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We are all set up for this evening’s awards night. We hope to see you all there at 7:30pm. If you can’t make it don’t worry, we will be live-streaming the night too.

Ever wondered why some abbreviations are so weird? Well, wonder no more… 🤔 💭

Marlon Brando did not memorize the majority of his lines for his role in the 1972 film, The Godfather. Actor Robert Duvall is wearing a large cue card placard for Brando.

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On this day in 1971: 66 Rangers fans lost their lives in the Ibrox disaster. A few weeks later, both sides of the Old Firm came together to play a game to raise funds for the victims’ families.

George Hackenschmidt: The Father of the Bench Press and Hack Squat | BarBend

George Hackenschmidt: The Father of the Bench Press and Hack Squat | BarBend The Russian Lion, George Hackenschmidt, was an early 20th century strength pioneer who helped develop the way we bench press and train today.

The day the Stone of Destiny returned to Scotland

The day the Stone of Destiny returned to Scotland On St Andrew's Day 1996, Scotland had a date with the Stone of Destiny as symbolic stone returned home.

This map of all of the sunken Japanese ships of WWII is mind blowing.

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On this day 150 years ago: Journalist Henry M Stanley found Scotsman David Livingstone, who had been missing in Africa for six years and presumed dead. He greeted him with the classic line 'Dr. Livingstone, I presume?’

Livingstone was a medical, Christian missionary and explorer whose main motivation was the abolition of the African slave trade. He was the first European to travel across Africa, but not the first to get lost there! This brilliant statue of him is outside Glasgow Cathedral, the city's oldest building.

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Long before color-sensitive film was invented, Russian photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky took 3 individual black and white photos, each with a filter (red, blue and green) to create high quality photos in full color. This self portrait is over 110 years old!

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Spectators trying to get a glimpse of the Treaty of Versailles being signed, 1919.

The GTA Remastered Trilogy Is Your Chance To Fly The Dodo, The Worst Vehicle In Video Game History

The GTA Remastered Trilogy Is Your Chance To Fly The Dodo, The Worst Vehicle In Video Game History With a remaster of Grand Theft Auto 3 on the way, I really hope Rockstar doesn't fix its infamously tricky to fly plane, the dreaded Dodo.

Iñaki Williams: ‘My parents crossed the desert barefoot to get to Spain’

Iñaki Williams: ‘My parents crossed the desert barefoot to get to Spain’ Athletic striker tells Sid Lowe about his parents’ remarkable journey to Spain, turning down Ghana and playing a record 203 league games in a row

Arnold Schwarzenegger at his prime. Mr. Olympia 1975

Timetable 2022

Publication of exam timetable for session 2021/2022;

https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/41619.html

Timetable 2022 Download the SQA exam timetable for 2022 - National Qualifications

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Got some great new work to show you all soon 😊

Art is for everyone. Sully ❤

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We are supporting Show Racism the Red Card Scotland's Month of Action, where we'll be sharing resources throughout the month.

Racism has no place in Scottish football or society.

So ladies and gentlemen THIS is Mars! 🤯😱

From NASA - This panorama, taken on Feb. 20, 2021, by the Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, was stitched together from six individual images after they were sent back to Earth.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
Edit: Hugh Hou (the 360 sky experience was added for use on Oculus Quest 2)

Notes from the outer regions…

Notes from the outer regions… Having lived in London for over 20 years now I’m always careful not to bring back too much of the local currency when I return from trips home. I’m referring of course to the regional banknotes produced by Danske Bank, Ulster Bank, First Trust and Bank of Ireland. It’s a well-worn rant that mo...

Captain Sardar Ishar Singh was the first Sikh to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery, when the convoy he was protecting was attacked by tribesmen in Waziristan in April 1921.
His tribute and story is now on the Armed Forces Memorial Wall - if a member of your family has ever served in our Armed Forces and has passed away please ensure they are remembered and honoured on the Wall. It only takes a few minutes to complete a tribute. Lest we forget.
Go to: https://www.veteransfoundation.org.uk/memorial-wall/

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The Further Adventures of Technically Correct Man.

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Hated putting myself out there at first. But sometimes the very thing you're afraid to do is the thing you absolutely have to do. So stop being a f**kin sh*tebag and have a go. You're not scared, you're just overwhelmed at the thought of it changing your life.

Art is for everyone. Sully ❤

So true. 🧡

Photos from Sully Artist's post

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Tickets on sale for charity screening of The Three Kings - Glasgowist

Tickets on sale for charity screening of The Three Kings - Glasgowist The Three Kings is a remarkable film that tells a Scottish story, from the Oscar winning producers of Senna and the director of I Believe in Miracles. It’s to receive its first gala screening in Glasgow at Saint Luke’s to benefit the John Hartson Foundation on Wednesday 13 October. A celebration...

Some Friday funnies 😅