 111 w 57th, Central Park Tower, Times Square.
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English : Rosy-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis) in Namibia. Remember, tomorrow is Valentine's Day.
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English : With NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's approximately nine-month stay in Texas coming to an end, this time-lapse shows activity in the NASA Johnson Space Center's Chamber.
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_mating_blue_abdomen_and_red_pterostigma.JPG) Common darter dragonflies (Sympetrum striolatum) in Kew Gardens, Richmond upon Thames, south west London. Dragonflies and damselflies can fly while mating. Today is Valentine's Day. Change image |
English : Common darter dragonflies (Sympetrum striolatum) in Kew Gardens, Richmond upon Thames, south west London. Dragonflies and damselflies can fly while mating. Today is Valentine's Day.
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 Interior view of the Mercado de Colón ("Columbus Market"), center of Valencia, Spain. The public market, built between 1914 and 1916 is one of the main examples of the Valencian Art Nouveau. Change image |
English : Interior view of the Mercado de Colón ("Columbus Market"), center of Valencia, Spain. The public market, built between 1914 and 1916 is one of the main examples of the Valencian Art Nouveau.
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English : Chelyabinsk meteor event on February 15, 2013; ten years ago. Recording from a security automatic camera in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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English : Knowing how to determine if food is safe and how to keep food safe will help you minimize the potential loss of food and reduce the risk of foodborne illness.
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._07-01-2022._(d.j.b).jpg) Skeletocutis nivea on a dead twig. Focus stack of 29 photos. Change image |
English : Skeletocutis nivea on a dead twig. Focus stack of 29 photos.
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English : Watch the oldest and last craftsman Giorgos Hatziparaskos (from Rethymno on the island of Crete, Greece) make phyllo manually.
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English : Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), male
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English : 80 years ago today, Soong Mei-ling addressed the United States House of Representatives. In her speech, she applauded American efforts in the Pacific theater of the World War II. She also recounted the friendship between the U.S. and China: "We in China, like you, want a better world, not for ourselves alone, but for all mankind, and we must have it." Her visit also was meant to convey appreciation for the American Lend-Lease program, which supplied war materials to sustain the Chinese resistance effort.
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.png) "Wind Mountain", watercolor painting by James M. Alden (ca. 1860) Change image |
English : "Wind Mountain", watercolor painting by James M. Alden (ca. 1860)
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_-_L%27%C3%89glise_Saint-Ferr%C3%A9ol_-_Voute_du_choeur.jpg) Orgueil - Saint Ferréol Church - Vault in trompe-l'oeil of the choir. Change image |
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English : Halyomorpha halys, a stink bug from East Asia, has invaded the United States and caused damage to agriculture.
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 HTMS Maeklong, a former training ship of the Royal Thai Navy. Now fixed at the Chulachomklao Fort as a tourist attraction. Change image |
English : HTMS Maeklong, a former training ship of the Royal Thai Navy. Now fixed at the Chulachomklao Fort as a tourist attraction.
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_Bocca_di_Leone_in_the_Doge%27s_Palace.jpg) Secret denunciations against anyone who will conceal favors and services or will collude to hide the true revenue from them. Change image |
English : Secret denunciations against anyone who will conceal favors and services or will collude to hide the true revenue from them.
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English : Time lapse view of the Sydney Harbour
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 Anda Curry or Egg Curry is generally a spicy dish. It can be made in different styles with different masala (spices) and boiled eggs, and can be served with rotis, parathas or rice. Change image |
English : Anda Curry or Egg Curry is generally a spicy dish. It can be made in different styles with different masala (spices) and boiled eggs, and can be served with rotis, parathas or rice.
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 Russian rapper Oxxxymiron in Berlin at one of his charity concerts from the «Russians Against War» series in support of the Ukrainian refugees. These concerts are also a protest against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine which started on 24 Feb 2022. Change image |
English : Russian rapper Oxxxymiron in Berlin at one of his charity concerts from the «Russians Against War» series in support of the Ukrainian refugees. These concerts are also a protest against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine which started on 24 Feb 2022.
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English : Saving the cattle in the flooded area of West Maas en Waal, Netherlands; Dutch newsreels for the first week of January 1926
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 Lukáš Daněk ski jumping using Fischer skis in Seefeld, February 25, 2019: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Nordic Combined Training Change image |
English : Lukáš Daněk ski jumping using Fischer skis in Seefeld, February 25, 2019: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Nordic Combined Training
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 Universitetet metro station, Stockholm, Sweden Change image |
English : Universitetet metro station, Stockholm, Sweden
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English : Oranges – whole, halved and peeled segment
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English : Recipe for steamed fish with fermented black beans
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 'One of the wards in the hospital at Scutari (Turkey)'. Crimean War, 1856. Change image |
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