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labete-du-gevaudan: The O’Reilly Spite House is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is one of several spite houses in Massachusetts. A spite house is just that - a home or building built out of pure spite. The O’Reilly house was built after
mandaladana:Analemma. The sun’s position in the sky, photographed from the same location at the same time of day throughout a year, forms an analemma. This shows the sun’s apparent swinging from its northernmost position, at the analemma’s uppermost
arsanatomica: In the end… the things that happened to you, become part of you. Photos from https://www.instagram.com/danae.dissected/ Other places to see my posts:INSTAGRAM / FACEBOOK / ETSY
irisharchaeology: Bees were so important in Early Medieval Ireland that they had their own set of laws the ‘Bechbretha’. These judgements covered such topics as ownership of swarms, theft of bee-hives and neighbours’ entitlements to honey from
arsanatomica: I present you some weird squirrels.
sindri42: bettsplendens: dallasrecklessandrelentless: That fuckin smile at the end To the worried person in the comments: No, a hummingbird’s heart will not stop if it stops moving. You’re possibly thinking of Spoink, which is a Pokemon that supposedly
historicaltimes: Franz Ferdinand after a successful tiger hunt during his visit to India, 1893 via reddit Keep reading
platycryptus: The other day, I noticed a small translucent crustacean swimming frantically around a small rock pool, apparently trapped after being washed there at high tide. At first I thought it was a shrimp, but it’s something weirder. It’s a hyperiid
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Origin of the word “calamari”: a reed pen.The English use of the word is borrowed from the Italian: plural of calamaro, which in turn comes from the Latin “calamarium”, meaning a pen case. This could refer either to a squid’s long, thin body,
Origin of the word “pupil”: a little doll.Both meanings of the word “pupil” (a student, or the centre of the eye) have a similar etymology. The latin words “pupus” and “pupa” mean “little boy” and “little girl” respectively.
Origin of the word “clue”: a ball of thread. “Clue” derives from “clew”, an archaic word for a ball of thread or twine.The reason? It references the famous Greek story of Theseus and the Minotaur. Kept in a labyrinth by King Minos, the
touchtheowl: bigprettygothgf: do you think whoever made the biohazard symbol was purposefully trying to create the coolest logo anyone would ever make
botanyshitposts: dragongyrlwren: botanyshitposts: isoete: on behalf of isoetes I’m offended, Mr. Senator. @botanyshitposts so what exactly is a quillwort, and what’s the big deal on this particular one? imagine if there was a single remaining
Kiwi eggs are huge.Not as big as (say) ostrich eggs, but compared to the size of a full-grown kiwi, they’re enormous. While kiwis have the biggest egg for their body size out of all birds, ostriches have one of the smallest.To be specific, around a
Why do stars have four “arm-twinkles” that look like a cross coming out of the star?
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littlelimpstiff14u2: ‘‘ Distortions ‘‘ by Lee Griggs Continuing my love affair with Arnold (the renderer, not the muscle man). Creating docs and tutorials for the Arnold renderer. All images are rendered in camera with Arnold.
theleoisallinthemind: Luminol is used by forensic investigators to detect trace amounts of blood left at crime scenes as it reacts with iron found in hemoglobin.
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theluckykind: Flower Glossary | Design Sponge
strangebiology: smovas: ikemarth: manhood: This animal needs to decide if it wants to be a fish or a butterfly you can’t be both it can be whatever it wants as long as its happy strangebiology It’s a red gurnard, a species of sea robin! And
Coloured pencil artwork by Sandra P Köche.
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crossconnectmag: Goblin Spider by Forest Rogers Goblin Spider was inspired by a folktale and traditional Japanese ukiyo-e prints. Elaborate hairpins made me think “legs,” of course. I also noticed that many beauties were depicted holding a bit of
mindblowingscience: Bacteria can’t cling to ‘repulsive’ new surface Bacteria can’t stick to a new type of nanoscale surface that could prove useful in food processing, medical, and shipping industries. The technology uses an electrochemical
wolf-teeth: (by GHD PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN)
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malformalady:Cuban artist Jorge Mayet works on a small scale. Utilizing electrical wire, paper, acrylics and fabric, Mayet recreates realistic trees and plants, but includes an imagined root system which are revealed by stripping away the ‘earth’
70sscifiart:From the ’70s to the ’90s, a myriad of DEA and other federal units created their own patches in the world’s trippiest example of “knowing your enemy.” And yes, one of them depicts the grim reaper snorting cocaine while sitting
malformalady:Curt Bowen is a well known researcher of underwater caves, specializing in extreme underwater photography. Bowen take his photos by using various artificial sources of lights to create stunning pictures of the mysterious beauty of the underwa
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Propeller Island City Lodge is a hotel in Berlin. Each room is designed by the artist Lars Stroschen as a work of art, ranging from bold to serene to unnerving.The official site is here, including pictures and descriptions of all available rooms.
