Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it. —John Adams #Founder #USA #JohnAdams #freedom #POTUS

#DidYouKnow Legend has it that Rio Tinto (Red River) was the site of King Solomon's mines. The strangeness of the river's ecology has attracted the attention of NASA, which studied its highly acidic environment because the conditions resemble those on the surface of #Mars.

Cantino Planisphere, 1502, was named after Alberto Cantino, an Italian spy employed by the Duke of Ferrara, who smuggled this valuable map from Portugal to Italy. the original is on display at the Biblioteca Estense Universitaria in Modena, Italy. https://t.co/nsVL4RPsDv

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! #Wales celebrates #StDavidsDay. Legend has it that St David himself ordered Welsh soldiers to wear leeks into battle against the Saxons back in the 6th century. By the 19th century daffodils had grown in popularity.

These turf buildings are located at Skaftafell, a manor farm founded by early settlers and now part of Vatnajökull National Park. Unlike Icelanders’ history, though, these huts aren't a millennium old: They date to the 19th century. #Iceland #travel

Polar bears aren't endangered, their current conservation status is 'vulnerable'. The Arctic ice is crucial to the bears' survival, as they hunt ringed seals that bob up through holes in the ice. As Arctic ice decreases, the polar bears' hunting ground does, too. #PolarBearDay

#Yosemite National Park by #AnselAdams. Adams was a visionary: Instead of plainly documenting what he saw, Adams aimed to convey the enchantment, awe and terror his beloved landscapes made him feel, spending hours in the darkroom fine-tuning exposures to match what he visualized.

OTD Yesterday 😀1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.

#TIH #OTD in1779 – Native Hawaiians killed English explorer Captain James Cook after he attempted to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief of the island of #Hawaii. #History

On February 12 each year since 2002, pleas are made to political leaders and events are staged around the world to draw attention to child soldiers: children under the age of 18 who participate in military organizations of all kinds. #RedHandDay

Map of Charleston & Harbor, South Carolina, 1780 | https://t.co/3ZVGN59FrW https://t.co/Z0WzShdqNC #carolina #Charleston #history #map

Plan of the White House, A manuscript architectural drawing of The White House (“President’s House”) in Washington, D.C., made in 1807 by Benjamin Henry Latrobe | https://t.co/3ZVGN59FrW https://t.co/vMvFjXoVh0

Map of #Goa, #India, 1596, Linschoten copied the map prior to 1589, together with other documents, from secret Portuguese sources, while working as a personal secretary to the much older Portuguese Archbishop of Goa https://t.co/f2cNPlkhbz

Amazing cartoon #VW bus - https://t.co/AfrrtMlkqL - Thank you @MyClassicCar

Agoyán, known as El Pailón del Diablo -The Devil’s Cauldron, is #Ecuador’s tallest and most famous waterfall. It’s a highlight of the Ruta de las Cascadas-Route of the Waterfalls, a popular circuit of many waterfalls and hot springs near the mountain town of Baños de Agua Santa.

#TIH -27 BCE: #RomanEmpire begins - the Roman Senate grants Octavian the title Augustus, giving him imperial powers, thus marking the end of the republic and the birth of an empire. Over the next five centuries, this world-shaking power will rise and fall in spectacular fashion.

Château de Beynac overlooking the Dordogne Valley in #France. The region is famous for its castles, its medieval villages, and its... fungus. At least, the fungus considered by some to represent the apogee of French cuisine: the truffle. #truffles

Antique iceboats on the frozen Hudson River near Astor Point in Barrytown, New York #WinterWonderland #NYC

Hohenschwangau Castle, #Bavaria, #Germany #WinterWonderland

Bryce Canyon isn’t a true canyon, it is a collection of natural amphitheaters. The park’s hoodoos formed as water seeped into massive stone plateaus, then froze and expanded to break away chunks of rock. It is the largest concentration of hoodoos in the world. #WinterWonderland