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Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Got my colour updated last week courtesy of @bsabi_hair and I’m loving it! #purplehair
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - My eyeliner and hair turned out pretty nicely the other day. That’s it. I’m super busy so here’s ma face! #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Hallowe’en has been a lot more fun since I started streaming! Sewed the leaves on the dress and had to work with the cheap wig’s limitations, but dressed as the Great Fairy of Power and started playing Majora’s Mask for the first time! Second pic is the reference. And no, I’m not Poison Ivy. #streamer #twitch #zelda #halloween
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Hallowe’en has been a lot more fun since I started streaming! Sewed the leaves on the dress and had to work with the cheap wig’s limitations, but dressed as the Great Fairy of Power and started playing Majora’s Mask for the first time! Second pic is the reference. And no, I’m not Poison Ivy. #streamer #twitch #zelda #halloween
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - I’m in love with this colour! @bsabi_hair is just brilliant. #bluehair
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Did a little exploring in Herbert Hoover’s boyhood home and neighbourhood yesterday. It’s so neat when history is brilliantly preserved like this! Seriously, presidential libraries are my favourite trips. Loving my time at the @hooverlibrarymuseum! And no you still can’t know what I’m working on! #author #history
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Hair was especially blue on set today! #tv #subjectmatterexpert #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Honestly, I tried to record some little education shorts but I’m wiped so here’s some cat lady things. #cat #caturday #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Sneaky little set selfie today. Coming soon to a TV near you! (I actually have no idea when these episodes will air, and I don’t think I can even tell you what the show is! But my hair colour is amazing!) #tv #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - My purple is fading but a good hair day nonetheless. Really happy when that coincides with a day I’m recording a new YouTube video! #creator #author #purplehair
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - The only thing I like to do on my birthday is work out. Thanks for not taking it easy on me, @healthfitcoachb! The only things that hurt were my lungs and my pride. #lifting
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Contemplating indoor trees today. #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - This was too fascinating I had to share. #author #kangaroos
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - One of the Jackie Cochran stories I love to tell. Digging into her life via her own personal archives was an amazing part of writing FIGHTING FOR SPACE. Their friendship was pretty interesting and is one of elements that makes her feel like a real life Forrest Gump — she knew everyone and was connected to so much history. It’s honestly amazing. #l

FIGHTING FOR SPACE is available however you like to consume books from wherever you like to buy books! #author #history
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - The time I met Jim Lovell. Not Jim or Gym Level. Instagram! Stop not accepting my edits! Anyways. This was in about 2014 or so. A fantastic interaction! #author #history
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - When I first raised the question, I told Mike Collins I needed to ask him about his underwear, and of course he immediately mimed taking off his pants. It was a very silly conversation but we got to the bottom of the underwear issue! #history #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Shot a bunch of shorts today and was pretty impressed at how even I got my eyeliner! #historian #author #gamer
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Blue hair. Pete doesn’t care. #cat #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Had a shoot yesterday in what felt like an ancient castle, and it also had a full bar? There was a harp in the living room and tapestries everywhere! It was amazing and I wanted to just poke around the house for hours but, you know, politeness and respect and all that fun stuff. #author #tv
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Had a shoot yesterday in what felt like an ancient castle, and it also had a full bar? There was a harp in the living room and tapestries everywhere! It was amazing and I wanted to just poke around the house for hours but, you know, politeness and respect and all that fun stuff. #author #tv
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Had a shoot yesterday in what felt like an ancient castle, and it also had a full bar? There was a harp in the living room and tapestries everywhere! It was amazing and I wanted to just poke around the house for hours but, you know, politeness and respect and all that fun stuff. #author #tv
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Throwback to that time I got to sit in a big, plush leather chair in wood paneled study shooting b-roll for a documentary. It smelled of rich mahogany and leather-bound books. #author #historian
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Hanging with Harry, first his papers, then the man… kinda. I honestly love a research room with a window! #truman
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Hanging with Harry, first his papers, then the man… kinda. I honestly love a research room with a window! #truman
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Honestly, I want this one to make a really big comeback! #history
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Was looking through selfies for thumbnails and forgot I took this one for a “wtf” kind of emotion. So enjoy this gratuitous selfie while I write my next YouTube video. It’s gonna be a fun one! #youtube #historian #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - I love how often this story makes people reach out to me! #author #history
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Learning about corn and vacuums at @hooverlibrarymuseum — ok not really, but also I’m not telling you what I’m working on just yet. But I did see a lot of corn driving out from the airport! #author #research
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Everything is content! #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Jack Swigert, the CLP of Apollo 13, was a test pilot for North American Aviation and worked on the Rogallo Wing project, which was a sort of two-lobed sail that popped out from the spacecraft so it could glide to a landing. The idea was to get away from costly and dangerous splashdowns, and make vehicles reusable. It didn’t work, but a small-scale vehicle was built and flew somewhat successfully too late in the program to actually be tested on a mission. 

Swigert was elected to Colorado congress but died before he could take office. His statue is in B Concourse down where you get the train to move between terminals and baggage claim. You can’t miss it! #history #author #denverairport
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Feeling mighty awkward with a full face of makeup for today’s interview. Also, why are selfie angles always the worst!? Sigh. #tv
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Do the thing, y’all. #vote
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Before and after professional hair and makeup yesterday! I never know what they mean when a shoot says “we have makeup on set” so I arrive ready to go, but @makeupbychungo made me look so glamorous! But oh my god I was so aware of my eyelids! I never wear fake eyelashes. They look great but it was such a weird feeling! 

Also I got to be super candid in this interview about… well, I can’t say anything yet. But it was a fun one! #author #moonlanding
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Before and after professional hair and makeup yesterday! I never know what they mean when a shoot says “we have makeup on set” so I arrive ready to go, but @makeupbychungo made me look so glamorous! But oh my god I was so aware of my eyelids! I never wear fake eyelashes. They look great but it was such a weird feeling! 

Also I got to be super candid in this interview about… well, I can’t say anything yet. But it was a fun one! #author #moonlanding
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Pete approved costume this year.
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Made a quick stop at the Lovelace Clinic when I was out in New Mexico last week! It’s definitely not what it was in the 1960s when pilots did their medical testing there, but still a neat name to see from the freeway! 

Randy Lovelace founded the clinic with his uncle and another colleague. He was a pioneering researcher in oxygen systems for pilots flying above 10,000 feet, work that introduced him to Jackie Cochran and beginning a life-long friendship. In the late 1950s, NASA asked him to run the medical side of astronaut screening because he was known to be thorough and discreet with a solid background in aviation medicine.

Randy Lovelace plays a pretty big role in my latest book, “Fighting for Space.” He was really fascinating to learn about!

 #history #fightingforspace #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - My favourite tidbit from that time I did a deep dive into what a mess Daylight Savings has been for decades. Really neat story though! #history #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - When you dedicate an entire stream to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, you gotta have some fun and go all in! #twitch #streamer
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - I’m OBSESSED with how gorgeous the Eisenhower Library is. It’s all marble, and apparently hand cleaned every two years. This is the hallway from the reading room to the bathroom… Even the bathroom is gorgeous! The lobby just feels amazing.  #ikelibrary #ilikeike
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - I’m OBSESSED with how gorgeous the Eisenhower Library is. It’s all marble, and apparently hand cleaned every two years. This is the hallway from the reading room to the bathroom… Even the bathroom is gorgeous! The lobby just feels amazing.  #ikelibrary #ilikeike
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - I’m OBSESSED with how gorgeous the Eisenhower Library is. It’s all marble, and apparently hand cleaned every two years. This is the hallway from the reading room to the bathroom… Even the bathroom is gorgeous! The lobby just feels amazing.  #ikelibrary #ilikeike
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Cozy rainy afternoon in my book nook, researching for the new one. #bookstagram #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Set selfie from earlier this week, contrasted with a serious shot in the monitor. #subjectmatterexpert
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Set selfie from earlier this week, contrasted with a serious shot in the monitor. #subjectmatterexpert
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Slightly tired post-shoot selfie from last week. It’s amazing how being interviewed for six hours can take it out of you! Coming to a TV near you… at some point! #author #history
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Mary Toft was nuts. #history #author #reels
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - In love with my new Pinup peach hoodie. Of course it’s already covered in cat hair but just ignore that bit! #twitchstreamer #mario #peach
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Thanks, @bsabi_hair for making me feel so good! Fresh colour is always such a pick-me-up. #purplehair #gamer #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Pete was being a butt so I made him cuddle… he purred until he hissed, so standard day with Pete! #cat #catlady
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - My skin feels glowy and amazing thanks to @skinbycherokee! Pete was very curious about the scents. And yes, my skin is still a little blue from the fresh dye yesterday… but it feels great to have fresh hair and freshly cared-for skin! #skincare
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - I love weird history. There is a lot more to this story that I can’t fit in a short, so I might try to make a couple of followup videos instead of a long post! #history #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Hair transformation day! Love getting a full refresh from @bsabi_hair, who is an absolute artist. I am OBSESSED with this colour and love how good a fresh dye feels! #bluehair

Also, IG, stop cutting off my captions it was a Spice Girls kinda day, Dagnabbit!
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - What would you bring as your first snack on a trip to the Moon? When Dick signed an Earthrise picture for me later, he wrote “no sandwich” above the signature. Then I asked him about the tuna incident and made him cry-laugh, but that’s another story. He always called me good girl after that! #history #author #apollo
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - PSA: don’t launch your rocket through a storm. 

