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Leaf sheep are capable of a chemical process called kleptoplasty, in which they retain the chloroplasts from the algae they feed on. Absorbing the chloroplasts from algae then enables them to indirectly perform photosynthesis.
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#OnThisDay in 1903, Marie Skłodowska Curie defends her doctoral thesis on radioactive substances at Université de la Sorbonne in Paris – becoming the first woman in France to receive a doctoral degree in physics.
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Remember that all we have is “on loan” from Fortune, which can reclaim it without our permission—indeed, without even advance notice. --Seneca
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Just what are the Kiwis up to now? SUNDAY on #60Mins, we thought they were our best friends, but it looks like they’ve ditched us for a fast Chinese buck.
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"I am not really a writer. I am just someone who is haunted, and I will write the hauntings down."
- Janet Frame (1924 - 2004)
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People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy. --Seneca
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198 year ago Louis Pasteur was born. Pasteur proposed that vaccines could be used to treat all virulent diseases, and developed attenuated vaccines for rabies and anthrax. Today, the European Union launched their mass COVID19 vaccination programme! 🇪🇺💉
#OnThisDay 1822: Chemist and biologist Louis Pasteur was born. He is considered the founder of microbiology
ALT Black and white photo of Louis Pasteur.
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It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence. --Seneca
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You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last. --Marcus Aurelius
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it. --Epictetus
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. --Marcus Aurelius
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Rep @AOC: "I do not need Rep. Yoho to apologize to me. Clearly he does not want to. Clearly when given the opportunity he will not & I will not stay up late at night waiting for an apology from a man who has no remorse over calling women & using abusive language towards women."
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Maria Goeppert Mayer, born #OTD, changed nuclear physics after explaining the structure of atomic nuclei, a question that had evaded scientists for years.
She developed a model in which nucleons were distributed in shells with different energy levels – the nuclear shell model.
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If a person gave your body to any stranger he met on his way, you would certainly be angry. And do you feel no shame in handing over your own mind to be confused and mystified by anyone who happens to verbally attack you? --Epictetus
