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Maple leaf, driftwood & scrap metal, 3x3.5 ft

Epic photo of Hunter S. Thompson shaving Johnny Depp's head to play himself in the film 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1997)

Solar Energy Soon to Surf the Wave of Profitability – 'in only five years, renewable energy will be cheaper than coal in many countries, including China, the UK, and India.

The Ultimate Collection of Google Font Pairings (Displayed Beautifully with Classic Art)

Tim Ferriss just released three massive (PDF) volumes of stoic writing from Seneca, for free!

Where can I find more animations like this?

Standing Waves and the Strobe Effect

The effects of a polarizing filter on a camera

My Aquaponic and barrel gardens

French actress Mylène Demongeot, 1953

Clear Water Pools.

TIL the smell of fresh baked bread has been scientifically studied, discovering that the smell makes people more inclined to help each other

Sun’s gravity could power interstellar video streaming - 'A new proposal suggests that the sun’s gravity could be used to amplify signals from an interstellar space probe, allowing video to be streamed from as far away as Alpha Centauri.

'Gloria',ballpoint pen, by Ler Huang, 2014, 736 × 492

My summer sublease in Chicago

Open sesame scented hands

'The Highest Form of Disagreement. The best way to argue is to take on your opponents’ strongest arguments, not their weakest ones.' A refreshing reminder of the value of the philosophical virtues in public discourse.

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Classy women from the 1950s

TIL Depression in Young People Affects the Stomach. Anxiety effects the Skin.

Method for how scientists can approach skeptics is a pretty good primer on how to be persuasive online.

'Escape into reality' By Michal Trpak,Sculpture/Painting 2017

Extra-virgin olive oil protects memory and learning ability and reduces the formation of amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain – classic markers of Alzheimer's disease - in a mouse model, published in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.

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Léon, Acrylic, 12 x 15

From the onebag community on Reddit

TIL the Soil Conservation Council of Canada suggests gardeners bury underwear to determine soil quality. If after two months only the waistband remains, there is a good amount of organic matter in the soil.

Personal effects of Gandhi.

TIL that the compliance-gaining technique of adding 'but you are free to refuse' after a verbal request has been found to double your chances of getting what you want.

Ever think Ultrawide monitors are not wide enough?