"Space," Douglas Adams observed in his comic sci-fi novel "The Hitchhiker"s Guide to the Galaxy," "is big. Really big. You just won"t believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you might think it"s a long way down the road to the chemist, but that"s just peanuts to space." So, in his fictional universe, Adams invented the Infinite Improbability Drive as a way to cross its vast distances in a nothingth of a second. And, in one memorable passage, to convert two approaching nuclear missiles into a bowl of petunias and a sperm whale. Thus, today"s image of the Earth"s largest toothed whale is our tribute to Adams on the 20th annual celebration of Towel Day (it"s surprisingly difficult to find a really great image of a bowl of petunias).
An improbable tribute for Towel Day
Today in History
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Happy 50th for the National Trails System!
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Chestnut-eared aracari in the Pantanal, Brazil
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Gray seal pup, Norfolk, England
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Pont dArcole over the Seine river, Paris, France
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Heron lies the Salton Sea
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Strolling across the Red Lagoon
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Flamingos of the Chilean desert
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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A most sincere pumpkin patch
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Don’t get lost in there
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Black History Month
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Berlin Festival of Lights
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An underwater rainbow
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Merry Christmas!
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Snow buntings take flight
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Why you should thank a nurse today
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A prison fit for a count
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Is this Minecraft headquarters?
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Cenote near Puerto Aventuras, Mexico
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World Space Week
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Humming along
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, England
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Not your average sandcastle
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Flying high on National Bird Day
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Peel Castle on St. Patrick’s Isle with the Isle of Man in the background
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On this shore, history was made
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A star is borne by seaweed
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Here s looking Atchafalaya