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This week in 1969, the Beatles LP “Yellow Submarine” debuted on the UK Albums Chart at #37 (February 1)
The album was the soundtrack to the animated film of the same name, contained six songs by the Beatles, including four new songs and the previously released "Yellow Submarine" and "All You Need Is Love".
The remainder of the album is a re-recording of the film's orchestral soundtrack by the band's producer, George Martin.
The project was regarded as a contractual obligation as part of a three-picture deal with United Artists by the Beatles, who were asked to supply four new songs for the film.
Some were written and recorded specifically for the soundtrack, while others were unreleased tracks from other projects.
The album went to #1 in Canada and Norway, #2 in the US, #3 in the UK, #4 in Australia and Finland, and #5 in Germany.
The cover artwork created by Heinz Edelman is one of the best…
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This week in 1969, the Beatles LP “Yellow Submarine” debuted on the UK Albums Chart at #37 (February 1)
The album was the soundtrack to the animated film of the same name, contained six songs by the Beatles, including four new songs and the previously released "Yellow Submarine" and "All You Need Is Love".
The remainder of the album is a re-recording of the film's orchestral soundtrack by the band's producer, George Martin.
The project was regarded as a contractual obligation as part of a three-picture deal with United Artists by the Beatles, who were asked to supply four new songs for the film.
Some were written and recorded specifically for the soundtrack, while others were unreleased tracks from other projects.
The album went to #1 in Canada and Norway, #2 in the US, #3 in the UK, #4 in Australia and Finland, and #5 in Germany.
The cover artwork created by Heinz Edelman is one of the best…
#thebeatles, #yellowsubmarine, #johnlennon, #beatles, #paulmccartney, #georgeharrison, #ringostarr, #fabfour, #thefabfour, #soundtrack, #onthisday, #soundtrackmusic, #60smusic, #beatlesmovie, #classicalbum, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinrock, #rockhistory, #thisdayinmusic
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Snow in the desert is not something you see every day.
Ten animals with abilities that science still struggles to fully explain.
Here is a detailed explanation of each ability:
• Bombardier Beetle: This insect can spray boiling chemicals at $100^\circ$ Celsius (212$^\circ$ Fahrenheit) at a rate of 500 pulses per second without burning itself.
• Immortal Jellyfish: It possesses biological immortality by reverting its cells back to their earliest form, effectively restarting its life cycle when conditions are unfavorable or it is injured.
• Axolotl: This amphibian can regenerate entire limbs, its spinal cord, heart tissue, and even parts of its brain. It rebuilds the tissue perfectly without scarring.
• Electric Eel: It generates a powerful 860 volts of electricity, enough to stun a horse. The mechanism by which it insulates itself from its own lethal discharge remains a mystery.
• Pistol Shrimp: By snapping its tiny claw, it creates a cavitation bubble that reaches an astonishing $4,700^\circ$ Celsius (8,500$^\circ$ Fahrenheit), which is hotter than the surface of the sun.
• Tardigrade (Water Bear): These micro-animals can survive extreme conditions, including absolute zero, boiling temperatures, intense radiation, and the vacuum of space. Specimens have been found alive after being frozen for 30 years.
• Platypus: A mammal that hunts using electrical field detection (electroreception) with its eyes, ears, and nose closed. It uses this sense much like a shark does.
• Leafy Sea Dragon: This creature has evolved to look exactly like floating seaweed, allowing it to camouflage perfectly and avoid predators who swim past without noticing it.
• Octopus: Known for having three hearts, blue blood, and nine brains, an octopus can change color in milliseconds and uniquely, can edit its own RNA to adapt to environmental changes.
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On this day in 1978, the Bee Gees single “Stayin’ Alive” debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #34 (February 4)
The iconic opening scene of the hit film “Saturday Night Fever” where John Travolta (as Tony Manero) struts down the street swinging his paint can to the sounds of The Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” is one of the most memorable scenes of the movie.
In fact, in 2004, it ranked #9 on AFI's “100 Years...100 Songs” survey of top tunes in American cinema.
It went all the way to #1 in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the Netherlands, Mexico, and South Africa, and Top 5 in France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.
In the US, it would become the second of six consecutive #1 singles for the Bee Gees, tying the record with the Beatles for most consecutive number ones in the United States at the time.
In 2021, "Stayin' Alive" was ranked #99 on the list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
In 1995 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame named “Stayin’ Alive” one of the “500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".
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The interior of the striking Church of San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, designed by architect Mario Botta.
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Come to visit us at this years dive show (stand 20). Again after last few year’s success it’s being held in Stoneleigh, near Coventry. Great venue, free parking, plenty to keep divers entertained for the day or even weekend. Plenty of guest speakers, kit sellers.
Book you tickets before coming for a discount!!! Oh and did we mention will be there braving the weather too leaving sunny Sharm…
Aspendos or Aspendus (Attic: Ἄσπενδος; Pamphylian: Εστϝεδυς) was an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya province of Turkey.
The city surrendered to the Romans, and the corrupt magistrate Verres later pillaged its art treasures.
The site is located 40 km east of the modern city of Antalya.
👉The theatre was built by the #Greek architect Zenon, a native of the city, during the rule of Marcus Aurelius.
Technically, the structure is a theatre, not an amphitheatre, the latter being fully round or oval shaped.
The wide range of its coinage throughout the ancient world indicates that, in the 5th century BC, Aspendos had become the most important city in Pamphylia.
At that time, according to #Thucydides, the Eurymedon River was navigable as far as Aspendos, and the city derived great wealth from a trade in salt, oil and wool.
~~ Circa 465 BC, Cimon led an Athenian navy against a Persian navy in the Battle of the Eurymedon, and destroyed it Aspendos then became a member of the Delian League.
#Hellenistic period:
When Alexander the Great marched into Aspendos in 333 BC after capturing Perge, the citizens sent envoys asking him not to garrison soldiers there.
He agreed, provided he would be given the taxes and horses that they had formerly paid as tribute to the Persian king.
~~ When Aspendians saw Alexander returning with his troops, the Aspendians, who had retreated to their Acropolis, again sent envoys to sue for peace.
This time, however, they had to agree to very harsh terms; a GreekMacedonian garrison would remain in the city and 100 gold talents as well as 4,000 horses would be given in tax annually.
#Roman period:
👉 In 190 BC, the city surrendered to the Romans, and the corrupt magistrate Verres later pillaged its art treasures.
It was ranked by Philostratus the third city of Pamphylia, and in Byzantine times seems to have been known as Primopolis.
Toward the end of the Roman period the city began a decline that continued throughout Byzantine times, although in medieval times it was evidently still a strong place.
Diogenes Laërtius writes that there was a native of Aspendos called #Demetrius, who was a pupil of Apollonius of Soli.
In addition, he mentions Diodorus of Aspendus.190 BC, the city surrendered to the Romans.
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Liang Metanduno cave on Muna, a tropical island off southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia, is filled with prehistoric paintings, but one stands out in particular, a claw-like hand stencil that's at least 67,800 years old.
Archaeologists, including National Geographic Explorer Maxime Aubert, believe the stencil is the oldest rock art attributed to modern humans and doesn't just reveal insights into early human intelligence, but prehistoric life in the Indonesian archipelago, and migration to Australia too.
Photograph by Maxime Aubert.
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Also known as Old Sober, this is a heartwarming and soul-restoring soup with roots in New Orleans. A special dish that makes you feel whole again, it is often sought out as a hangover cure. 