January 2013
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Words of the day
“I can’t”!!
Jan 21st
June 2012
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Jun 23rd
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Jun 4th
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Why Are There Different Names for the Same...
mentalflossr: Germany image via Shutterstock Why do we call other countries by names they do not use themselves?
Jun 3rd
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tinywrld: trambahngast: Vivid 2012 time lapse (by Ian Waldie) Can we please bring this type of art installation to every city in the world?  Please.
Jun 3rd
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May 2012
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31 Acronyms and Initials All Spelled Out
mentalflossr: For the past few weeks, every time I saw an acronym or initials, I took a picture. You know the brands, authors, and pieces of legislation, but do you know what all those letters stand for? Interesting
May 29th
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tinywrld: edlom: With my hobby for editing videos and my passion for photography, I’ve decided to combine both and create a short, time-lapse video of the beautiful, island of Maui. Although I have given this video the title “No Ka Oi” (the best), I believe it is somewhat ironic. I initially began this project with absolutely no time-lapse experience. So obtaining all of the pictures was an...
May 28th
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بالرغم من…. والا و ان….
May 26th
mental_floss on tumblr: New Bacteria Could Make... →
mentalflossr: In 2009, students at Cambridge University genetically engineered E. coli bacteria, adding DNA sequences in order to create colors visible to the naked eye (standard E. coli does not have a pigment). The students called this new strain E. chromi, and it has limited uses today, primarily… Living Color (y)
May 23rd
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“Innovating together with your partners is a win-win for both. At Shell, we not...”
– Quote by Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Dutch Shell.  Quote found in IBM press release titled  “CEO Study: Command & Control Meets Collaboration (via smarterplanet)
May 23rd
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Years are rushing and counting but my own counter doesn’t work ewth such speed 😁
May 13th
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nasasapod: The Light of Stars Video Credit & Copyright: Daniel López (El Cielo de Canarias); Music: La Busqueda de Ianna (Epic Soul Factory) Explanation: What’s moving? Time lapse videos of the sky can be quite spectacular when they last long enough for stars, planets, aurora, and clouds to appear to move in just a few seconds. Pictured above, however, astrovideographer Daniel López...
May 9th
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“اسلوبي غريب احياناً، أغيب كثيراً ولا اسأل، اشتاق ولا اخبر احداً بذلك، أرى شخص...”
May 4th
May 1st
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tinywrld: The task of the timelapse photographer is not unlike that of the cartographer.  To walk the terrain making sure no rock is left undocumented.   Here is a exhaustive timelapse of the Arches National Park. Desert on the other side
May 1st
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Why is "mayday!" an international distress signal?
mentalflossr: It comes from the French “venez m’aider,” meaning “come help me!” New stuff to learn ;;)
May 1st
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May 1st
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April 2012
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tinywrld: Patience, my little grasshopper.  There is a timelapse sequence somewhere in your future. Namaste Nepal. Life goes on..
Apr 28th
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Apr 26th
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March 2012
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Lift me up let me go…
Mar 27th
In need…
Mar 24th
February 2012
6 posts
يبه مبحر و أخذ قلبي شراع…
Feb 25th
مهما يقولون مهما صار مهما تم🎶
Feb 20th
اشتاق أبوح…
Feb 11th
اللهم اشرح صدري و يسر امري و احلل عقدة لساني.
Feb 11th
Death z d only exit…
Feb 7th
January 2012
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5th… {1}… }2..3…..4….5…„,{
Jan 31st
صعب - ادم →
شو حلو تبقى بقلبي و جوا مخبيك،، و الحلو اكتر حبيبي خبي روحي فيك.. فيي شي حبيبي معلقني فيك..
Jan 30th
Hmmm… Wut z it?!!
Jan 29th
6 Extremely Rare National Animals
mentalflossr: Here are six of the coolest, strangest, and most endangered animals repping countries today.
Jan 28th
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“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is...”
– Lewis Carroll (via goodneighborsusa) True…
Jan 28th
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حُسن العهد من الايمان…
Jan 28th
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الحمد الله أني في موقعي ليس في موقع الآخر…
Jan 24th
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AAAAAAAUUUUU3333333
Jan 22nd
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عزّت علي نفسي، يا ريتك يا النفس ما تِعزّين…
Jan 22nd
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Abraham Lincoln's grandfather, also named Abraham...
Good to know!
Jan 22nd
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And wished it wuz jus a dream…
Jan 22nd
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tinywrld: This tilt shift of Rio includes beautiful people tanning on the beach… the thing is that they are so tiny you can’t appreciate it.   It also has the latest favela chic and appropriate sound track.  Love it! Take me to Rio
Jan 10th
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“Why’s” will b answered when there isn’t curiosity any more…
Jan 9th
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December 2011
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tinywrld: Both creative and flawed, this timelapse is unique in the number of visual experiments going on:  from a simulated “steady-cam”, to photosynth-like scenes transitions to a very thorough inventory of the British urban landscape.  At a whooping 9 minutes in timelapse mode, by the end of the video I felt I had lived in London my entire life.  It was a fantastic life with a great...
Dec 27th
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Wha wa’aaa!!
Dec 11th
October 2011
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The F Word: Famine Is The Real Obscenity →
Oct 4th
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Oct 2nd
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September 2011
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Sep 25th
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هذي دنيا مو بادينا
Sep 24th
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August 2011
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Aug 18th
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July 2011
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Soon 2b disconnected!!
Jul 31st
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Jul 31st
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mental_floss on tumblr: Where Are These Thousand... →
mentalflossr: Is the delicious dressing that gives a Reuben its tanginess named after an actual chain of islands? You bet it is. The Thousand Islands are an archipelago that sits in the Saint Lawrence River on the U.S.-Canada border, and there are actually 1,793 of them, some of which are so small that they… Nice
Jul 31st
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