The story of Ukraine’s Harry Potter in two parts.

Look at how eager this Ukrainian man is to serve as a “human shield” in a war benefitting Kiev’s elites and foreign backers.

The story of Ukraine’s Harry Potter in two parts.

He had no formal academic training beyond basic reading and writing but he worked for the nobles and the royals:

A Genius Inventor from the Russian Countryside You’ve Never Heard Of

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Look at how eager this Ukrainian man is to serve as a “human shield” in a war benefitting Kiev’s elites and foreign backers.

This popular American engineering page called Russia’s 🇷🇺 Crimean Bridge *the longest bridge in Europe*, and people are losing their minds making it a viral post. I suspect some of them are losing their minds because even this bridge is in already Europe but Ukraine isn’t. 😉

This is a new monument outside the library in Oakham, England by Hywel Pratley featuring Queen Elizabeth II and her corgis. 🥰 It almost makes the British monarchy likable for about a second! 😌

Typical Meiji Restoration problems

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At least they 🇮🇹 finished that tower thingie even though it’s a bit wonky

The Future of Science is in Eurasia

This week, China hosted the prestigious 58th Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad in Shenzhen. The event took place at a unique institution, the Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, a joint Russian-Chinese project cofounded by the Lomonosov Moscow State…

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How countries’ borders work in the “international rules-based order” as explained by Nebojša Malić in less than 30 seconds. 😂

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Sometimes Duolingo friend quests make me feel like Stalin because I’m the one doing all the work like Stalin in World War II. 😜

The 'heroes of anti-fascism,' according to Il Foglio. Holy moly, it's real and serious, isn't it? 🫠

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