meme4u:

98 year old Dobri Dobrev, a man who lost his hearing in the second world war, walks 10 kilometers from his village in his homemade clothes and leather shoes to the city of Sofia, where he spends the day begging for money.

Though a well recognized fixture around several of the city’s chruches, known for his prostrations of thanks to all donors, it was only recently discovered that he has donated every penny he has collected — over 40,000 euros — towards the restoration of decaying Bulgarian monasteries and churches and the utility bills of orphanages, living entirely off his monthly state pension of 80 euros and the kindness of others.

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sleepydumpling:

By Cuddly Rigormortis

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unknowneditors:

Artist Jung Lee was born in 1972 in Seoul, Korea. She graduated in Photography from The Royal College of Art in London and represented by the ONE AND J. Gallery , established in Seoul in 2005 and representing the young Asian creation.

Check out Unknown Editors! (FB)

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i-am-tooth-decay:

HAHAH Maryland, we curse a lot and also we’re very courteous. Sounds about right.

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NASA Lunar Science Institute, We Originated in the Belly of a Star (2012)

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ianbrooks:

Bones by Wendy Wallin Malinow

Wendy’s Bone-A-Day series takes a papercut X-Ray to the anatomy of several woodland creatures, revealing the inside story on their most recent noms. Some of Wendy’s papercut designs, as well as tons of other pieces, can be purchased at her etsy.

Artist: Tumblr / Website (via: magicfran)

whore-o-babylon:

This perfectly sums up how I feel about being done my undergraduate degree.

yup.

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gunshowcomic:

dont snake at me until i’ve had my coffee

yay we did it! the midnite monsters kickstarter is funded! there is about 2 more days left so if you wanna get on it now, please do! That part is up to you.

There will be more of fox and snake this week, all week in fact. see ya

spookyb:

print this out and give it to your crush without saying anything

teeeeeheeeeeee

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sciencesoup:

The Jewel Caterpillar

This bizzarely gelatinous, semi-translucent little creature is sometimes referred to as the “jewel caterpillar”, but it’s actually the larvae of a fuzzy orange moth called Acraga coa. This moth is native to Central and South America and belongs to a family known as Dalceridae. There are at least 84 different species of moths in this family, and all of their larvae are so gooey that they’re often nicknamed “slug caterpillars.” At the moment it’s unclear as to why they’re so strangely and conspicuously coloured—biologist Daniel Janzen at the University of Pennsylvania has raised Dalceridae in captivity and reports that the bright, conscpicuous larvae actually spend a lot of their time hanging out on the tops of leaves in full view, like they don’t fear birds at all. Some caterpillars use colour to indicate their toxicity and therefore warn predators away, but there’s no evidence that the Dalceridae caterpillars are poisonous at all. But they do appear to have one defense mechanism: their gooey, gumdrop-like spines break off easily, just like some lizard’s tails break off upon a predator’s touch. So, perhaps this allows the caterpillars a chance to get away from predators. In an attempt to study this function, insect biosystematist Marc Epstein placed Dalcerides ingenita larvae in the same environment as several ants, which would usually devour caterpillars, but these ants backed right away. The ones that tried to attack became stuck in the larvae’s jelly-like body, so the caterpillars seem to repel predators simply by being sticky and uncomfortable. “Jewel caterpillar” is a pretty fitting nickname, then—look all you want, but don’t touch.

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viewfigure8:

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slowartday:

Vladimir Kush

tballardbrown:

When an advertiser seems to do everything right and still draws complaints, it makes you wonder: Is there any way to market to diverse communities without stepping on toes?

— If This Cute Cheerios Ad Causes Drama, What Won’t? : Code Switch

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