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Amazing Fireflies Photos

creator — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:09:33 +0000

The lying down game

creator — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:11:16 +0000

The Lying Down Game is an Internet meme typically involving individuals having their photograph taken whilst lying rigidly face down.

Rainbow Eucalyptus

creator — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:46:50 +0000

Nobody painted these trees, they simply have such an unusual colored skin.

These eucalyptus are growing in New Guinea and Sulawesi.

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Unusual Way to Travel in Columbia

creator — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:30:30 +0000

Residents of Los Pinos, Colombia, including children, use a zipline for their daily commute. There are two ways in or out of Los Pinos– A two-hour hike or a one-minute zip line ride. Eight children use the zip line daily to go to school and return home. There are no plans to build a bridge, because the population of the village doesn’t justify it. Two separate cables strung across the river 1,200 feet below allow you to come and go, so– bring your own pulley, rope, and brake, and away you go! It looks like fun, but I don’t know about doing it every day.

Maximum speed, which can be developed on these ropes – 62 km / h.
Length – 400 meters.

Coins of ancient Rome

creator — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:06:39 +0000

Nude Figures and Erotic Images on Ancient Coins. These coins were made in Rome around the first century BC and they were paying for certain services, or they went as usual?

The City That Hangs Over A Cliff

creator — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:26:59 +0000

The city of Al Hajjara in Republic of Yemen* Haraz Mountains looks ancient yet modern at the same time: the taller of the brown, flat-roofed houses so precariously balanced on top of the mountain resemble early skyscrapers. Many are decorated with elaborate white friezes and patterns so typical for the area. The town’s remoteness and narrow streets suggest a closely knit community that could, in times of invasions, have allowed outsiders to enter yet not necessarily to leave

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

People are changing the world in Copenhagen

creator — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:54:00 +0000

Scientists have warned that the world’s commitments so far fall short of what is needed to keep global temperature increases below 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) above pre-industrial levels and head off the worst of global warming. They say global warming will create rising sea levels, increasing drought, more extreme weather and the extinction of some species. Here’s a look at images coming out of Copenhagen and a few from around the globe.

Ancient Egyptian Pet Mummies

creator — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:05:26 +0000

The Ancient Egyptians kept many animals as household pets, including cats, dogs, monkeys, gazelles, and birds.

Pets were not only present as paintings or models. The mummified bodies of pets have also been found in tombs. A certain Hapymen, buried at Abydos, was so fond of his pet dog that it was mummified and wrapped in linen, and placed at the side of his feet in his coffin

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All flamboyant eccentricity

creator — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:23:40 +0000

Amazing collection of images, and the fine art of eccentricity.

Cold War Vintage Ads

creator — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:15:13 +0000

The Red Menace: fascinating vintage ads from the times of Communism and the Cold War.

A Scot Tissue Towels ad. (Photo)

A 1950′s propaganda ad from Radio Free Europe, printed at Better Homes and Gardens magazine. (Photo)

“Communism and Christianity”, a 1955 ad from Canadair. (Photo)

A Republic Steel ad from 1951. (Photo)

A 1949 ad for Douglas Aircraft Company. (Photo)

U.S. Savings Bonds ad from 1962. (Photo)

This is one of the great print ads from Expo 1967 marketing blitz. Printed in American magazines, it played off the major theme ofthe cold war , USA vs Russia, taunting the American audience to get to the Expo and check in on the Russian building project. A little dark but extremely witty and smart. (Photo)

A Western Electric ad from 1951. (Photo)

Compare two boys working under the shadow of a) Lincoln and b) Lenin, says this Young & Rubicam 1959 ad. (Photo)

A 1961 Radio Free Europe ad. (Photo)

Another Radio Free Europe ad from the sixties. (Photo)

This 1956 advert from Canada exhorts the young men of that nation to get off their behinds and go train to become better athletes than their communist counterparts. The fact that sporting excellence is good propaganda for any nation failed to encourage the Canadian government to sponsor its athletes as communist countries had done. (Photo)

Another Canadair from 1955 about Communism and education. (Photo)

“How to Survive an Atomic Bomb”, a 1951 ad by the Mutual of Omaha, an insurance company. (Photo)

A 1951 ad by the American Railway Car Institute. (Photo)