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#TodayILearned in 1971 the FBI asked the US Air Force to assist them in searching for D. B. Cooper. They had a SR-71 Blackbird with its high-powered cameras retrace the hijacked airliner's route to photograph it. Five flights were made but no usable photographs were taken.

#TodayILearned in 1971 the FBI asked the US Air Force to assist them in searching for D. B. Cooper. They had a SR-71 Blackbird with its high-powered cameras retrace the hijacked airliner's route to photograph it. Five flights were made but no usable photographs were taken.

#TodayILearned in 1971 the FBI asked the US Air Force to assist them in searching for D. B. Cooper. They had a SR-71 Blackbird with its high-powered cameras retrace the hijacked airliner's route to photograph it. Five flights were made but no usable photographs were taken.

#TodayILearned that the reason that we have the progression “good, better, best” is because there were two words that meant “good” in Proto-Germanic (reconstructed): “gōdaz”, and “bataz”, and they sort of merged together.

“gōdaz” became “good”, while “bataz” became “better” and “best”.

#english #etymology

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bataz

#TodayILearned that the reason that we have the progression “good, better, best” is because there were two words that meant “good” in Proto-Germanic (reconstructed): “gōdaz”, and “bataz”, and they sort of merged together.

“gōdaz” became “good”, while “bataz” became “better” and “best”.

#english #etymology

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bataz

#TodayILearned that the reason that we have the progression “good, better, best” is because there were two words that meant “good” in Proto-Germanic (reconstructed): “gōdaz”, and “bataz”, and they sort of merged together.

“gōdaz” became “good”, while “bataz” became “better” and “best”.

#english #etymology

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bataz

#TodayILearned that the reason that we have the progression “good, better, best” is because there were two words that meant “good” in Proto-Germanic (reconstructed): “gōdaz”, and “bataz”, and they sort of merged together.

“gōdaz” became “good”, while “bataz” became “better” and “best”.

#english #etymology

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bataz

#TodayILearned that the reason that we have the progression “good, better, best” is because there were two words that meant “good” in Proto-Germanic (reconstructed): “gōdaz”, and “bataz”, and they sort of merged together.

“gōdaz” became “good”, while “bataz” became “better” and “best”.

#english #etymology

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bataz

#TodayILearned The wreckage of a SR-71 Blackbird is buried in the Mariana Trench. It crashed in 1989, flying out of Okinawa. After recovery it was decided to not bury it on land to protect its classified materials.

#TodayILearned The wreckage of a SR-71 Blackbird is buried in the Mariana Trench. It crashed in 1989, flying out of Okinawa. After recovery it was decided to not bury it on land to protect its classified materials.

#TodayILearned The wreckage of a SR-71 Blackbird is buried in the Mariana Trench. It crashed in 1989, flying out of Okinawa. After recovery it was decided to not bury it on land to protect its classified materials.

#TIL Today I learned about Forensic entomology - where insects are studied at a crime scene for evidence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_entomology

Found this one while adding https://sciencefind.org/categories/forensic_science_outline.php today. "Forensic Science Outline" section.

#science #forensics #todayilearned #wikipedia #reading #learning #selfeducation

#TIL Today I learned about Forensic entomology - where insects are studied at a crime scene for evidence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_entomology

Found this one while adding https://sciencefind.org/categories/forensic_science_outline.php today. "Forensic Science Outline" section.

#science #forensics #todayilearned #wikipedia #reading #learning #selfeducation

#TIL Today I learned about Forensic entomology - where insects are studied at a crime scene for evidence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_entomology

Found this one while adding https://sciencefind.org/categories/forensic_science_outline.php today. "Forensic Science Outline" section.

#science #forensics #todayilearned #wikipedia #reading #learning #selfeducation