Why didn’t NASA scrub the launch? A couple of reasons, foremost was that President Nixon was there and there was a bit of a need to get it off the ground while he was on site. Also the rocket was supposed to be pretty damn hardy, I mean it was launching to the Moon, through some pretty big extremes, a little rain never hurt anything, right? 

The mission landed at the Ocean of Storms and there were no further problem… aside from them losing the camera timer they’d snuck on board to take a truly epic selfie of both Pete and Al on the Moon. As such we never got a dual astronaut picture. Still my favourite mission! #author #history #apollo #space
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Sometimes Pete is a snuggle bunny. #cats
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Don’t F with cats. It’ll come back to bite you. #cat #history #streamer
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Kitty headbutts are the perfect cure for “trying to squish a lot of research into a coherent overview” headache. Thanks, Pete! #catsofinstagram #catlady #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Or maybe Apollo astronauts just really loved bacon. I once went through all the Apollo mission transcripts and there’s a surprising amount of talk about bacon squares! #history #author #science
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Gratuitous selfie because I’m OBSESSED with my new colour! #purplehair
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - How astronomers found Neptune! Studying what we can see in space tells us a lot about what we can’t see. That’s true for finding exoplanets, studying dark matter, and it’s how astronomers found Neptune right in our own backyard. And also Pluto! Studying meteors and planets got astronomers looking for a theoretical Planet X beyond Neptune that might be influencing these bodies, and Clyde Tombaugh finally found it in 1929 using a blink comparator; he found one tiny dot moving against the “fixed” stars and we got Pluto!

There’s obviously more to the story, but this quick version will get you through your next awkward social gathering. Also Pin Up Peach merch available on my Twitch stream! #author #history
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - My favourite moment from any Apollo mission. I’m going to have to tell the story of telling Dick Gordon about this in another reel, it’s darn good! #author #history #space #nasa
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Revisiting this gem in the recording booth this week. It’s been… awkward. Boy howdy have I ever improved as a writer in seven years! #author #audiobook #audible
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Probably the coolest eclipse shot ever. Taken November 23, 1969, during Apollo 12’s return from the Moon. They did a lot of interesting photography experiments — zodiacal light being the other cool one — but this is definitely some of my favourite footage from that mission. 

Apollo 12 stands as my favourite mission and is also what my cat is named for the commander, Pete Conrad. Yes, my cat has his own surname. #author #space #historian
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Some pics from this week with Herbert… the Simpsons fan in me so badly wants to call him Unkie Herb! Last slide is a surprising find I stumbled on that I am willing to share: a letter from Isabelle Paterson to Ayn Rand! Snuck in a quick visit with these ladies!
But seriously, huge shoutout to the archivists and staff this week. They’ve been so wonderfully helpful and so great to meet! Support your local presidential library! #author #hoover #nara
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Some pics from this week with Herbert… the Simpsons fan in me so badly wants to call him Unkie Herb! Last slide is a surprising find I stumbled on that I am willing to share: a letter from Isabelle Paterson to Ayn Rand! Snuck in a quick visit with these ladies!
But seriously, huge shoutout to the archivists and staff this week. They’ve been so wonderfully helpful and so great to meet! Support your local presidential library! #author #hoover #nara
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Some pics from this week with Herbert… the Simpsons fan in me so badly wants to call him Unkie Herb! Last slide is a surprising find I stumbled on that I am willing to share: a letter from Isabelle Paterson to Ayn Rand! Snuck in a quick visit with these ladies!
But seriously, huge shoutout to the archivists and staff this week. They’ve been so wonderfully helpful and so great to meet! Support your local presidential library! #author #hoover #nara
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Still the best airport washroom.
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Little behind the scenes look at the book proposal writing process… not overwhelmed at all! #author #writer #cat
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - A long day in front of the camera makes for a goobery post-shoot selfie. It was a long one but a fun one! Talking about things I can’t mention for a show I can’t name… coming to a TV near you soon! #historian #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Dagnabbit. Next time @adlerplanet. Also the museum closes at 4, why can’t I go in at 3:30! Take my money! 

I think it’s still here anyways? Gemini 12 was Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin, and Lovell being from the Chicago area is why it’s here. I’ll find some good footage soon of just how tiny that spacecraft is. I’m never not going to love Gemini. #author #history
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Tulips were once more valuable than gold… really! This story was fascinating and the video is live on my namesake YouTube channel! Link in my bio for the day! #author #history #nfts #tulips
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Apollo 8, properly speaking, was the C’ (C Prime) mission. Each Apollo mission had a letter designating its goals on the path to the landing. The C mission was the Earth orbital test flight of the Command Module, then D was the Command and Lunar Modules tested in Earth orbit. E was the same mission but at a very high orbital altitude. F was meant to be the first lunar mission, a full dress rehearsal of the landing. 

When the Lunar Module was so behind, NASA created the C’ flight — Command Module only lunar flight — then returned to Earth orbit for the D mission, then scrapped the E mission entirely. It was a huge risk that paid off. 

Bill Anders who took the Earthrise image, and who died just last week, said of the image that we went to the Moon and what we discovered was ourselves. 

And 1968 was not a great year for America! There were riots,  MLK and RFK were assassinated, Vietnam… in all the fan mail NASA got after Apollo 8, one woman simply wrote, “You saved 1968.”

So yeah. This was an amazing one to see at the @msichicago! #author #history #apollo #nasa
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Have you ever thought about the manpower splashdown landings take? Recovery is pretty intensive! 

In the 1960s, NASA embarked on a massive program to move away from splashdowns by turning the Gemini spacecraft into a glider with a deployable, inflatable sail. The Gemini Rogallo wing was tested in small scale and in manned vehicles, and it successfully landed and sent three pilots to the hospital. There was even a proposal to add a 13th mission to the Gemini program just to try out the landing system. It never flew. But I do have a tattoo of it! #history #author #space
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Waterloo Teeth. Well this gives that ABBA song a whole new layer… 
Dentures are one of those things I feel like we never think about. How on Earth did people come up with the way of giving people new teeth!? Recycled teeth might have been a good start but I’m a pretty big fan of modern dentistry. 

Anyways. Just a little weird fun history for your morning! #history #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - This wasn’t a one-off. There’s a decently rich history of America getting planes to the RCAF through creative means with the ultimate end of helping Britain in the war against Hitler. I’ve known about the horse-drawn planes for a while, but rolling it down the hill was a new one for me! 

As always, there’s more to the story, but just wanted to share the little tidbit! #history #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - The Saturn V shake test. And before someone tells me — yes it was the Saturn 500-F, which also had a unique paint scheme. 

The Saturn V stood 363-feet tall, and though it was pretty solid it was still susceptible to things like natural disasters. The shake test was designed to reveal its natural frequencies and help engineers determine its structural integrity in a storm so they could make the call to when it needed to be rolled back into the safety of the Vertical Assemble Building, aka its garage.  This happened after Hurricane Alma swept through in 1966, so that could have inspired the test. #author #history #space
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Just a weird story I had to share. #history #author #researcher
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - I learned so much at #AlienCon, some of which broke my brain in a good way and some of which broke my brain in a very weird way. And I got to meet a bunch of people I’ve worked with virtually for ages. I had a blast yesterday! Also saw this fantastic wine holder (?) I kinda regret not buying.
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - I learned so much at #AlienCon, some of which broke my brain in a good way and some of which broke my brain in a very weird way. And I got to meet a bunch of people I’ve worked with virtually for ages. I had a blast yesterday! Also saw this fantastic wine holder (?) I kinda regret not buying.
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Don’t mind me, just spending a lovely afternoon with my couch full of hats! #hatlady
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Don’t mind me, just spending a lovely afternoon with my couch full of hats! #hatlady
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - New video is live on my YT channel! Link in bio for the day. #history #youtube #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Think you could manage changing sides? #history
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Deeply satisfying selfie from the garden I where I had a shoot last week. Tiny space. Almost exclusively giant potted plants. I love these lush little enclosures! #author #streamer
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Sending the two-man Gemini spacecraft to the Moon was seriously considered as a way to get there before the Russians. Seriously, NASA was up for any way to make sure they got there first. 

