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Edgar Allan Pooh.

The captioned adventures of Ben Franklin.

(via Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!)

Real Time with Bill Maher: 6.6.14 — Anthony Weiner, Jim Geraghety, Nicolle Wallace

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PERVIGILIUM

[noun]

1. a watching all night; a vigil; a night vigil.

2. Pathology: disinclination to sleep; wakefulness.

3. a nocturnal festival in honour of a god, especially the Bona Dea.

Etymology: from Latin, “the vigil”, “a devotional watch”.

[25kartinok - Night Watch]

Teddy bears are art.

"I built this book cart after my bagpipes got stolen, because I couldn’t afford a new set of bagpipes, and I needed to support myself. I used to sell teddy bears too. But one day last year, three undercover policeman showed up and took me to jail. It was just like a TV show— one was dressed like a rapper, the other like a hooker, and the other like a tourist. They said you need a permit to sell manufactured goods. You’re allowed to sell art, just not manufactured goods. I tried to tell them that my teddy bears were art because I dressed them and customized them. But all they said was: ‘You’re going to jail.’ I had to spend 2 days in jail. The judge threw out the case. But they never gave me back my teddy bears."

CASA BATLLÓ -BARCELONA, SPAIN

Also known among locals as the “House of Bones,” Casa Batlló seems to have been designed with the shapes of organic viscera in mind. Built for the middle-class Batlló family who purchased the building in 1900 due to its central location and (originally) undesirable appearance, Gaudi’s redesign of the facade and interior of the structure made the address priceless. The facade is divided into three distinct sections, each reflecting a level of anatomy. The base level looks as though it is gridded by huge abstract bones, while above that the front takes on a more chaotic, abstract pattern echoing blood vessels and muscle, and then the entire structure is capped with a scaly roof section that looks like nothing so much as the back of a giant dragon.

ARDENT

[adjective]

1. having, expressive of, or characterised by intense feeling; passionate; fervent: an ardent vow; ardent love.

2. intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; zealous.

3. vehement; fierce.

4. burning, fiery, or hot.

Etymology: from Latin ārdent-, stem of ārdēns, present participle of ārdēre, “to burn”; replacing Middle English ardant.

[Hana Jang - Moment & Goodnight]

Foxy

Earthlight

“Earthlight is the partial illumination of the dark portion of the moon’s surface by light reflected from the Earth and from the Earth’s airglow. It is also known as Earthshine [or] Planetshine, the Moon’s ashen glow, or the old Moon in the new Moon’s arms.”

Three Generations Of Women Don The Same Outfit In A Perfect Portrait Of Womanhood

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People have offered many potential explanations for this discrepancy, but this ad highlights the importance of the social cues that push girls away from math and science in their earliest childhood years.

Watch the powerful Verizon advertisement to really understand what a little girl hears when you tell her she’s pretty.

Max Rive - Mountain Photography

How to World Cup, as told by baby elephants.

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just something that I like to keep in mind

20 Pet Owners Who Are Doing it Right

Everyone is up in arms (including us) about the jacket redesign for Sylvia Plath’s THE BELL JAR, so let’s stare at these hauntingly beautiful old covers and practice our deep-breathing exercises together.

Images via Flavorpill

This very rare all-white humpback seriously looks like a ghost. Watch this hauntingly beautiful animal here. 

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Sir David Attenborough has contributed to natural history programming for 60 years. Sir David is presenting “Fabulous Frogs” on Nature on PBS on June 25. Let’s jump for joy! Here’s a clip: http://youtu.be/l3uO2lO9JDk 

This well balanced owl has a truly special bond with it’s owner. See more of their friendship here.

Library #pride ❤️💛💚💙💜

Tiny Baby Hedgehog Tries To Mouth A Human’s Finger

My mom was looking through our old National Geographic magazines and I found my favorite picture ever

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The Midnight Planétarium by Van Cleef & Arpels

The movement of each planet is true to its genuine length of orbit: it will take Saturn over 29 years to make a complete circuit of the dial, Jupiter will take almost 12 years, Mars 687 days, Earth 365 days, Venus 224 days and Mercury 88 days.

CONTRISTATION

[noun]

the action of being sad; the state of being saddened; sorrowful.

Etymology: from Latin con- (with) +‎ trīstis (sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose, sorrowful, mournful) + -tion (a suffix occurring in words of Latin origin, used to form abstract nouns from verbs).

[Megan Majewski]

Modeled in the same composition as the famous dancing faun, this sculpture is made to be a juggler in a particularly crucial moment of an acrobatic trick.

The artist may also have had the Gemran word kunststückemachen in mind, which means both to juggle, and more literally, to make a work of art.

A play on words to describe this playful bronze.

Juggling Man, about 1610-1615, Adriaen de Vries. J. Paul Getty Museum.