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[The Skellingcorner]

[the-golden-ghost]

Yet another thing I like about 20,000 Leagues is that everyone and their cousin, prior to reading the book, thinks it’s an Epic Adventure Story

when in reality it is:

• An excuse for Jules Verne to infodump all his obscure Ocean Facts on everybody
• An excuse for Jules Verne to randomly stan Poe
• A tender and homoerotic Gothic Romance
• Gettin’ Kidnapped With The Lads
• Fucking hilarious
• A Science Textbook About Fish

[cedrwydden]

God, I wish I could get away with publishing a big book of infodumping…Also this is just like Victor Hugo using Les Mis as an excuse to unload all his knowledge about Paris’ sewers.

[red-gyarados]

I’ve heard a similar thing about Herman Melville and Moby Dick. Just a lot of boat and sailing info with a weird superstitious story interlaced in the middle.

[the-golden-ghost]

A handy chart.

[The Skellingcorner]

[micspam]

best sleeping conditions: freezing fucking cold room but layers and layers of blankets 

[missielynne]

this speaks to me.

[thepurplemadness]

Scientifically, it’s because sleeping in a cooler environment (freezing cold room) and also sleeping under some physical pressure (blankets) - especially of you have anxiety and/or insomnia - is actually the most ideal sleeping condition.

[lockedinbootyorbit]

My life

[stevencutiepieuniverse]

#wow it’s nice to be scientifically validated

[The Skellingcorner]

[enijoiart]

I tried to make a Pumpkin Reaper =D

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[dallasrecklessandrelentless]

That fuckin smile at the end

[bettsplendens]

To the worried person in the comments: 

No, a hummingbird’s heart will not stop if it stops moving. You’re possibly thinking of Spoink, which is a Pokemon that supposedly powers its heart by bouncing, and as such can’t stop moving. Hummingbirds don’t sit often because they’re busy looking for food, but they can and do sit. The females sit on eggs in nests, after all, and they do have to sleep. 

[sindri42]

Fun fact: the leg muscles of a hummingbird are so stripped down to save on weight that they cannot walk. They can step sideways along a branch or other perch, but they cannot go forward without taking flight.

However they absolutely do stop moving. In fact, hummingbirds hibernate! Overnight. Instead of sleeping. Because if they tried to sleep like a normal animal their hyperactive metabolism would mean that they starve to death before breakfast.

Unrelated fun fact: the primary Aztec god of war would take on the form of a hummingbird, and the souls of the bravest warriors were said to turn into hummingbirds in order to join him after death, presumably because every hummingbird is approximately four grams of pure concentrated asskicking which fears no man nor beast and will gladly throw down with somebody seventeen thousand times their size if offended.

[ubercharge]

this is a really cool post and i love seeing such a small bird but reading “No, a hummingbird’s heart will not stop if it stops moving. You’re possibly thinking of Spoink” killed me 

[The Skellingcorner]

[thebutchriarchy]

Medusa with the Head of Perseus, Luciano Garbati, 2008

[arbitraryimposition]

I adore how she carries his head low, at her side, and not aloft in triumph. This is not a self-aggrandizing hero lauding her great deed. This is a woman who wanted to be left the fuck alone.

[when-in-doubt-sing]

Also look at her body. The double hips. The asymetrical boobs. She’s thin, but she’s realistic as hell. That’s a real woman.

And the look in her eyes. Damn.

[marlene]

I originally saw photos of Garbati’s Medusa a long time ago, but I specifically remember this post from earlier this year. Medusa was one of those pieces that really buried into my head and heart. Sounds silly, but just looking at it gives me strength.

Today I was lucky enough to see it in person. She’s incredible. And, something that the original pictures don’t show— she’s HUGE!

[heroineimages]

I love this even better now that we can see the baffled look on Perseus’s face.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

I am here for this :D

[paintedcowboy]

Always reblog.

[The Skellingcorner]

[sodomymcscurvylegs]

…feEL THE RAIN ON YOUR SKIN NO ONE ELSE CAN FEEL FOR YOU ONLY YOU CAN LET IT IN

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[recommend]

5-Year-Old Boy Has ‘Up’ Photoshoot With 90-Year-Old Great Grandparents

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[kangals]

she knows she’s not allowed to bark at the cat, so her loophole is just to make a bunch of noises that are not barking instead.

[The Skellingcorner]

[marxferatu]

corn cat…reblog for a plentiful harvest

[copperbadge]

I was afraid not to. 

[jumpingjacktrash]

corn cat, pls give to me many corn

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[everythingfox]

“The very definition of big puppy eyes”

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