a good chunk of the mars press conference this morning was scientists discussing how not to contaminate the martian waters with terrestrial microbes from the rovers and permanently alter the development of life on mars. in other words we already have to obey the prime directive and I’m delighted with that
vikings made their woman handle the finances because they thought math is witchcraft
The idea that unicorns are only able tamed and captured by virgins originated as a medieval joke. The idea was that it took a mythical creature to catch a mythical creature.
There was once an English minstrel called Roland the Farter. He was awarded lands by the king on the condition that he turn up to the court every Christmas to perform his characteristic “whistle, leap and a fart”. His children could keep the lands after his death if they learnt and performed the same trick.
There is graffiti from the Norse invaders that reads (roughly) “ I slept with Ingiborg, the most beautiful woman in the world ”
A close friend of Alexander the Great named Dioxippus, once told one of his generals, named Coragus, to stop being so up himself, Coragus took offence and challenged him to a duel in front of all of his troops unaware that Dioxippus was a champion of Pankration, Ancient Greek Wrestling. Coragus turned up with all of his weapons and armour, Dioxippus turned up naked with a club, lathered in Olive Oil. The match was over in about 5 mins and Coragus got his arse well and truly kicked.
When an army of Swedes went off to war with the Norwegians, they left all the women to manage everything, however, in the village of Smaland, right on the Southern Border, they were attacked by an opposing force of Danes. The women, led by a woman named Blenda, responded to this by inviting the invaders in, feeding them, making them comfy and basically having a massive party to get them REALLY drunk. When all the invaders all passed out, the women slaughtered them all with anything they could find, and when the men came back, the King was so impressed that he basically granted them a bunch of new rights that were previously unavailable to them. From that point on, all daughters had the right to inherit property, money and land equally with their brothers, and were allowed to wear military-style garments around town and at their weddings. They were also given the prestigious right to wear the Royal Coat of Arms on their clothing – a tradition that has lasted to this day.
The term in Chess “Checkmate” is thought to have come from the Persian term “Shah Mat” which means “The King is dead”.
Captain Benjamin Hornigold, the mentor to Edward “Blackbeard” Teach, once captured a ship just so he could steal all of the crew’s hats, because his crew had gotten drunk the night before and thrown all of theirs overboard.
Napoléon Bonaparte, the Corsican soldier who eventually became the Emperor of France following the French Revolution and Maximilien de Robespierre’s “Reign of Terror”, was terrified of cats.
funraising fees are fucked up did you know gofundme takes up to 7.9% of everything people donate you + $0.30 per donation
that means that if 10 people help you raise $1000, you’re losing $82 bucks
if youre a kid in trouble trying to raise money dont make my mistakes and use youcaring which is apparently toally free, and not gofundme
Gofundme just sucks in general. After a woman tried raising money for an abortion, they pulled her campaign and changed their terms of service so that starting a campaign for an abortion is basically against the rules, but anti-choice groups (some of which are known to be violent) are still able to use the site. source
But they let Darren Wilson have his campaign after he murdered Mike Brown
^YouCaring is great, in my experience. They can stay free because they ask everyone who donates to a cause whether they’d like to donate $1 to the website to keep it running.
So I keep seeing those awful misogynistic Bernie supporters on Facebook and Reddit harping about Hillary Clinton’s $600 haircut, and I honestly couldn’t believe it. I mentioned that, you know, the $600 also covered hair color, with foils, probably a straightening or smoothing treatment, and an incredibly complex layered haircut. And STFU about Hillary’s hair anyway, there are plenty of legitimate things to criticize her for. But then, it hit me.
Men honestly don’t know about any of that. Men actually believe Hillary’s hair grows out of her head looking like in the above photo. They think someone cuts it for her and she pays $600 for that because she’s an idiot, and then she goes home and washes it with shampoo, goes to sleep, runs a comb through it in the morning, and then that’s how it looks! They honestly don’t know the things women, any women, do to make their hair look the way it looks. Presumably many of these men have wives or live-in girlfriends, yet somehow they’ve never noticed. Like, they think blondes are all actually blond. They think our hair is naturally shiny and curly in the right places. Seriously, go find a cishet guy, show him your flat iron, and ask him what it is! He won’t be able to tell you.
