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I just spent an hour reading about the Huxtables... →
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"There'll Always Be a Place for Me at the Dairy...
adamnorwood:
As I said before, Parker Posey grilling a single chicken wing is one of my favorite funnysad scenes committed to film. And now I’ve committed it to an animated GIF.
March 2011
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“Lignin, the stuff that prevents all trees from adopting the weeping habit, is a...”
– Why secondhand bookstores smell good
Perfumes: The Guide (via YMFY)
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December 2010
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FYI: What Is the Evolutionary Purpose of Tickling?
PopSci has a short write-up about the evolutionary reasons we tickle: It’s a combination of bonding and defense skills. Somehow, I didn’t know that the ability(?) to be tickled goes away around 40.
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-12/fyi-what-evolutionary-purpose-tickling
Watcha TED talk with an organic, thoughtful, green builder. Also, very funny.
Ancient astronomy: Mechanical inspiration →
adamnorwood:
New research on the Antikythera mechanism hints that we might be looking at its use and meaning from the wrong perspective. From Nature:
Now, however, scientists delving into the astronomical theories encoded in this quintessentially Greek device have concluded that they are not Greek at all, but Babylonian — an empire predating this era by centuries. This finding is forcing...
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gender and horse racing →
Tremors the Game!!! (Tremerz!!) →
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