asapscience:A Rube Goldberg machine = one of the coolest use of physicsSource
arrivalsandepartures:Somalia From Above - by Simon Smith
nevver:The Future Tense
maryyisrad:davediddlystrider: sixpenceee: Thermal recording of the ALS ice bucket challenge (source) this looks like people dumping buckets of black magic clothes onto their bodies woah
escapekit:Concept for the Hungarian euroBudapest-based graphic designer Barbara Bernát has conceptualized gorgeous bank note designs for her MA degree project at the University of West Hungary.Escape Kit / Twitter / Subscribe
matthen: 8 Earth years are roughly equal to 13 Venus years, meaning the two planets approximately trace out this pattern with 5-fold symmetry as they orbit the Sun. [more] [code]
Gilbert Kerr plays the bagpipes for a penguin during the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, March 1904.Onlookers described the penguin as responding with “only sleepy indifference”.
skunkbear: The top image is a photograph of a lush rainforest canopy. The bottom image colors each tree based on its species. How? It’s all thanks to a special lab built by ecologist Greg Asner inside a twin-turboprop airplane. From a few thousand
ianbrooks:Little Shop of Horrors Skeleton by Tim Prince / Forgotten BoneyardsThe Audrii Muscipula, or Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors, is Frankensteined together with Mink vertebrae/scapula, Box turtle shells, a Skunk skull, Coyote teeth, and Raccoon
cassyblue:credits to tabletopwhale.
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strangeremains:This Buddhist Statue Holds a Macabre SecretLast year the Drents Museum in the Netherlands displayed a large Buddhist statue as part of their “Mummies: Life Beyond Death” exhibit. This was the first time that this statue had been presented
farorescourage:busket:sixpenceee: alloursongswillbelullabies: sixpenceee: Doesn’t that look beautiful? Like something you’d find on one of those soft/nature blogs? Well you are in for a surprise The Bolton Strid in England is one of the most innocent
skunkbear:How loud is the U. S.*? Researchers from the National Park Service, led by Kurt Fristrup, shared these sound maps at a conference on Monday. Ten years ago, Fristrup set out to measure an important natural resource - the amount of silence in
Stick injuries are caused by dogs playing with sticks, or chasing them when thrown by their owners. Each veterinary surgery is estimated to operate on one dog a month injured in this way, and the severity of the incident can even be enough to kill.The
The first thing you should know about me is I'm not one of those kinds of cops.
Diagnoses of red meat allergies in the USA have been on the rise over the last few years, and the culprit is the tiny lone star tick. Originating in Texas (hence the name), the tick has gradually spread through the east of the country, with other sighting
eterniasmoon:Naomi Chen
Fainting Goats are one of the few breeds of goat native to America, and have a condition known as myotonia congenita. This means that when the animals are startled or excited, the muscles in their legs go completely stiff for about ten seconds.Despite
sixpenceee:Probably the creepiest and coolest caterpillar you will ever see. It’s called Phyllodes Imperialis and is nicknamed the Halloween caterpillar. The last picture is what it looks like as a moth. When other creatures bother it, it draws
boredpanda:15 Of The World’s Most Magical Streets Shaded By Flowers And Trees
The 300 Club is not for the faint of heart. x A winter tradition originating at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, joining the club means enduring a temperature change of 300 °F (166 °C), preferably naked.To qualify, the temperature outside at
bobbycaputo:Renowned British artist Colin Batty creates creepy characters out of vintage portraits in his impressive modified cabinet card photographs
Microhyla nepenthicola, also known as the Matang narrow-mouthed frog, is one of the smallest species of frog in the world. Adults are around the size of a pea, but have a surprisingly loud croak.The frogs lay their eggs in the small pools of water within
malformalady: The SynDaver™ Synthetic Human(SSH) is the most elaborate and sophisticated surgical simulator ever devised. The full-body SSH is a head-to-toe synthetic physical representation of human anatomy, including skin with fat and fascia planes,
“M is for Mannequin” is a short horror film by Chris Dasinger.
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