It’s just like all those memes guys post on Facebook of the girls with and without make-up. Like, the joke is they take her swimming on the first date because otherwise they would think she actually looked like that. Like they see contouring and metallic eyeshadow and pink lips and they think that’s what our skin does naturally. They are shocked and disgusted to see what women really look like! Good lord, no wonder Hillary Clinton and every other women in the public eye spends a lot of money on her hair. You’ve got to keep up that illusion because otherwise the hetero boys get very confused and pissed off.
This has been an incredibly eye-opening revelation for me.
Let’s talk about exactly what Hilary (or any other woman running for office) is probably paying attention to that men would never think of.
1. Her skin. Let me tell you, if she gets that smooth base and general decent thickness for her age naturally without help I’d be shocked. ASIDE from that, she wears makeup regularly which means she has to have some sort of skin care because otherwise her face would be a fucking nightmare. Assuming she doesn’t get a professional run down more than once a year, and assuming (because of her age, financial standing and public appearances) a preference for mid to high range products, there’s easily $450 worth of product that touches her face over the course of 2 days. And that is assuming an average of $35 - $55 per product. And yes, some of those things are completely worth it.
2. Her eyebrows. Those are likely professionally done at least a hadnful of times a year. By her age she probably has a good idea what does and doesn’t work and maintenance on her own with just tweezers is pretty easy. It’s how I work. BUT that’s still 2- 3 appts a year at a place that has the least likelihood of fucking her face up for a few days at a time (you can easily have a reaction to the wax and look like a clown). PLUS tweezers and a few other tools. The cheap ones of those never work anyway. So assume $50 per couple of years just for those plus the appointments. I’m not denying that men often get a bit of the same treatment but no one is going to react nearly the same way than to a female public figure daring to let it all grow out.
3. Her makeup. At her age, it can be difficult to achieve a natural looking face. Fine lines and wrinkles can really screw with even your favorite formula. Good mascara and lipstick is also worth a bit of a splurge. For formal affairs she probably has a pro come in now and then, but she’s also been a professional public figure for long enough that she can do her own makeup. Even assuming only one or two high end products that’s easily a $250 shell out over 2 years. Which is the max you tend to want to keep a product anyway. Male politicians get madeup for camera and maybe to hide a pimple and usually it’s not their personal makeup stash but something that belongs to or is hired by their office or campaign.
4. Her hair. That ain’t no wake up and roll out of the door cut. So she needs a pro cut every 6 - 12 weeks. A pro color touchup slightly less often. That picture has her with a coloring that can really stretch without looking poorly maintained. Add onto that a good shampoo/conditioner. Styling products and styling tools. Prepping hair even 4 times a week for heat and style can be hugely damaging without doing it properly.
5. Her jewelry. Unlike her male counterparts, who can get away with a handful of tie clips and cuff links, Hilary has to match her outfits, not seem too thrifty nor too expensive. She has earrings and necklaces and bracelets and probably more than one watch.
6. Her nails. Odds are she maintains them herself, but I’d wager she needs them professionally done more often than you’d guess.
7. Her clothes: While men on the campaign trail can get away with 5 suits, 10 shirts and 4 specially picked out ties, I’m very sure Hilary can never win. She’ll be too “masculine” too “feminine” to “sexy” too “Serious” too everything and never enough of anything. If she shows up in the same pants suit twice in a week, there absolutely some asshole willing to equate that with someone being unfit to lead.
They look utterly ridiculous and they are my favourite thing you’re welcome and goodbye
That’s a fucking Sandshrew.
It’s a small dragon.
They’re so hunchbacked that even though they walk on two legs their front feet are almost always scraping the ground.
BONUS! Tree-dwelling version!!!
Also bonus, There’s a fuckton of different kinds!
Enjoy.
Also! they’re going extinct due to poaching because people love their golden scaley pelts! These are the only mammals in existence to grow actual scales, created from fused fur, like rhino horns! If you would like to donate to their conservation fund, or find out more about Pangolins in general, go here!
Ok because I really need to practice my art and HALLOWEEN IS COMING SOON, everyone who reblogs this I will draw you a Halloween bunny based on your blog
