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stylish-homes: City Hall Station - a decommissioned terminal in the NYC subway system via reddit Keep reading
historicaltimes: The canals of Venice, Italy being drained and cleaned, 1956 via reddit
deadcatwithaflamethrower: gehayi: or a adinfinitumxx: appropriately-inappropriate: doyouthinkaboutme: memeguy-com: years later House is still as relevant as he ever was I wasn’t vaccinated and never got sick so And I swam and didn’t drown.
sociopathicneighbor: The complete central nervous system of the human body.
dame-de-pique: Max Dupain - Night Scene, 1937
dailycoolgadgets: Catit Flower Fountain The Catit Flower Fountain is based on the successful Catit Drinking Fountain and has a fresh, unique design that allows up to 3 different water flow settings to appeal to picky drinkers! When plugged in without
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Spots on supergiant star drive spirals in stellar wind
stuff-from-weheartit:Look at these little rascals
moomindeco:Barcelona
mindblowingfactz: In 1859 the largest known geomagnetic storm caused aurora over the Caribbean and telegraphs could operate without a power source.
omgthatdress: DressMariano FortunyMuseo del Traje
omgthatdress: CoatMariano Fortuny, 1920The Metropolitan Museum of Art
omgthatdress: Dresses Mariano Fortuny, 1919 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
omgthatdress: CoatMariano Fortuny, 1920Musée Galliera de la Mode de la Ville de Paris
omgthatdress: DressMariano Fortuny, 1930The Philadelphia Museum of Art
omgthatdress: Dress Mariano Fortuny, 1930 Museo del Traje
omgthatdress: JacketMariano Fortuny, 1920sThe Los Angeles County Museum of Art
cinoh: 1. fortuny velvet 1989 signature2. Mariano Fortuny Sage Green Pleated Silk Delphos Gown
omgthatdress: DressMariano FortunyCollection Galleria del Costume di Palazzo Pitti
robert-hadley: Mariano Fortuny textile, 17th century design circa 1920.
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straycardinal: MARIANO FORTUNY: PLEATED DRESS DETAIL OF A PLEATED DRESS, 1920
fawnvelveteen: Evening coat by Fortuny (1920s)
historicaldress: A Mariano Fortuny stencilled pink velvet mantle, circa 1920Bearing circular label to lining, printed in gold with scrolling vine and stylised tree motifs, with side slits forming armholesKerry Taylor Auctions
fawnvelveteen: Delphos dress and velvet coat, 1920-30s by Mariano Fortuny
omgthatdress: CoatMariano Fortuny, 1930sMuseo del Traje
fawnvelveteen: 1920’s Mariano Fortuny Couture Gold Metallic Stenciled Silk-Velvet Tabard Gown
fawnvelveteen: Mariano Fortuny silk gauze wrap, c. 1920. Persian stenciled pattern with birds and trees. Trimmed in coral colored Venetian glass beads.Stenciled with real gold metallic pigments.
fawnvelveteen: Tea gown by Mariano Fortuny 1930-32.
omgthatdress: Tea GownMariano Fortuny, 1912Musée Galliera de la Mode de la Ville de Paris
omgthatdress: PeplosMariano Fortuny, 1920sThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
ephemeral-elegance: It’s FRIDAY FASHION FACT, and it’s time for our next designer bio! Today we are talking about the innovative and inspiring Mariano Fortuny. Mariano Fortuny was born in 1871 in Granada Spain. Both his father and maternal grandfather
the-paintrist: Mariano Fortuny - The Odalisque - 1861Marià Fortuny i Marsal (complete name Marià Josep Maria Bernat Fortuny i Marsal, in Spanish: Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal; June 11, 1838 – November 21, 1874), known more simply
shewhoworshipscarlin: Velvet gown by Mariano Fortuny, early 1900s.
fawnvelveteen: Gown detail showing the Fortuny pleats almost bursting from the lacing.Laces held in place by Murano beads.
shewhoworshipscarlin: Evening coat by Mariano Fortuny, 1910-20.
acocktailmoment: Smokin’ Head Caesar, Recipe courtesy Crystal Head Vodka2 oz. Crystal Head Vodka5 oz. Clamato (Caesar) or tomato juice (Bloody Mary)dash of Worcestershire saucedash of hot saucedash of liquid smokeIngredients for rim garnish:1⁄4
1,000-Year-Old Tomb of Maya King Discovered in Guatemala
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did-you-kno: People who appreciate dark humor are more likely to have higher levels of intelligence. Source Source 2
anxietylord:Imagine living in the 18th c when a wig was more expensive than a fucking cannon
Enlightening the world, one sunspot sketch at a time
buzz-o-graph: Baron Georg Hoyningen-Huene, Horst P. Horst, 1932
fozmeadows: In which seven cats all discover the same slightly elevated flat thing and claim it as their own while pretending the other six cats don’t exist.
historical-nonfiction: Historians have just discovered the oldest reference to the mathematical concept of “zero” in India. The concept of zero as a number was revolutionary in mathematics. In Eurasia, the idea came from India (and the Mayans separately
asapscience: A friendly reminder! [@sagansense]
sixpenceee: This is what happens when you cut a water droplet using a super hydrophobic knife on a surface that doesn’t get wet.
loumargi: Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss -Antonio CANOVA (1757 – 1822)
did-you-kno: In 1973, the CIA’s ‘Manual of Trickery and Deception’ was supposed to be destroyed- but it never was. A surviving copy was discovered in 2007, so we now know that the CIA hired a magician and had him teach the agents sleight of
rejectedprincesses: Barbara Pratt: The Queen of CoolModern-day refrigerated shipping is a marvel of science, technology, and hard work: much of which came from Barbara Pratt, who spent years living in a shipping container and doing experiments to perfect
mindblowingfactz: Japanese scientists successfully created an MRI machine that can record your dreams and reconstruct them for you to watch while you’re awake.
cosmicportal: Aurora at saturn captured by hubble
stylish-homes: Library of the University of Coimbra, Portugal via reddit
tokkeki: マフィンとチーズ
mindblowingfactz: Stockholm has a 20-story light up tower and the color of every floor can be changed by anyone with a smartphone. It’s meant to be a statement on the power of democracy and the public.Photo : Mikael Vejdemo Johansson / atlasobscura
itscolossal: WATCH: Envisioning Chemistry: Stunning Footage of Chemical Reactions Filmed by WenTing Zhu [videos]
culturenlifestyle: Beautiful Bengal Cat Suki Adds Magic With Her Dazzling Sea Blue Eyes Against Nature Keep reading
ahencyclopedia: ANCIENT CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY: CALLIGRAPHY established itself as the most important ancient Chinese art form alongside painting, first coming to the fore during the Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE). All educated men and some court women
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