Pete Conrad was actually a huge proponent of the Lunar Gemini mission; that’s the reason his Gemini 11 flight hit the high altitude record of 850 miles. Also why my Pete Conrad needed to feature himself so prominently in this short. 

Yes, this is the vanishingly short version, but it’s still an amazing story! #history #author #NASA #space
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Gum has a neat history, but it’s also disgusting. We have enzymes that break down food in our mouths and stomachs, and gum just… doesn’t! That’s so creepy I can’t handle it. The FDA definition certainly doesn’t help. And with gum not breaking down, that means there won’t be a gum tree in your stomach if you swallow it. You just pass it. (Though in rare cases it can get stuck so don’t eat it.) I’m an @altoids girl now. 
Also bonus Pete Conrad! 
#author #history #science
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Coming from the gym but whatever I found Fighting for Space IN THE BIOGRAPHY SECTION! It’s the orange spine, by the way… This has been an issue. Stores keep filing it in astronomy which a) it isn’t and b) no one goes to. Seeing my book where I wrote it to live feels SO DARN GOOD! #author #ffs #bookstagram
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - This one legit hurt. #streamer #kaizo #mario
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - The V-1 and V-2 are the weapons we hear about when it comes to insane German engineering during WWII, especially since the V-2 was the forerunner to modern rockets. Spoiler: the guy who designed it designed the Saturn V that took Apollo to the Moon. 

But there were other V-weapons, V for vergeltungswaffe, which means vengeance weapon or retaliatory weapon. The V-3 is just one of a few that thankfully never saw combat. #author #history
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - I’m on a boat! Last minute trip for my cousin’s wedding included a ferry ride. It was pretty!
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Acoustic Kitty was a real program. The surgery to give the cat all the necessary implants took and hour and a half, and ended with them being a living little radio transmitter. The one kitten released on a mission was meant to listen in on suspected Soviet spies, but it never made it. I have a longer piece about Acoustic Kitty on my YouTube channel for those interested! 

The Cold War fascinates me because it was this prolonged period where it was all brainstorming and there are no bad ideas in brainstorming, right? Except OF COURSE THERE ARE! I love digging into weird history, especially history made of science and technology. #author #history #coldwar
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Recounting one of my favourite unexpected finds from my second book! I loved getting into Jackie and LBJ’s friendship, especially with moments like these. There’s a great finish to this story, too — when LBJ was elected, a journalist asked him who he felt had made the greatest contribution to his campaign and he answered, “a woman… not my wife!” 

Fighting for Space is available however you like to consume books! (And yes, I am working on something new. I just need to find the team to help me launch it!) #author #history
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - This movie is still fantastic! #titanic #valentines
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Dolphins on LSD, funded (partially) by NASA. The 1960s were wild! 

The end of the story that didn’t fit into this already way too long post is that after the study ended, Peter was moved to another lab into a much smaller tank without sunlight; in the house with Margaret he’d had open space to move and lots of sun. He got so depressed he killed himself. Apparently dolphins can choose to stop breathing and just sink in their tanks. Margaret ended up moving back into the dolphin house — minus the flooding — and raised her family there. NASA still hasn’t found aliens, so no word if the dolphin communications funding was money well spent. #author #history
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Pete wanted to help me tell you guys about the time a pig was convicted of murder… #history #reels #weirdhistory #author
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Just some history for your feed. #olympic #titanic #history
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Super fun, super hard vertical fall section. #kaizo #gamer #twitch
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Today’s shoot location was ornate. Here’s the bathroom. #tv #author #subjectmatterexpert
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Boustrophedon. That’s the name for this type of writing that I couldn’t get to stay on screen long enough to read it! Modern versions of Ancient Greek texts do have punctuation and markers for pronunciation, which really helps when reading it. 

Another really interesting, similarly hard to wrap your head around as a native English speaker, is Hebrew having no vowels. There are dashes and dots to indicate vowels, but while you learn to read with them they aren’t common, like they’re in kids books but not adult book, and definitely not in the Torah. You just kinda have to know what the word is! 

And I really do love the Oxford comma. It’s apparently not standard in the US, and my Canadian writer self can’t stand when it’s missing in a book! #author #language #history
Amy Shira Teitel Instagram - Denver has to have the coolest washrooms around. I love that there’s a separate vanity counter with so much natural lighting and a view of planes! #den
Amy Shira Teitel - 4.5K Likes - Got my colour updated last week courtesy of @bsabi_hair and I’m loving it! #purplehair

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Caption : Got my colour updated last week courtesy of @bsabi_hair and I’m loving it! #purplehair
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Amy Shira Teitel - 4.5K Likes - My eyeliner and hair turned out pretty nicely the other day. That’s it. I’m super busy so here’s ma face! #author

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Caption : My eyeliner and hair turned out pretty nicely the other day. That’s it. I’m super busy so here’s ma face! #author
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Amy Shira Teitel - 4.5K Likes - Hallowe’en has been a lot more fun since I started streaming! Sewed the leaves on the dress and had to work with the cheap wig’s limitations, but dressed as the Great Fairy of Power and started playing Majora’s Mask for the first time! Second pic is the reference. And no, I’m not Poison Ivy. #streamer #twitch #zelda #halloween

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Caption : Hallowe’en has been a lot more fun since I started streaming! Sewed the leaves on the dress and had to work with the cheap wig’s limitations, but dressed as the Great Fairy of Power and started playing Majora’s Mask for the first time! Second pic is the reference. And no, I’m not Poison Ivy. #streamer #twitch #zelda #halloween
Likes : 4495
Amy Shira Teitel - 4.5K Likes - Hallowe’en has been a lot more fun since I started streaming! Sewed the leaves on the dress and had to work with the cheap wig’s limitations, but dressed as the Great Fairy of Power and started playing Majora’s Mask for the first time! Second pic is the reference. And no, I’m not Poison Ivy. #streamer #twitch #zelda #halloween

4.5K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Hallowe’en has been a lot more fun since I started streaming! Sewed the leaves on the dress and had to work with the cheap wig’s limitations, but dressed as the Great Fairy of Power and started playing Majora’s Mask for the first time! Second pic is the reference. And no, I’m not Poison Ivy. #streamer #twitch #zelda #halloween
Likes : 4495
Amy Shira Teitel - 4.5K Likes - I’m in love with this colour! @bsabi_hair is just brilliant. #bluehair

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Caption : I’m in love with this colour! @bsabi_hair is just brilliant. #bluehair
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Amy Shira Teitel - 4.4K Likes - Did a little exploring in Herbert Hoover’s boyhood home and neighbourhood yesterday. It’s so neat when history is brilliantly preserved like this! Seriously, presidential libraries are my favourite trips. Loving my time at the @hooverlibrarymuseum! And no you still can’t know what I’m working on! #author #history

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Caption : Did a little exploring in Herbert Hoover’s boyhood home and neighbourhood yesterday. It’s so neat when history is brilliantly preserved like this! Seriously, presidential libraries are my favourite trips. Loving my time at the @hooverlibrarymuseum! And no you still can’t know what I’m working on! #author #history
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Amy Shira Teitel - 4.2K Likes - Hair was especially blue on set today! #tv #subjectmatterexpert #author

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Caption : Hair was especially blue on set today! #tv #subjectmatterexpert #author
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Amy Shira Teitel - 4.2K Likes - Honestly, I tried to record some little education shorts but I’m wiped so here’s some cat lady things. #cat #caturday #author

4.2K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Honestly, I tried to record some little education shorts but I’m wiped so here’s some cat lady things. #cat #caturday #author
Likes : 4157
Amy Shira Teitel - 4.1K Likes - Sneaky little set selfie today. Coming soon to a TV near you! (I actually have no idea when these episodes will air, and I don’t think I can even tell you what the show is! But my hair colour is amazing!) #tv #author

4.1K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Sneaky little set selfie today. Coming soon to a TV near you! (I actually have no idea when these episodes will air, and I don’t think I can even tell you what the show is! But my hair colour is amazing!) #tv #author
Likes : 4096
Amy Shira Teitel - 4.1K Likes - My purple is fading but a good hair day nonetheless. Really happy when that coincides with a day I’m recording a new YouTube video! #creator #author #purplehair

4.1K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : My purple is fading but a good hair day nonetheless. Really happy when that coincides with a day I’m recording a new YouTube video! #creator #author #purplehair
Likes : 4076
Amy Shira Teitel - 4.1K Likes - The only thing I like to do on my birthday is work out. Thanks for not taking it easy on me, @healthfitcoachb! The only things that hurt were my lungs and my pride. #lifting

