The borosilicate glass and the oil have roughly the same index of refraction, so this clear beaker has no markings and bends light to the same degree as cooking oil.
The Antique Clockwork Drinking Bear Automaton is a famous luxury creation from the Victorian era 1890.
Japan made this ruler illegal; manufacturing or selling old rulers carried penalties up to three years' imprisonment, and people used it anyway
āAndrzej Bargielā became the first person to climb up and ski down Nanga Parbat in Pakistan (8,126m) without supplementary oxygen
š² Boquila trifoliolata: the only known plant that changes its leaf shape, size, color and vein patterns to match nearby plants, able to mimic several plants at the same time (even artificial ones).