Slovakia-based photographer Ondrej Pakan snapped these astonishing photos of insects tickled with raindrops after a downpour.
For more images, visit Pakan’s website.
(via mothernaturenetwork)
Abstaining from alcohol significantly shortens life
New research shows that those who imbibe are less likely to die than those who stay dry.
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Kickass Cosplay of the Day: Vincent van Gogh visits Mardi Gras.
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Kickass Cosplay of the Day: Vincent van Gogh visits Mardi Gras.
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(Source: thedailywhat, via cthulove)
Not a morning bear: A male brown bear named Palle-Jooseppi emerges from his den covered in snow after waking up early from hibernation at the Ranua Zoo in Finland on Feb. 23. After working hard to break out of his snow-covered den, the bear promptly fell back asleep on a snow bank.
Brown bears spend the warmer months of the year packing on the pounds for their impending hibernation. However, because they are not full hibernators, they can easily wake in the middle of their slumber.
The Georgia Guidestones, sometimes referred to as the “American Stonehenge,” is a granite monument erected in Elbert County, Ga., in 1979. The stones are engraved in eight languages, each relaying 10 “new” commandments for “an Age of Reason.”
Though the monument contains no encrypted messages, its purpose and origin remain shrouded in mystery. They were commissioned by a man who has yet to be properly identified, who went by the pseudonym of R.C. Christian.
Of the 10 commandments, the first one is perhaps the most controversial: “Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.” Many have taken it to be a license to cull the human population down to the specified number, and critics of the stones have called for them to be destroyed.
10 of the world’s biggest unsolved mysteries
by David Gonzalez, New York.
(Dancers, Mott Haven, August 1979, from the Faces in the Rubble series).