4.1K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : The only thing I like to do on my birthday is work out. Thanks for not taking it easy on me, @healthfitcoachb! The only things that hurt were my lungs and my pride. #lifting
Likes : 4064
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.9K Likes - Contemplating indoor trees today. #author

3.9K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Contemplating indoor trees today. #author
Likes : 3898
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.9K Likes - This was too fascinating I had to share. #author #kangaroos

3.9K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : This was too fascinating I had to share. #author #kangaroos
Likes : 3865
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.9K Likes - One of the Jackie Cochran stories I love to tell. Digging into her life via her own personal archives was an amazing part of writing FIGHTING FOR SPACE. Their friendship was pretty interesting and is one of elements that makes her feel like a real life Forrest Gump — she knew everyone and was connected to so much history. It’s honestly amazing. #l

FIGHTING FOR SPACE is available however you like to consume books from wherever you like to buy books! #author #history

3.9K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : One of the Jackie Cochran stories I love to tell. Digging into her life via her own personal archives was an amazing part of writing FIGHTING FOR SPACE. Their friendship was pretty interesting and is one of elements that makes her feel like a real life Forrest Gump — she knew everyone and was connected to so much history. It’s honestly amazing. #l FIGHTING FOR SPACE is available however you like to consume books from wherever you like to buy books! #author #history
Likes : 3850
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.8K Likes - The time I met Jim Lovell. Not Jim or Gym Level. Instagram! Stop not accepting my edits! Anyways. This was in about 2014 or so. A fantastic interaction! #author #history

3.8K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : The time I met Jim Lovell. Not Jim or Gym Level. Instagram! Stop not accepting my edits! Anyways. This was in about 2014 or so. A fantastic interaction! #author #history
Likes : 3824
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.6K Likes - When I first raised the question, I told Mike Collins I needed to ask him about his underwear, and of course he immediately mimed taking off his pants. It was a very silly conversation but we got to the bottom of the underwear issue! #history #author

3.6K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : When I first raised the question, I told Mike Collins I needed to ask him about his underwear, and of course he immediately mimed taking off his pants. It was a very silly conversation but we got to the bottom of the underwear issue! #history #author
Likes : 3625
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.6K Likes - Shot a bunch of shorts today and was pretty impressed at how even I got my eyeliner! #historian #author #gamer

3.6K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Shot a bunch of shorts today and was pretty impressed at how even I got my eyeliner! #historian #author #gamer
Likes : 3601
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.5K Likes - Blue hair. Pete doesn’t care. #cat #author

3.5K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Blue hair. Pete doesn’t care. #cat #author
Likes : 3514
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.5K Likes - Had a shoot yesterday in what felt like an ancient castle, and it also had a full bar? There was a harp in the living room and tapestries everywhere! It was amazing and I wanted to just poke around the house for hours but, you know, politeness and respect and all that fun stuff. #author #tv

3.5K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Had a shoot yesterday in what felt like an ancient castle, and it also had a full bar? There was a harp in the living room and tapestries everywhere! It was amazing and I wanted to just poke around the house for hours but, you know, politeness and respect and all that fun stuff. #author #tv
Likes : 3508
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.5K Likes - Had a shoot yesterday in what felt like an ancient castle, and it also had a full bar? There was a harp in the living room and tapestries everywhere! It was amazing and I wanted to just poke around the house for hours but, you know, politeness and respect and all that fun stuff. #author #tv

3.5K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Had a shoot yesterday in what felt like an ancient castle, and it also had a full bar? There was a harp in the living room and tapestries everywhere! It was amazing and I wanted to just poke around the house for hours but, you know, politeness and respect and all that fun stuff. #author #tv
Likes : 3508
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.5K Likes - Had a shoot yesterday in what felt like an ancient castle, and it also had a full bar? There was a harp in the living room and tapestries everywhere! It was amazing and I wanted to just poke around the house for hours but, you know, politeness and respect and all that fun stuff. #author #tv

3.5K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Had a shoot yesterday in what felt like an ancient castle, and it also had a full bar? There was a harp in the living room and tapestries everywhere! It was amazing and I wanted to just poke around the house for hours but, you know, politeness and respect and all that fun stuff. #author #tv
Likes : 3508
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.5K Likes - Throwback to that time I got to sit in a big, plush leather chair in wood paneled study shooting b-roll for a documentary. It smelled of rich mahogany and leather-bound books. #author #historian

3.5K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Throwback to that time I got to sit in a big, plush leather chair in wood paneled study shooting b-roll for a documentary. It smelled of rich mahogany and leather-bound books. #author #historian
Likes : 3457
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.5K Likes - Hanging with Harry, first his papers, then the man… kinda. I honestly love a research room with a window! #truman

3.5K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Hanging with Harry, first his papers, then the man… kinda. I honestly love a research room with a window! #truman
Likes : 3451
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.5K Likes - Hanging with Harry, first his papers, then the man… kinda. I honestly love a research room with a window! #truman

3.5K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Hanging with Harry, first his papers, then the man… kinda. I honestly love a research room with a window! #truman
Likes : 3451
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.4K Likes - Honestly, I want this one to make a really big comeback! #history

3.4K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Honestly, I want this one to make a really big comeback! #history
Likes : 3381
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.4K Likes - Was looking through selfies for thumbnails and forgot I took this one for a “wtf” kind of emotion. So enjoy this gratuitous selfie while I write my next YouTube video. It’s gonna be a fun one! #youtube #historian #author

3.4K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Was looking through selfies for thumbnails and forgot I took this one for a “wtf” kind of emotion. So enjoy this gratuitous selfie while I write my next YouTube video. It’s gonna be a fun one! #youtube #historian #author
Likes : 3353
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.3K Likes - I love how often this story makes people reach out to me! #author #history

3.3K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : I love how often this story makes people reach out to me! #author #history
Likes : 3289
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.3K Likes - Learning about corn and vacuums at @hooverlibrarymuseum — ok not really, but also I’m not telling you what I’m working on just yet. But I did see a lot of corn driving out from the airport! #author #research

3.3K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Learning about corn and vacuums at @hooverlibrarymuseum — ok not really, but also I’m not telling you what I’m working on just yet. But I did see a lot of corn driving out from the airport! #author #research
Likes : 3284
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.2K Likes - Everything is content! #author

3.2K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Everything is content! #author
Likes : 3222
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.2K Likes - Jack Swigert, the CLP of Apollo 13, was a test pilot for North American Aviation and worked on the Rogallo Wing project, which was a sort of two-lobed sail that popped out from the spacecraft so it could glide to a landing. The idea was to get away from costly and dangerous splashdowns, and make vehicles reusable. It didn’t work, but a small-scale vehicle was built and flew somewhat successfully too late in the program to actually be tested on a mission. 

Swigert was elected to Colorado congress but died before he could take office. His statue is in B Concourse down where you get the train to move between terminals and baggage claim. You can’t miss it! #history #author #denverairport

3.2K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Jack Swigert, the CLP of Apollo 13, was a test pilot for North American Aviation and worked on the Rogallo Wing project, which was a sort of two-lobed sail that popped out from the spacecraft so it could glide to a landing. The idea was to get away from costly and dangerous splashdowns, and make vehicles reusable. It didn’t work, but a small-scale vehicle was built and flew somewhat successfully too late in the program to actually be tested on a mission. Swigert was elected to Colorado congress but died before he could take office. His statue is in B Concourse down where you get the train to move between terminals and baggage claim. You can’t miss it! #history #author #denverairport
Likes : 3214
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.2K Likes - Feeling mighty awkward with a full face of makeup for today’s interview. Also, why are selfie angles always the worst!? Sigh. #tv

3.2K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Feeling mighty awkward with a full face of makeup for today’s interview. Also, why are selfie angles always the worst!? Sigh. #tv
Likes : 3209
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.2K Likes - Do the thing, y’all. #vote

3.2K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Do the thing, y’all. #vote
Likes : 3197
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.2K Likes - Before and after professional hair and makeup yesterday! I never know what they mean when a shoot says “we have makeup on set” so I arrive ready to go, but @makeupbychungo made me look so glamorous! But oh my god I was so aware of my eyelids! I never wear fake eyelashes. They look great but it was such a weird feeling! 

Also I got to be super candid in this interview about… well, I can’t say anything yet. But it was a fun one! #author #moonlanding

3.2K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Before and after professional hair and makeup yesterday! I never know what they mean when a shoot says “we have makeup on set” so I arrive ready to go, but @makeupbychungo made me look so glamorous! But oh my god I was so aware of my eyelids! I never wear fake eyelashes. They look great but it was such a weird feeling! Also I got to be super candid in this interview about… well, I can’t say anything yet. But it was a fun one! #author #moonlanding
Likes : 3155
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.2K Likes - Before and after professional hair and makeup yesterday! I never know what they mean when a shoot says “we have makeup on set” so I arrive ready to go, but @makeupbychungo made me look so glamorous! But oh my god I was so aware of my eyelids! I never wear fake eyelashes. They look great but it was such a weird feeling! 

