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This map is a glorious celebration of aviation’s pioneering age. The 1937 map traces famous flights and early air routes while honouring the daring pilots who helped connect the world. Source: davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/d… X(Twitter)

That Harald Bluetooth, a Viking King, united parts of Denmark and Norway. The bluetooth logo is a H and B in old Viking runes.

Kuwait ratifies defense cooperation agreement with Pakistan Military pact covers training, intelligence, scientific and technological fields. https://share.google/gTAjsexD4gITQO5GR

Are we walking into a catastrophic military trap? Sidney Blumenthal and I break down the dangerous escalation path and strategic decline on the latest episode

That The Scutum of Dura Europos is the only surviving example of the famous rectangular shield carried by Roman legionaries. It was discovered in 1930s at the ancient city of Dura Europos in modern-day Syria, a Roman frontier settlement that became a battlefield in 256 AD when the city was...

Pakistan–Kuwait: a potential $20 billion partnership. Not just defence. 14 big-ticket possibilities: Fighter aircraft. Drones. Air defence. Defence production. Training. Maintenance hubs. Fuel storage. Diesel supplies. Strategic oil reserves. Watch:

Lieutenant Aleksandra Boyko was an IS-2 tank commander in the 48th Gds Hvy Tk Regiment. #OTD in 1944 her crew knocked out a Tiger tank. Boyko was wounded in the engagement, but did not leave the battle, earning an Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

#BREAKING Kuwait announces a joint defence cooperation agreement with Pakistan. 🇵🇰 🇰🇼 Please note that this is distinct from Pakistan's strategic mutual defence agreement with Saudi Arabia, this is a defence cooperation agreement specifically with Kuwait. X(Twitter) Official statements awaited.

🤝 Pakistan and Qatar step up US-Iran mediation after US President Donald Trump orders 'pause' in strikes Sources say both sides responded to a joint Pakistan-Qatar proposal, prompting intensified mediation https://v.aa.com.tr/4009557

The Empire of Alexander the Great at the time of his death in 323 BC. Most of Alexander's Empire was located in the circum-Mediterranean region in terms of culture, phenotype, genotype, and even biome. Even without direct access to the Mediterranean sea. X(Twitter)

That Researchers estimate bees actually need roughly 2.6 million flowers to make 1 pound of honey, 600,000 more than previously thought via: Canadian Honey Council

The Greater Kudu, one of the most beautiful animals in the world, found only in Africa. X(Twitter)

26 July 1952. King Farouk I of Egypt abdicated in the wake of a coup led by the nationalist leader Gamal Abdel Nasser (pictured). A turning point in Egypt history. X(Twitter)

That Deep in Sequoia National Forest stands a natural wonder like no other, the General Sherman Tree. It may not be the tallest or the widest tree in the world, but by volume, it is the largest living single-stem tree on Earth. This giant sequoia is truly massive. It stands about 275 feet (83...

Not all bees are yellow, some are blue.. Blue carpenter bees, native to southern Asia, make honey like European honeybees, but it’s much thicker and denser than the honey we’re used to, like cookie dough or peanut butter consistency. The female bees mix this honey with pollen to create ‘bee...