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Women In The Streets - The History of Misogyny In The U.S.
thegetty: Put a Ring on It Who wouldn’t want to wear a gold ring featuring the slaying of a Chimaera, a mythological beast with the head and body of a lion, a goat’s head on its back, and a snakes head as a tail. Oh, and it breathes fire. (And
6th-century tomb reveals longest sword from ancient Japan
mindblowingfactz: A galaxy 12 billion light-years away contains a massive vapor cloud that has enough water to fill every ocean on Earth over 140 trillion times. source Follow us on Instagram image via nationalgeographic
gohth: not to be a nerd but it’s so crazy how he (Bernini) really did that from cold hard stone……. truly a spectacle, truly breathtaking, an honor to behold
best-shower-thoughts: When playing Cowboys and Indians as kids, we didn’t realize that the Cowboys were actually the bad guys. / cr
crazyjetty: ultrafacts: In 2009, the attorney general for the island state of Tasmania stated that Australian wallabies had been found creating crop circles in fields of opium poppies, which are grown legally for medicinal use, after consuming some
freshome: Norwegian Climbing Gym Looks Like An Actual MountainRead more: http://freshome.com/angular-tower-climbing-gym
America's First Female Sheriff Got Her Job After a Man Tried to Screw Her Over | Broadly
mindblowingfactz: In 1983, 61-year-old potato farmer Cliff Young won a 544 mile ultramarathon in Australia by running overnight while the other athletes slept, beating them with a 10 hour lead. source Follow us on Instagram image via badassoftheweek
tastefullyoffensive: Stray cat tries to pay attention after sneaking into Malaysian college class, but quickly falls asleep. (via FarissaAdriana)
fineinteriors: Ink Calendar designed Oscar Diaz. The ink will slowly color each day of the month as time passes by.
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the-future-now: Galaxies from the Altiplano Explanation: The central bulge of our Milky Way Galaxy rises over the northern Chilean Atacama altiplano in this postcard from planet Earth. At an altitude of 4500 meters, the strange beauty of the desolate
did-you-kno: There are clubs people can join to hang out and make their own coffins. New Zealand is home to at least a dozen coffin clubs, where elderly folks gather to build and decorate their own caskets. Participants say that, aside from saving
asapscience: He broke through the sound barrier flying a rocket powered Bell X-1 in California. The aircraft’s name is a variation of his wife’s name.
step-out-into: Temple of Hephaestus, Athens
youwantedwhining: Professor Brian Cox - Particle Physicist, Acclaimed BBC Broadcaster, Caller Out of Shitwits and Fucknozzles the World Over
the-future-now: An Exoplanet With Huge Rings Intrigues Back in 2007, astronomers observed a series of unusual eclipses coming from a star 420 light years from Earth.
scishow: This Nobel Prize season, dive into the world of the super small for physics and chemistry. It’s where the nanocars roam and phase transitions get really weird.
worldhistoryfacts: The 1886 Crandall New Model, the first commercially successful typewriter.
the-future-now: Watch Chemical Elements Burn and Transform Into Awesome-Looking Compounds When elements combust, they create wild and different-looking compounds. After watching this video, you’re going to want to torch the entire periodic table.
the-future-now: Exclusive Photos Of The Recently Found 30-Ton Argentine Meteorite A gigantic piece of the famous Campo del Cielo meteorite fall that was has been un-earthed, and is now on display in Gancedo, Chaco, Argentina.
Cheating, bribery and scandal: how the ancient Greeks did the Olympic Games
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itscolossal: A Towering Iceberg and Its Shadow Split the World into Quadrants
asapscience: Mushrooms sprouting are magical! [http://bit.ly/2d5xqMW]
did-you-kno: There’s a hole in the top of every BIC pen cap to not only prevent the pen from leaking, but also to let you breathe if you accidentally inhale the cap. Enough people chew on pen caps that about 100 of them die annually in the US
the-future-now: The Beautiful and Terrifying Behavior of the Most Active Metal in the World For practical purposes, the metal Cesium can be found in spacecraft propellant, radiation devices that treat cancer and atomic clocks. For impractical purposes,
did-you-kno: People who read books for at least 3.5 hours a week live an average of two years longer (magazines, newspapers, and the Internet don’t count). Source
worldhistorys: World History: Grace HopperGrace Brewster Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy Rear Admiral. She was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer
itscolossal: A Levitating Wireless Speaker in the Shape of a Storm Cloud
Treasure Trove of Ancient Human Footprints Found Near Volcano
the-future-now: Only Neil deGrasse Tyson would explain Europa this way 😂
did-you-kno: Scientists have made bouncy bones. A new ‘ink’ that combines a mineral from bones with a binding polymer can be used to 3D print elastic bone replacements. Because they are not brittle, the implants can be shaped as needed, and
mymodernmet:Clever Artist’s Daily Illustrations Are Inventive Interpretations of Tiny Everday Items
the-future-now: “Space brain” could be the latest problem for colonizing other planetsSpending extended time in space wreaks havoc on the body. You lose bone density. Your muscles waste away. And according to a new study published Monday in the
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did-you-kno: In the early 1900s, people loved collecting their family’s and friends’ signatures in autograph books. This evolved into collecting ghost signatures, which were made by signing a piece of paper with slow-drying ink and then quickly
did-you-kno: The metal tip on the end of a standard tape measure is designed to be a scribing tool. If you can’t reach a pencil, just wiggle the serrated edge to leave a faint mark on whatever surface you’re measuring. Source
cracked: 24 Ordinary Things That Scientists Can’t Explain
mentalflossr: 10 of the World’s Rarest GemstonesThere are roughly 200 varieties of natural gemstone known in the world today. Alongside the world’s precious gems (diamond, ruby, sapphire, and emerald) are numerous semi-precious stones, some of which
the-future-now: This is IC 1396 — Stunning emission nebula IC 1396 mixes glowing cosmic gas and dark dust clouds in the high and far off constellation of Cepheus. Energized by the bright, bluish central star seen here, this star forming region sprawls
cracked: Those men are not running in terror from an alien spaceship or a time traveler’s pod arriving from the year 2250. It’s just a tetrahedral kite, developed by Alexander Graham Bell in an attempt to build kites large enough for people to ride
historical-nonfiction: Cracking the Coldest Case: How Lucy (Might Have) Died
the-future-now: It’s called CL J1001+0220 and it’s 11.1 BILLION light-years away!
worldhistoryfacts: Coin with Achilles on the head and Thetis on the reverse from Thessaly, 4th century BCE.
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mindblowingfactz: New Canadian citizens are issued a Cultural Access Pass that gives them a year’s worth of free admission to over 1,000 of Canada’s museums and other cultural institutions. source source1 Follow us on Instagram image via flickr
Panic in the zodiac: astrologers quash fears over 'new' 13th sign
allthingseurope: Positano, Italy *By Bob Radlinski
the-future-now: The Andromeda galaxy is our Milky Way’s cosmic neighbor. Like the Milky Way, Andromeda is also spiral shaped. NASA captured this composite image of Andromeda with the Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Spitzer Space Telescope.
did-you-kno: Happy Older People’s Day! Care for the elders. They need us, and we need them.Click here for the kickstarter page that turned this story into a documentary. Source
cracked: 25 Things You Won’t Believed Are Banned Around The World
did-you-kno: Riding Disney World’s Big Thunder Mountain roller coaster helps you pass kidney stones. After hearing such stories from his patients, a Michigan urologist took kidney models filled with stones on the ride and found they had passed
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