Also I got to be super candid in this interview about… well, I can’t say anything yet. But it was a fun one! #author #moonlanding

3.2K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Before and after professional hair and makeup yesterday! I never know what they mean when a shoot says “we have makeup on set” so I arrive ready to go, but @makeupbychungo made me look so glamorous! But oh my god I was so aware of my eyelids! I never wear fake eyelashes. They look great but it was such a weird feeling! Also I got to be super candid in this interview about… well, I can’t say anything yet. But it was a fun one! #author #moonlanding
Likes : 3155
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.1K Likes - Pete approved costume this year.

3.1K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Pete approved costume this year.
Likes : 3140
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.1K Likes - Made a quick stop at the Lovelace Clinic when I was out in New Mexico last week! It’s definitely not what it was in the 1960s when pilots did their medical testing there, but still a neat name to see from the freeway! 

Randy Lovelace founded the clinic with his uncle and another colleague. He was a pioneering researcher in oxygen systems for pilots flying above 10,000 feet, work that introduced him to Jackie Cochran and beginning a life-long friendship. In the late 1950s, NASA asked him to run the medical side of astronaut screening because he was known to be thorough and discreet with a solid background in aviation medicine.

Randy Lovelace plays a pretty big role in my latest book, “Fighting for Space.” He was really fascinating to learn about!

 #history #fightingforspace #author

3.1K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Made a quick stop at the Lovelace Clinic when I was out in New Mexico last week! It’s definitely not what it was in the 1960s when pilots did their medical testing there, but still a neat name to see from the freeway! Randy Lovelace founded the clinic with his uncle and another colleague. He was a pioneering researcher in oxygen systems for pilots flying above 10,000 feet, work that introduced him to Jackie Cochran and beginning a life-long friendship. In the late 1950s, NASA asked him to run the medical side of astronaut screening because he was known to be thorough and discreet with a solid background in aviation medicine. Randy Lovelace plays a pretty big role in my latest book, “Fighting for Space.” He was really fascinating to learn about! #history #fightingforspace #author
Likes : 3112
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.1K Likes - My favourite tidbit from that time I did a deep dive into what a mess Daylight Savings has been for decades. Really neat story though! #history #author

3.1K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : My favourite tidbit from that time I did a deep dive into what a mess Daylight Savings has been for decades. Really neat story though! #history #author
Likes : 3099
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.1K Likes - When you dedicate an entire stream to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, you gotta have some fun and go all in! #twitch #streamer

3.1K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : When you dedicate an entire stream to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, you gotta have some fun and go all in! #twitch #streamer
Likes : 3097
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.1K Likes - I’m OBSESSED with how gorgeous the Eisenhower Library is. It’s all marble, and apparently hand cleaned every two years. This is the hallway from the reading room to the bathroom… Even the bathroom is gorgeous! The lobby just feels amazing.  #ikelibrary #ilikeike

3.1K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : I’m OBSESSED with how gorgeous the Eisenhower Library is. It’s all marble, and apparently hand cleaned every two years. This is the hallway from the reading room to the bathroom… Even the bathroom is gorgeous! The lobby just feels amazing. #ikelibrary #ilikeike
Likes : 3077
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.1K Likes - I’m OBSESSED with how gorgeous the Eisenhower Library is. It’s all marble, and apparently hand cleaned every two years. This is the hallway from the reading room to the bathroom… Even the bathroom is gorgeous! The lobby just feels amazing.  #ikelibrary #ilikeike

3.1K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : I’m OBSESSED with how gorgeous the Eisenhower Library is. It’s all marble, and apparently hand cleaned every two years. This is the hallway from the reading room to the bathroom… Even the bathroom is gorgeous! The lobby just feels amazing. #ikelibrary #ilikeike
Likes : 3077
Amy Shira Teitel - 3.1K Likes - I’m OBSESSED with how gorgeous the Eisenhower Library is. It’s all marble, and apparently hand cleaned every two years. This is the hallway from the reading room to the bathroom… Even the bathroom is gorgeous! The lobby just feels amazing.  #ikelibrary #ilikeike

3.1K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : I’m OBSESSED with how gorgeous the Eisenhower Library is. It’s all marble, and apparently hand cleaned every two years. This is the hallway from the reading room to the bathroom… Even the bathroom is gorgeous! The lobby just feels amazing. #ikelibrary #ilikeike
Likes : 3077
Amy Shira Teitel - 3K Likes - Cozy rainy afternoon in my book nook, researching for the new one. #bookstagram #author

3K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Cozy rainy afternoon in my book nook, researching for the new one. #bookstagram #author
Likes : 3032
Amy Shira Teitel - 3K Likes - Set selfie from earlier this week, contrasted with a serious shot in the monitor. #subjectmatterexpert

3K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Set selfie from earlier this week, contrasted with a serious shot in the monitor. #subjectmatterexpert
Likes : 3022
Amy Shira Teitel - 3K Likes - Set selfie from earlier this week, contrasted with a serious shot in the monitor. #subjectmatterexpert

3K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Set selfie from earlier this week, contrasted with a serious shot in the monitor. #subjectmatterexpert
Likes : 3022
Amy Shira Teitel - 3K Likes - Slightly tired post-shoot selfie from last week. It’s amazing how being interviewed for six hours can take it out of you! Coming to a TV near you… at some point! #author #history

3K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Slightly tired post-shoot selfie from last week. It’s amazing how being interviewed for six hours can take it out of you! Coming to a TV near you… at some point! #author #history
Likes : 2969
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.9K Likes - Mary Toft was nuts. #history #author #reels

2.9K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Mary Toft was nuts. #history #author #reels
Likes : 2946
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.9K Likes - In love with my new Pinup peach hoodie. Of course it’s already covered in cat hair but just ignore that bit! #twitchstreamer #mario #peach

2.9K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : In love with my new Pinup peach hoodie. Of course it’s already covered in cat hair but just ignore that bit! #twitchstreamer #mario #peach
Likes : 2921
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.9K Likes - Thanks, @bsabi_hair for making me feel so good! Fresh colour is always such a pick-me-up. #purplehair #gamer #author

2.9K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Thanks, @bsabi_hair for making me feel so good! Fresh colour is always such a pick-me-up. #purplehair #gamer #author
Likes : 2909
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.9K Likes - Pete was being a butt so I made him cuddle… he purred until he hissed, so standard day with Pete! #cat #catlady

2.9K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Pete was being a butt so I made him cuddle… he purred until he hissed, so standard day with Pete! #cat #catlady
Likes : 2904
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.9K Likes - My skin feels glowy and amazing thanks to @skinbycherokee! Pete was very curious about the scents. And yes, my skin is still a little blue from the fresh dye yesterday… but it feels great to have fresh hair and freshly cared-for skin! #skincare

2.9K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : My skin feels glowy and amazing thanks to @skinbycherokee! Pete was very curious about the scents. And yes, my skin is still a little blue from the fresh dye yesterday… but it feels great to have fresh hair and freshly cared-for skin! #skincare
Likes : 2887
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.9K Likes - I love weird history. There is a lot more to this story that I can’t fit in a short, so I might try to make a couple of followup videos instead of a long post! #history #author

2.9K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : I love weird history. There is a lot more to this story that I can’t fit in a short, so I might try to make a couple of followup videos instead of a long post! #history #author
Likes : 2879
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.9K Likes - Hair transformation day! Love getting a full refresh from @bsabi_hair, who is an absolute artist. I am OBSESSED with this colour and love how good a fresh dye feels! #bluehair

Also, IG, stop cutting off my captions it was a Spice Girls kinda day, Dagnabbit!

2.9K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Hair transformation day! Love getting a full refresh from @bsabi_hair, who is an absolute artist. I am OBSESSED with this colour and love how good a fresh dye feels! #bluehair Also, IG, stop cutting off my captions it was a Spice Girls kinda day, Dagnabbit!
Likes : 2858
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.9K Likes - What would you bring as your first snack on a trip to the Moon? When Dick signed an Earthrise picture for me later, he wrote “no sandwich” above the signature. Then I asked him about the tuna incident and made him cry-laugh, but that’s another story. He always called me good girl after that! #history #author #apollo

2.9K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : What would you bring as your first snack on a trip to the Moon? When Dick signed an Earthrise picture for me later, he wrote “no sandwich” above the signature. Then I asked him about the tuna incident and made him cry-laugh, but that’s another story. He always called me good girl after that! #history #author #apollo
Likes : 2856
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.8K Likes - PSA: don’t launch your rocket through a storm. 

