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did-you-kno: Prehistoric women had super strength. Studies of their bones show they had extremely strong arms due to a lifetime of rigorous manual labor. They had greater arm strength than even top-end modern athletes. Source Source 2 Source 3
gray-card: Photographs: Henri Bureau and INA Johnny Hallyday, the Elvis of France, dies at 74
mayasmamauncensored: virjn: i feel like at this point i don’t trust anybody who is not openly hostile toward our president and the administration This. All. Of. This.
Fun facts about Athenian ostracism
historyfilia:Temple of Apollo with Acrocorinth (acropolis of ancient Corinth) in the background, Greece
lokiarrty: suckmypoppunk: unshaped: wasn’t expecting this but arent you glad it hapened its ears ITS EARS ITS EARS ITS EARS
collectorsweekly: Wearing a Vizard Kept Women Pale and Interesting in the 16th and 17th Centuries
The Essence Of Frenchness
design-is-fine: Amulets and Healing Stones, 19th century. Alpine region. Exhibition 2011, Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München © Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Amethyst protected against the consequences of too much alcohol; Agates helped with joint-altering
michaelmoonsbookshop: bag packed.. where are we going to go?
did-you-kno: There are ear buds that can translate different languages in real time. Google Pixel Buds are portable in-ear devices that work with Google Translate to help you communicate in other languages. They can play your translated speech out
Meet Max, the cat who lost the library but won the Internet
nanshe-of-nina: WOMEN’S HISTORY ✞ AUGUSTA ADA KING, COUNTESS OF LOVELACE (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) The only legitimate child of poet Lord Byron, Ada was an English mathematician and writer known for her work with Charles Babbage on
did-you-kno:The ampersand used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet. To avoid confusion with the word ‘and’, people added ‘per se’ before its name when reciting the alphabet so that it ended: X, Y, Z, and per se &. Over time, the ‘and
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mindblowingfactz: The one and only visible supermoon of 2017 will be observable to the entire world on December 3.
mindblowingfactz: Issac Newton stuck a sewing needle under his eyeball, pushed it all the way to the back of his eye socket, and wiggled it around to test his theory of optics.
did-you-kno: Almost all mammals live for around 1 billion heartbeats. For a rabbit, which has a quick pulse, it takes about 3 years to reach a billion heartbeats, but a slow-pulsed elephant can go more than 80 years. Only humans can push their
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darthlenaplant: ranger-truth: marzipanandminutiae: elfman98: hotdadcalendar: I literally can’t get myself to sit through movies that don’t have women. I’m like where the fuck are the women? Why are there so many men? This is boring as fuck goodbye
liquidlightning: elodieunderglass: brittajj26: mrrrl: delladilly: do you ever see someone in some quiet intimate moment and suddenly love them so desperately you feel like you’re dying #like when they pass a mirror and make a face and mess with
putthison: Alain de Botton on Why Clothes MatterBritish author Alain de Botton has a nice, short video on why clothes matter. The answer will be obvious to long-time readers – clothes have social meaning and they affect how we’re perceived. Even
threadless: “Science Over Silence” knowledge over ignorance.Design by @aparaatment
poochcrew:Winter is coming
vintageeveryday: El Monte’s wild past: Incredible vintage photographs capture inside Gay’s Lion Farm in the 1930s.
ancientfaces: Jim Nabors - or Gomer Pyle, as we still think of him over 50 years later - died today from natural causes, dying at the age of 87. RIP Gomer.
historicaltimes: Under Julia Child’s kitchen counter. Circa 1969. via reddit
Strong women did a lot of the heavy lifting in ancient farming societies
sparrows-books: All I need in this world is books
did-you-kno: Fictional characters might not be real, but our relationships with them are. Studies show it’s difficult for our brains to distinguish between our familiarity with characters on TV and our personal relationships with real people.
70sscifiart: The House of the Future. Motorola advertisements from the early 1960s, illustrated by Charles Schridde. He did a lot.
historyfilia: Crocus gatherersMinoan wall-painting from Akrotiri, Thera.
boredpanda: This Cat And Dog Love Travelling Together, And Their Pictures Are Absolutely Epic
historicaltimes: A Group of Samurai in front of Egypt’s Sphinx, 1864 via reddit
mindblowingfactz: Isaac Newton developed the law of gravitation, calculus, and three laws of motion at the age of 23 all during the 2 years that Cambridge was closed due to plague.
the-aspiring-maverick: mojave-red: saltrat88: frederick-the-ii: pinetreeanarchism: thedevitoanditsown: llleighsmith: heartmurmuration: llleighsmith: i told ya we’ve canceled discourse n we’ve moved on to homesteading skills it’s just choppin
itscolossal: The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel: A Compendium of Colorfully Rendered 19th-Century Biological Illustrations
did-you-kno: If you’re trying to choose your best photo for a profile picture, have someone else pick it for you. Studies show that when people chose photos they thought made them look attractive, trustworthy, or confident, strangers usually
makeuphall: Photographer finds locations of 1960s postcards to see how they look today, and the difference is unbelievable. (19 GIFs)
ohstarstuff: What a lucky shot! While astrophotographer Fritz Helmut Hemmerich was capturing an image of the Andromeda galaxy, a sand-sized rock from deep space crossed right in front of the camera creating this incredible green streak. Or it was just
Ancient Macedonian Kasta Tomb in Greece's Amphipolis set to open to public after excavation
historicaltimes: A cat named ‘Aircrew’ in 1943. Aircrew was adopted by members of the Royal Australian Air Force Flying Training School in Cressy, Vic. Colourised by me via reddit
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vintageeveryday: These awkward Christian music album covers will make you think that you’ve died and went to hell!
mindblowingfactz: Your brain consistently remembers only two things about an event: the emotional peak and the end.
startswithabang: 10 Scientific Phenomena To Be Thankful For, Today And Every Day “2.) Be thankful for an asymmetric Universe. There are all sorts of important symmetries, but if everything were completely symmetric, there would have been perfectly
did-you-kno: Cats imitate baby humans whenever they want you to feed them. Hungry cats emit a vocalized, high-frequency purr that’s in the same acoustic range as the cries of a hungry infant, and humans subconsciously recognize it as being more
yesterdaysprint: El Paso Herald, Texas, November 12, 1926
artist-vasilyev: Surf Waves, 1871, Fyodor Vasilyev
loumargi: edmund-dulac-the-mermaid-in-the-sea
Ancient barley took high road to China
michaelmoonsbookshop: 19th century books with gauffered edges .. The edges of a book, having been gilded, have been decorated further by means of heated finishing tools or rolls which indent small repeating patterns
mindblowingfactz: A group of students from Miami have developed a simple straw that can test whether or not your drink has been spiked. The product changes color when it comes into contact with two of the most common “date rape” drugs.Photo : Miami
vintageeveryday: 14 of the worst Metal band promo photos of all time.
Archaeologists find Roman shipwrecks off Egypt's north coast
6,000-year-old monument offers a tantalizing glimpse of Britain's neolithic civilization
Lost medieval village discovered in Denmark