Some odd, amusing, and disturbing maps from the Atlas Of Prejudice by author Yanko Tsvetkov: https://tinyurl.com/44z3y4ep
Some lovely seashell sculptures to brighten your day: https://tinyurl.com/tykwvdb
The Order of the Good Death is a collective of professionals who want to help people understand that death is a natural part of life, and help them release their fears and misconceptions related to death, dying, and decay: https://tinyurl.com/3u7ussbe
An interesting look at how the pointy shoes trend in 1300s Europe affected the health and shape of people’s feet: https://tinyurl.com/5wrjhhe8
TIL there’s a plant that has no chlorophyl and looks like a candy cane: https://tinyurl.com/3hkzndye
The wonderful range of traditional masks from New Guinea: https://tinyurl.com/8dy2eww
The science of colored shadows: https://tinyurl.com/3ed37ejr
Ringheiligtum Pömmelte is a late Neolithic, Early Bronze Age henge monument from the late third millennium BC. The site was discovered in 1991 through aerial photography near the present-day village of Pömmelte in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany: https://tinyurl.com/k77x5sw
The difference between a Tornado Warning and a Tornado Watch, clearly illustrated: https://tinyurl.com/ny4r3zd3
Check out the vegan menu at this upscale NYC restaurant: https://tinyurl.com/wkk5j4
The Huldremose woman is one of the best preserved bodies from Denmark’s prehistory. This Iron Age mummy from year 55 AD was naturally preserved in the Huldremose bog on Djursland, Denmark. Today, almost 2,000 years later, you can see her remains at the National Museum of Denmark: https://tinyurl.com/42upck39
That one time when the U.S. government thought it might be cool to build a new highway using nuclear bombs: https://tinyurl.com/67yb2sdv
If you’ve ever wanted to learn about needle felting, this 5 minute video for beginners is an excellent place to start: https://tinyurl.com/zmnayn4p
Artvee is a website with an enormous database of searchable, public-domain classical art: https://artvee.com/
The Cucuteni–Trypillia culture of Eastern Europe was one of the oldest and longest-lived in the world: https://tinyurl.com/2navsadr
What an opera singer looks like in an MRI scanner: https://tinyurl.com/ed75788z
From 2017, a visual voyage across the US-Mexico border, stitched together from 200,000 satellite images: https://tinyurl.com/45krwmm4
How radical gardeners took back New York City: https://tinyurl.com/8bfk6tm2
Take a virtual tour through the Darth Vader House in Houston Texas: https://tinyurl.com/yppb8cr5
Just a few of the 331 entrants battling for the title of Cuprinol Shed of the Year: https://tinyurl.com/fvnmdway
Exploring a mysterious, stinky, and rather threatening mud puddle that moves under its own power: https://tinyurl.com/8ku9kvwt
The story of a wealthy American industrialist who died a horrible death due to a radioactive “health tonic.” This is why we have regulations now: https://tinyurl.com/v3a7vvkz
In 1899, six years before her death at age 70, Aboriginal Tasmanian Fanny Cochrane Smith made five wax cylinder recordings of traditional Aboriginal songs and language. They are the only recorded example of Tasmanian Aboriginal songs and the only recorded example of any Tasmanian Aboriginal language: https://tinyurl.com/9tys84t2
A Flickr page dedicated to people who love control panels: https://tinyurl.com/f593fht6
Pop artist James Ritzi’s gloriously bizarre building: https://tinyurl.com/j4mecdv7
A stop-motion video of the insides of fruits, as well as video of how the artist did it (He has WAY more patience than I do): https://tinyurl.com/h935ewm2
Rarely seen 1976 16mm footage from the Star Wars Archive shows actors Kenny Baker who played R2-D2 and Anthony Daniels who played C-3PO trying out their new costumes at Elstree Studios, while others were testing out unfinished droids for the film: https://tinyurl.com/47nrehx5
A 3D printed, 11 gear Mobius Strip: https://tinyurl.com/bxzfs9aa
If you’re in the market for a charming house with a resident 95-year-old tortoise, I have the perfect place for you!: https://tinyurl.com/sa6wb6mn
If you’ve ever been around mourning doves and wondered why they make that squeaky noise when they fly, here’s why: https://tinyurl.com/rvwh443k
I’d never heard of a fractal vise until now, but these things are rad!: https://tinyurl.com/ukrckaf3
A model of the Heidelberg Letterpress made entirely from cardboard and paper: https://tinyurl.com/49y4w3ny
A website dedicated to the history of Italian car design: https://tinyurl.com/dyy58bns
Man Khanna’s charming Claymen: https://tinyurl.com/tbrurc26
Wangechi Mutu is a Kenyan artist who crafts stunning sculptures (As well as amazing collages): https://tinyurl.com/2xn5dhr7
Wonderfully unique and creative ceramics from Jan Howlin: https://tinyurl.com/tvm59c
“Over the last month, I challenged 3D artists with the Alternate Realities CG challenge. I provided an animation for everyone to work from, and the results were stunning. 2,400 artists delivered, the top 100 were chosen for this montage”: https://tinyurl.com/fkuvy3mm
Hydraulic press videos as interpretive dance. I LOLed: https://tinyurl.com/2e3hhzjk
European ideas of African illiteracy are persistent, prejudiced and, as the story of Libyc script shows, entirely wrong: https://tinyurl.com/3w72d3zu
This guy makes AMAZING things with wire: https://tinyurl.com/csdkpy2
A fascinating spider web: https://tinyurl.com/4bdw83zk
The Vølfgang Twins demonstrate how they make their handbuilt Tagelharpa: https://tinyurl.com/ytbzrthu
Meet the Ringed caecilian, a super weird amphibian that looks like a worm: https://tinyurl.com/nt6vhnyk
Beautiful botanical gifs by digital artist Shane Griffin: https://tinyurl.com/3p8zjkw5
How one man built a simple-yet-brilliant water computer: https://tinyurl.com/tettw7ea
The lovely, flowing patterns of sheep, captured by a drone: https://tinyurl.com/tn9453zf (More videos on his website here: https://tinyurl.com/3c5w2vkj)