Why didn’t NASA scrub the launch? A couple of reasons, foremost was that President Nixon was there and there was a bit of a need to get it off the ground while he was on site. Also the rocket was supposed to be pretty damn hardy, I mean it was launching to the Moon, through some pretty big extremes, a little rain never hurt anything, right? 

The mission landed at the Ocean of Storms and there were no further problem… aside from them losing the camera timer they’d snuck on board to take a truly epic selfie of both Pete and Al on the Moon. As such we never got a dual astronaut picture. Still my favourite mission! #author #history #apollo #space

2.8K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : PSA: don’t launch your rocket through a storm. Why didn’t NASA scrub the launch? A couple of reasons, foremost was that President Nixon was there and there was a bit of a need to get it off the ground while he was on site. Also the rocket was supposed to be pretty damn hardy, I mean it was launching to the Moon, through some pretty big extremes, a little rain never hurt anything, right? The mission landed at the Ocean of Storms and there were no further problem… aside from them losing the camera timer they’d snuck on board to take a truly epic selfie of both Pete and Al on the Moon. As such we never got a dual astronaut picture. Still my favourite mission! #author #history #apollo #space
Likes : 2822
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.8K Likes - Sometimes Pete is a snuggle bunny. #cats

2.8K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Sometimes Pete is a snuggle bunny. #cats
Likes : 2813
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.8K Likes - Don’t F with cats. It’ll come back to bite you. #cat #history #streamer

2.8K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Don’t F with cats. It’ll come back to bite you. #cat #history #streamer
Likes : 2803
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.8K Likes - Kitty headbutts are the perfect cure for “trying to squish a lot of research into a coherent overview” headache. Thanks, Pete! #catsofinstagram #catlady #author

2.8K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Kitty headbutts are the perfect cure for “trying to squish a lot of research into a coherent overview” headache. Thanks, Pete! #catsofinstagram #catlady #author
Likes : 2795
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.8K Likes - Or maybe Apollo astronauts just really loved bacon. I once went through all the Apollo mission transcripts and there’s a surprising amount of talk about bacon squares! #history #author #science

2.8K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Or maybe Apollo astronauts just really loved bacon. I once went through all the Apollo mission transcripts and there’s a surprising amount of talk about bacon squares! #history #author #science
Likes : 2785
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.8K Likes - Gratuitous selfie because I’m OBSESSED with my new colour! #purplehair

2.8K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Gratuitous selfie because I’m OBSESSED with my new colour! #purplehair
Likes : 2756
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.7K Likes - How astronomers found Neptune! Studying what we can see in space tells us a lot about what we can’t see. That’s true for finding exoplanets, studying dark matter, and it’s how astronomers found Neptune right in our own backyard. And also Pluto! Studying meteors and planets got astronomers looking for a theoretical Planet X beyond Neptune that might be influencing these bodies, and Clyde Tombaugh finally found it in 1929 using a blink comparator; he found one tiny dot moving against the “fixed” stars and we got Pluto!

There’s obviously more to the story, but this quick version will get you through your next awkward social gathering. Also Pin Up Peach merch available on my Twitch stream! #author #history

2.7K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : How astronomers found Neptune! Studying what we can see in space tells us a lot about what we can’t see. That’s true for finding exoplanets, studying dark matter, and it’s how astronomers found Neptune right in our own backyard. And also Pluto! Studying meteors and planets got astronomers looking for a theoretical Planet X beyond Neptune that might be influencing these bodies, and Clyde Tombaugh finally found it in 1929 using a blink comparator; he found one tiny dot moving against the “fixed” stars and we got Pluto! There’s obviously more to the story, but this quick version will get you through your next awkward social gathering. Also Pin Up Peach merch available on my Twitch stream! #author #history
Likes : 2703
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.7K Likes - My favourite moment from any Apollo mission. I’m going to have to tell the story of telling Dick Gordon about this in another reel, it’s darn good! #author #history #space #nasa

2.7K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : My favourite moment from any Apollo mission. I’m going to have to tell the story of telling Dick Gordon about this in another reel, it’s darn good! #author #history #space #nasa
Likes : 2680
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.7K Likes - Revisiting this gem in the recording booth this week. It’s been… awkward. Boy howdy have I ever improved as a writer in seven years! #author #audiobook #audible

2.7K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Revisiting this gem in the recording booth this week. It’s been… awkward. Boy howdy have I ever improved as a writer in seven years! #author #audiobook #audible
Likes : 2663
Amy Shira Teitel - 2.6K Likes - Probably the coolest eclipse shot ever. Taken November 23, 1969, during Apollo 12’s return from the Moon. They did a lot of interesting photography experiments — zodiacal light being the other cool one — but this is definitely some of my favourite footage from that mission. 

Apollo 12 stands as my favourite mission and is also what my cat is named for the commander, Pete Conrad. Yes, my cat has his own surname. #author #space #historian

2.6K Likes – Amy Shira Teitel Instagram

Caption : Probably the coolest eclipse shot ever. Taken November 23, 1969, during Apollo 12’s return from the Moon. They did a lot of interesting photography experiments — zodiacal light being the other cool one — but this is definitely some of my favourite footage from that mission. Apollo 12 stands as my favourite mission and is also what my cat is named for the commander, Pete Conrad. Yes, my cat has his own surname. #author #space #historian
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.5K Likes - Some pics from this week with Herbert… the Simpsons fan in me so badly wants to call him Unkie Herb! Last slide is a surprising find I stumbled on that I am willing to share: a letter from Isabelle Paterson to Ayn Rand! Snuck in a quick visit with these ladies!
But seriously, huge shoutout to the archivists and staff this week. They’ve been so wonderfully helpful and so great to meet! Support your local presidential library! #author #hoover #nara

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Caption : Some pics from this week with Herbert… the Simpsons fan in me so badly wants to call him Unkie Herb! Last slide is a surprising find I stumbled on that I am willing to share: a letter from Isabelle Paterson to Ayn Rand! Snuck in a quick visit with these ladies! But seriously, huge shoutout to the archivists and staff this week. They’ve been so wonderfully helpful and so great to meet! Support your local presidential library! #author #hoover #nara
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.5K Likes - Some pics from this week with Herbert… the Simpsons fan in me so badly wants to call him Unkie Herb! Last slide is a surprising find I stumbled on that I am willing to share: a letter from Isabelle Paterson to Ayn Rand! Snuck in a quick visit with these ladies!
But seriously, huge shoutout to the archivists and staff this week. They’ve been so wonderfully helpful and so great to meet! Support your local presidential library! #author #hoover #nara

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Caption : Some pics from this week with Herbert… the Simpsons fan in me so badly wants to call him Unkie Herb! Last slide is a surprising find I stumbled on that I am willing to share: a letter from Isabelle Paterson to Ayn Rand! Snuck in a quick visit with these ladies! But seriously, huge shoutout to the archivists and staff this week. They’ve been so wonderfully helpful and so great to meet! Support your local presidential library! #author #hoover #nara
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.5K Likes - Some pics from this week with Herbert… the Simpsons fan in me so badly wants to call him Unkie Herb! Last slide is a surprising find I stumbled on that I am willing to share: a letter from Isabelle Paterson to Ayn Rand! Snuck in a quick visit with these ladies!
But seriously, huge shoutout to the archivists and staff this week. They’ve been so wonderfully helpful and so great to meet! Support your local presidential library! #author #hoover #nara

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Caption : Some pics from this week with Herbert… the Simpsons fan in me so badly wants to call him Unkie Herb! Last slide is a surprising find I stumbled on that I am willing to share: a letter from Isabelle Paterson to Ayn Rand! Snuck in a quick visit with these ladies! But seriously, huge shoutout to the archivists and staff this week. They’ve been so wonderfully helpful and so great to meet! Support your local presidential library! #author #hoover #nara
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.5K Likes - Still the best airport washroom.

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Caption : Still the best airport washroom.
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.5K Likes - Little behind the scenes look at the book proposal writing process… not overwhelmed at all! #author #writer #cat

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Caption : Little behind the scenes look at the book proposal writing process… not overwhelmed at all! #author #writer #cat
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.5K Likes - A long day in front of the camera makes for a goobery post-shoot selfie. It was a long one but a fun one! Talking about things I can’t mention for a show I can’t name… coming to a TV near you soon! #historian #author

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Caption : A long day in front of the camera makes for a goobery post-shoot selfie. It was a long one but a fun one! Talking about things I can’t mention for a show I can’t name… coming to a TV near you soon! #historian #author
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.4K Likes - Dagnabbit. Next time @adlerplanet. Also the museum closes at 4, why can’t I go in at 3:30! Take my money! 

