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Institute of Materials Science of the Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences,

The Big Solar Furnace is one of the world’s largest solar research facilities. Built in 1981, this monumental installation harnesses the power of the sun for cutting-edge science. The solar energy concentrator uses 10,700 mirrors to focus light reflected from an array of heliostats on to a single focal point. Today the facility is used for civilian research and specialist industrial orders

The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter it up until a couple was found having sex inside it; now its jaws are opened only for special occasions like Swedish election days.

candied violet & sour cherry trifle was a hit freshly whipped cream using an immersion blender, graham crackers, candied violets & hibiscus powder pattern

The first release of the Basic programming language was on this date in 1964.

control room, Yerevan

Physics Institute, Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan, Armenia
In 1956, the Soviet physicist Artem Alikhanian began the development of the Armenian accelerator, known as . His aim was to construct the most powerful electron synchrotron in the world, capable of accelerating particles to nearly the speed of light around a closed loop.