84K views · 1.3K reactions | German aerospace engineer Michaela “Michi” Benthaus has made history as the first wheelchair user to fly to space, crossing the Karman line, internationally recognised as the boundary of space. After a few minutes of weightlessness, the capsule landed safely by parachute in the Texas desert. Benthaus has been confined to a wheelchair since a mountain biking accident. Since then, she has campaigned for barrier-free access to space. | TRT World | Facebook

Beside the great cathedral of Dornoch lies the Plaiden Ell, a humble stone with a mighty past. This quiet lawn was once the town’s bustling medieval market, where traders, farmers and weavers gathered from miles around. Amid the noise of bargaining and the smell of wool and peat smoke, cloth was laid along this stone to prove it met the official “ell”, the legal length for plaid and wool. If it fell short, the price was challenged. If it matched, a deal was struck. Few stones of this kind surviv