I think it’s still here anyways? Gemini 12 was Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin, and Lovell being from the Chicago area is why it’s here. I’ll find some good footage soon of just how tiny that spacecraft is. I’m never not going to love Gemini. #author #history

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Caption : Dagnabbit. Next time @adlerplanet. Also the museum closes at 4, why can’t I go in at 3:30! Take my money! I think it’s still here anyways? Gemini 12 was Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin, and Lovell being from the Chicago area is why it’s here. I’ll find some good footage soon of just how tiny that spacecraft is. I’m never not going to love Gemini. #author #history
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.4K Likes - Tulips were once more valuable than gold… really! This story was fascinating and the video is live on my namesake YouTube channel! Link in my bio for the day! #author #history #nfts #tulips

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Caption : Tulips were once more valuable than gold… really! This story was fascinating and the video is live on my namesake YouTube channel! Link in my bio for the day! #author #history #nfts #tulips
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.4K Likes - Apollo 8, properly speaking, was the C’ (C Prime) mission. Each Apollo mission had a letter designating its goals on the path to the landing. The C mission was the Earth orbital test flight of the Command Module, then D was the Command and Lunar Modules tested in Earth orbit. E was the same mission but at a very high orbital altitude. F was meant to be the first lunar mission, a full dress rehearsal of the landing. 

When the Lunar Module was so behind, NASA created the C’ flight — Command Module only lunar flight — then returned to Earth orbit for the D mission, then scrapped the E mission entirely. It was a huge risk that paid off. 

Bill Anders who took the Earthrise image, and who died just last week, said of the image that we went to the Moon and what we discovered was ourselves. 

And 1968 was not a great year for America! There were riots,  MLK and RFK were assassinated, Vietnam… in all the fan mail NASA got after Apollo 8, one woman simply wrote, “You saved 1968.”

So yeah. This was an amazing one to see at the @msichicago! #author #history #apollo #nasa

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Caption : Apollo 8, properly speaking, was the C’ (C Prime) mission. Each Apollo mission had a letter designating its goals on the path to the landing. The C mission was the Earth orbital test flight of the Command Module, then D was the Command and Lunar Modules tested in Earth orbit. E was the same mission but at a very high orbital altitude. F was meant to be the first lunar mission, a full dress rehearsal of the landing. When the Lunar Module was so behind, NASA created the C’ flight — Command Module only lunar flight — then returned to Earth orbit for the D mission, then scrapped the E mission entirely. It was a huge risk that paid off. Bill Anders who took the Earthrise image, and who died just last week, said of the image that we went to the Moon and what we discovered was ourselves. And 1968 was not a great year for America! There were riots, MLK and RFK were assassinated, Vietnam… in all the fan mail NASA got after Apollo 8, one woman simply wrote, “You saved 1968.” So yeah. This was an amazing one to see at the @msichicago! #author #history #apollo #nasa
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.4K Likes - Have you ever thought about the manpower splashdown landings take? Recovery is pretty intensive! 

In the 1960s, NASA embarked on a massive program to move away from splashdowns by turning the Gemini spacecraft into a glider with a deployable, inflatable sail. The Gemini Rogallo wing was tested in small scale and in manned vehicles, and it successfully landed and sent three pilots to the hospital. There was even a proposal to add a 13th mission to the Gemini program just to try out the landing system. It never flew. But I do have a tattoo of it! #history #author #space

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Caption : Have you ever thought about the manpower splashdown landings take? Recovery is pretty intensive! In the 1960s, NASA embarked on a massive program to move away from splashdowns by turning the Gemini spacecraft into a glider with a deployable, inflatable sail. The Gemini Rogallo wing was tested in small scale and in manned vehicles, and it successfully landed and sent three pilots to the hospital. There was even a proposal to add a 13th mission to the Gemini program just to try out the landing system. It never flew. But I do have a tattoo of it! #history #author #space
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.4K Likes - Waterloo Teeth. Well this gives that ABBA song a whole new layer… 
Dentures are one of those things I feel like we never think about. How on Earth did people come up with the way of giving people new teeth!? Recycled teeth might have been a good start but I’m a pretty big fan of modern dentistry. 

Anyways. Just a little weird fun history for your morning! #history #author

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Caption : Waterloo Teeth. Well this gives that ABBA song a whole new layer… Dentures are one of those things I feel like we never think about. How on Earth did people come up with the way of giving people new teeth!? Recycled teeth might have been a good start but I’m a pretty big fan of modern dentistry. Anyways. Just a little weird fun history for your morning! #history #author
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.3K Likes - This wasn’t a one-off. There’s a decently rich history of America getting planes to the RCAF through creative means with the ultimate end of helping Britain in the war against Hitler. I’ve known about the horse-drawn planes for a while, but rolling it down the hill was a new one for me! 

As always, there’s more to the story, but just wanted to share the little tidbit! #history #author

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Caption : This wasn’t a one-off. There’s a decently rich history of America getting planes to the RCAF through creative means with the ultimate end of helping Britain in the war against Hitler. I’ve known about the horse-drawn planes for a while, but rolling it down the hill was a new one for me! As always, there’s more to the story, but just wanted to share the little tidbit! #history #author
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.3K Likes - The Saturn V shake test. And before someone tells me — yes it was the Saturn 500-F, which also had a unique paint scheme. 

The Saturn V stood 363-feet tall, and though it was pretty solid it was still susceptible to things like natural disasters. The shake test was designed to reveal its natural frequencies and help engineers determine its structural integrity in a storm so they could make the call to when it needed to be rolled back into the safety of the Vertical Assemble Building, aka its garage.  This happened after Hurricane Alma swept through in 1966, so that could have inspired the test. #author #history #space

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Caption : The Saturn V shake test. And before someone tells me — yes it was the Saturn 500-F, which also had a unique paint scheme. The Saturn V stood 363-feet tall, and though it was pretty solid it was still susceptible to things like natural disasters. The shake test was designed to reveal its natural frequencies and help engineers determine its structural integrity in a storm so they could make the call to when it needed to be rolled back into the safety of the Vertical Assemble Building, aka its garage. This happened after Hurricane Alma swept through in 1966, so that could have inspired the test. #author #history #space
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.2K Likes - Just a weird story I had to share. #history #author #researcher

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Caption : Just a weird story I had to share. #history #author #researcher
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.2K Likes - I learned so much at #AlienCon, some of which broke my brain in a good way and some of which broke my brain in a very weird way. And I got to meet a bunch of people I’ve worked with virtually for ages. I had a blast yesterday! Also saw this fantastic wine holder (?) I kinda regret not buying.

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Caption : I learned so much at #AlienCon, some of which broke my brain in a good way and some of which broke my brain in a very weird way. And I got to meet a bunch of people I’ve worked with virtually for ages. I had a blast yesterday! Also saw this fantastic wine holder (?) I kinda regret not buying.
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.2K Likes - I learned so much at #AlienCon, some of which broke my brain in a good way and some of which broke my brain in a very weird way. And I got to meet a bunch of people I’ve worked with virtually for ages. I had a blast yesterday! Also saw this fantastic wine holder (?) I kinda regret not buying.

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Caption : I learned so much at #AlienCon, some of which broke my brain in a good way and some of which broke my brain in a very weird way. And I got to meet a bunch of people I’ve worked with virtually for ages. I had a blast yesterday! Also saw this fantastic wine holder (?) I kinda regret not buying.
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.2K Likes - Don’t mind me, just spending a lovely afternoon with my couch full of hats! #hatlady

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Caption : Don’t mind me, just spending a lovely afternoon with my couch full of hats! #hatlady
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.2K Likes - Don’t mind me, just spending a lovely afternoon with my couch full of hats! #hatlady

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Caption : Don’t mind me, just spending a lovely afternoon with my couch full of hats! #hatlady
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.2K Likes - New video is live on my YT channel! Link in bio for the day. #history #youtube #author

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Caption : New video is live on my YT channel! Link in bio for the day. #history #youtube #author
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.2K Likes - Think you could manage changing sides? #history

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Caption : Think you could manage changing sides? #history
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.2K Likes - Deeply satisfying selfie from the garden I where I had a shoot last week. Tiny space. Almost exclusively giant potted plants. I love these lush little enclosures! #author #streamer

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Caption : Deeply satisfying selfie from the garden I where I had a shoot last week. Tiny space. Almost exclusively giant potted plants. I love these lush little enclosures! #author #streamer
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.2K Likes - Sending the two-man Gemini spacecraft to the Moon was seriously considered as a way to get there before the Russians. Seriously, NASA was up for any way to make sure they got there first. 

Pete Conrad was actually a huge proponent of the Lunar Gemini mission; that’s the reason his Gemini 11 flight hit the high altitude record of 850 miles. Also why my Pete Conrad needed to feature himself so prominently in this short. 

Yes, this is the vanishingly short version, but it’s still an amazing story! #history #author #NASA #space

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Caption : Sending the two-man Gemini spacecraft to the Moon was seriously considered as a way to get there before the Russians. Seriously, NASA was up for any way to make sure they got there first. Pete Conrad was actually a huge proponent of the Lunar Gemini mission; that’s the reason his Gemini 11 flight hit the high altitude record of 850 miles. Also why my Pete Conrad needed to feature himself so prominently in this short. Yes, this is the vanishingly short version, but it’s still an amazing story! #history #author #NASA #space
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.1K Likes - Gum has a neat history, but it’s also disgusting. We have enzymes that break down food in our mouths and stomachs, and gum just… doesn’t! That’s so creepy I can’t handle it. The FDA definition certainly doesn’t help. And with gum not breaking down, that means there won’t be a gum tree in your stomach if you swallow it. You just pass it. (Though in rare cases it can get stuck so don’t eat it.) I’m an @altoids girl now. 
Also bonus Pete Conrad! 
#author #history #science

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Caption : Gum has a neat history, but it’s also disgusting. We have enzymes that break down food in our mouths and stomachs, and gum just… doesn’t! That’s so creepy I can’t handle it. The FDA definition certainly doesn’t help. And with gum not breaking down, that means there won’t be a gum tree in your stomach if you swallow it. You just pass it. (Though in rare cases it can get stuck so don’t eat it.) I’m an @altoids girl now. Also bonus Pete Conrad! #author #history #science
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.1K Likes - Coming from the gym but whatever I found Fighting for Space IN THE BIOGRAPHY SECTION! It’s the orange spine, by the way… This has been an issue. Stores keep filing it in astronomy which a) it isn’t and b) no one goes to. Seeing my book where I wrote it to live feels SO DARN GOOD! #author #ffs #bookstagram

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Caption : Coming from the gym but whatever I found Fighting for Space IN THE BIOGRAPHY SECTION! It’s the orange spine, by the way… This has been an issue. Stores keep filing it in astronomy which a) it isn’t and b) no one goes to. Seeing my book where I wrote it to live feels SO DARN GOOD! #author #ffs #bookstagram
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.1K Likes - This one legit hurt. #streamer #kaizo #mario

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Caption : This one legit hurt. #streamer #kaizo #mario
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.1K Likes - The V-1 and V-2 are the weapons we hear about when it comes to insane German engineering during WWII, especially since the V-2 was the forerunner to modern rockets. Spoiler: the guy who designed it designed the Saturn V that took Apollo to the Moon. 

But there were other V-weapons, V for vergeltungswaffe, which means vengeance weapon or retaliatory weapon. The V-3 is just one of a few that thankfully never saw combat. #author #history

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Caption : The V-1 and V-2 are the weapons we hear about when it comes to insane German engineering during WWII, especially since the V-2 was the forerunner to modern rockets. Spoiler: the guy who designed it designed the Saturn V that took Apollo to the Moon. But there were other V-weapons, V for vergeltungswaffe, which means vengeance weapon or retaliatory weapon. The V-3 is just one of a few that thankfully never saw combat. #author #history
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.1K Likes - I’m on a boat! Last minute trip for my cousin’s wedding included a ferry ride. It was pretty!

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Caption : I’m on a boat! Last minute trip for my cousin’s wedding included a ferry ride. It was pretty!
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2.1K Likes - Acoustic Kitty was a real program. The surgery to give the cat all the necessary implants took and hour and a half, and ended with them being a living little radio transmitter. The one kitten released on a mission was meant to listen in on suspected Soviet spies, but it never made it. I have a longer piece about Acoustic Kitty on my YouTube channel for those interested! 

The Cold War fascinates me because it was this prolonged period where it was all brainstorming and there are no bad ideas in brainstorming, right? Except OF COURSE THERE ARE! I love digging into weird history, especially history made of science and technology. #author #history #coldwar

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Caption : Acoustic Kitty was a real program. The surgery to give the cat all the necessary implants took and hour and a half, and ended with them being a living little radio transmitter. The one kitten released on a mission was meant to listen in on suspected Soviet spies, but it never made it. I have a longer piece about Acoustic Kitty on my YouTube channel for those interested! The Cold War fascinates me because it was this prolonged period where it was all brainstorming and there are no bad ideas in brainstorming, right? Except OF COURSE THERE ARE! I love digging into weird history, especially history made of science and technology. #author #history #coldwar
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2K Likes - Recounting one of my favourite unexpected finds from my second book! I loved getting into Jackie and LBJ’s friendship, especially with moments like these. There’s a great finish to this story, too — when LBJ was elected, a journalist asked him who he felt had made the greatest contribution to his campaign and he answered, “a woman… not my wife!” 

Fighting for Space is available however you like to consume books! (And yes, I am working on something new. I just need to find the team to help me launch it!) #author #history

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Caption : Recounting one of my favourite unexpected finds from my second book! I loved getting into Jackie and LBJ’s friendship, especially with moments like these. There’s a great finish to this story, too — when LBJ was elected, a journalist asked him who he felt had made the greatest contribution to his campaign and he answered, “a woman… not my wife!” Fighting for Space is available however you like to consume books! (And yes, I am working on something new. I just need to find the team to help me launch it!) #author #history
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2K Likes - This movie is still fantastic! #titanic #valentines

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Caption : This movie is still fantastic! #titanic #valentines
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2K Likes - Dolphins on LSD, funded (partially) by NASA. The 1960s were wild! 

The end of the story that didn’t fit into this already way too long post is that after the study ended, Peter was moved to another lab into a much smaller tank without sunlight; in the house with Margaret he’d had open space to move and lots of sun. He got so depressed he killed himself. Apparently dolphins can choose to stop breathing and just sink in their tanks. Margaret ended up moving back into the dolphin house — minus the flooding — and raised her family there. NASA still hasn’t found aliens, so no word if the dolphin communications funding was money well spent. #author #history

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Caption : Dolphins on LSD, funded (partially) by NASA. The 1960s were wild! The end of the story that didn’t fit into this already way too long post is that after the study ended, Peter was moved to another lab into a much smaller tank without sunlight; in the house with Margaret he’d had open space to move and lots of sun. He got so depressed he killed himself. Apparently dolphins can choose to stop breathing and just sink in their tanks. Margaret ended up moving back into the dolphin house — minus the flooding — and raised her family there. NASA still hasn’t found aliens, so no word if the dolphin communications funding was money well spent. #author #history
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2K Likes - Pete wanted to help me tell you guys about the time a pig was convicted of murder… #history #reels #weirdhistory #author

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Caption : Pete wanted to help me tell you guys about the time a pig was convicted of murder… #history #reels #weirdhistory #author
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Amy Shira Teitel - 2K Likes - Just some history for your feed. #olympic #titanic #history

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Caption : Just some history for your feed. #olympic #titanic #history
Likes : 1972
Amy Shira Teitel - 1.9K Likes - Super fun, super hard vertical fall section. #kaizo #gamer #twitch

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Caption : Super fun, super hard vertical fall section. #kaizo #gamer #twitch
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Amy Shira Teitel - 1.9K Likes - Today’s shoot location was ornate. Here’s the bathroom. #tv #author #subjectmatterexpert

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Caption : Today’s shoot location was ornate. Here’s the bathroom. #tv #author #subjectmatterexpert
Likes : 1927
Amy Shira Teitel - 1.9K Likes - Boustrophedon. That’s the name for this type of writing that I couldn’t get to stay on screen long enough to read it! Modern versions of Ancient Greek texts do have punctuation and markers for pronunciation, which really helps when reading it. 

Another really interesting, similarly hard to wrap your head around as a native English speaker, is Hebrew having no vowels. There are dashes and dots to indicate vowels, but while you learn to read with them they aren’t common, like they’re in kids books but not adult book, and definitely not in the Torah. You just kinda have to know what the word is! 

And I really do love the Oxford comma. It’s apparently not standard in the US, and my Canadian writer self can’t stand when it’s missing in a book! #author #language #history

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Caption : Boustrophedon. That’s the name for this type of writing that I couldn’t get to stay on screen long enough to read it! Modern versions of Ancient Greek texts do have punctuation and markers for pronunciation, which really helps when reading it. Another really interesting, similarly hard to wrap your head around as a native English speaker, is Hebrew having no vowels. There are dashes and dots to indicate vowels, but while you learn to read with them they aren’t common, like they’re in kids books but not adult book, and definitely not in the Torah. You just kinda have to know what the word is! And I really do love the Oxford comma. It’s apparently not standard in the US, and my Canadian writer self can’t stand when it’s missing in a book! #author #language #history
Likes : 1884
Amy Shira Teitel - 1.9K Likes - Denver has to have the coolest washrooms around. I love that there’s a separate vanity counter with so much natural lighting and a view of planes! #den

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Caption : Denver has to have the coolest washrooms around. I love that there’s a separate vanity counter with so much natural lighting and a view of planes! #den
Likes : 1868