We love music for the same reason we love sex, drugs, and delicious food: they all cause a release of dopamine. When you listen to music, you get chills because your brain is anticipating a peak moment in the song, and dopamine is released in reward- just like getting turned on before ever being touched. Source
“I didn’t want to go outside my house because I couldn’t take the stares from strangers so I’d lock myself in my room. It got so bad that I just
didn’t want to live any more. I can laugh about it now but back then it
affected me so badly that I began to self harm because it felt better
than all the abuse I was getting. I feel more feminine, more sexy and I
think I look it too. I’ve learned to love myself for who I am nothing
can shake me now.”
Sometimes it pays to be “plain.” Incredibly beautiful people are less likely to be hired for a job if being interviewed by someone of the same sex, are often lonely because they are viewed as unapproachable and intimidating, and are given less care by doctors when being treated for pain. Source
Farmers are often labeled as supporters of and one of the main reasons for Daylight Savings Time, but it’s a myth. Farmers across the world are one of the main groups who are against DST because they set their schedule by the sun and it’s difficult for their animals to adjust. Source
People who understand sarcasm are good mind-readers. Because sarcasm is a sort of “true lie,” you have to find the real meaning behind words that aren’t meant literally, and differentiate between someone’s false emotions and what they’re really thinking. If you can easily detect a well-hidden sarcastic comment, you likely have great social intuition. Source
Rap battles have been around since the 5th century. ‘Flyting’ was a ritual in which two people competed by exchanging insults in poetic verse, similar to modern freestyle battles between rappers. The insults were very provocative, and people often accused each other of cowardice and sexual perversion. Source
"Even as the armada neared the French coast, German commanders did not believe that an Allied invasion was imminent. There were no Luftwaffe or naval patrols in the area. German radar finally detected the huge fleet at about 3:00 A.M., but with Rommel at home in Germany, there was no one who could dispatch additional divisions to Normandy."
All of the teachers in this study were women, but the leaders of the experiment feel the bias is likely unconscious and unintentional.They also expect the results are applicable in the U.S. This study was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Source
Why not use a regular robot? Because the instincts of a living organism allow it to evade hazardous conditions and predators without help from the operator. With a hybrid system using a living insect, you have the combined abilities of a human and an animal.
FUCK THIS MOVIE. I HATE THIS MOVIE. There is so much whack shit in this film:
the five sisters are KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, amy dunne, johanna mason, carey mulligan of ‘drive’, doctor who episode ‘blink’ and being the future mom of a mumford’s son fame, and the main girl from st trinians???? WHAT KIND OF WHITE PEOPLE PERFECTION their dad is president snow and their mum was vera in noted television procedural vera???? OKAY
DARCY IS 6’2
MR BINGLEY WAS OCTAVIUS IN ROME AND ALSO HAS THE CHEEKBONES OF A TOLKIEN ELF
JUDI DENCH
this movie is just Joe Wright Period Period Piece but it is THE EPITOME OF THIS VERY SPECIFIC GENRE. HE’S NOT GONNA TOP THIS AND HE NEEDS TO STOP TRYING the panning shot of the peak district??? ‘Liz On Top Of The World’ plays in the bg it’s the ULTIMATE.
HOT LIZARD KING WICKHAM
and okay i love how this movie shows the bennets as an actual FAMILY
like they’re messy and tactile and they talk over one another it’s so genuine
AND I LOVE THEIR HOUSE WITH THE CREEPING VINES
and okay the COSTUMES IN THIS MOVIE OH MY GODDD
everyone’s white gowns in the netherfield ball scene? YOOOOOO
honestly the production value of this movie is nuts
it’s the AESTHETIC
alright so jane austen novels are awesome and they show a lot about society and relationships in the regency era
and the thing about 2005 pride and prejudice is that it doesn’t only show the verbal sparring/tension between lizzie and darcy
but the sexual tension as well
THE SEXUAL UNDERTONES OF THIS MOVIE
OH MY GOD
IT’S SO FUCKING MUCH
like every interaction is loaded with like sexy LOOKS and body language
and like they don’t even kiss but it’s so obvious they wanna bang
THEY WANT TO BANG
SO
BAD
it’s like raw magnetism
it’s something people would write ridiculous articles in cosmo about
like that bit where darcy helps lizzie into the carriage???????
HE HELPS HER UP
(IT’S THE 1800S, PEOPLE DONT TOUCH)
she looks at him, scandalised
HE WALKS AWAY, FLEXING HIS HAND AS IF IT’S BURNING
ROMANCE
there’s this scene where lizzie and darcy are dancing in a crowded room but they’re so focused on each other the other people LITERALLY MELT AWAY
LIKE THEY’RE THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE GOD DAMN UNIVERSE
(sidebar: HER HAIR IN THIS SCENE. GOD DAMN.)
also THE TRACKING SHOT THROUGH THE PARTY OH MY GOD
and okay, like
let’s not even GET INTO the declaration scene
after a heavy dose of SEXILY AVOIDING EACH OTHER’S GLANCES IN CHURCH the sexual tension crescendos
UNDER THE AWNING OF SOME ANCIENT RUIN
IN THE POURING RAIN
he advances; he admits his love
she REBUKES him
affronted, he insults pretty much everything about her
she responds but rebuking him again but WORSE
but the sexual tension’s still there
there’s just the noise of the rain
the air between them is so charged it could power like
a small city probably
THEY’RE SUPER CLOSE
NO TOUCHEY
AND THEN
HE LEANS FORWARD, EYES LOCKED ON HER LIPS
HE’S GONNA KISS HER
SHE WANTS HIM TO KISS HER
HE DOESN’T KISS HER
THE
FUCKING
TENSION
I CAN’T EVEN WATCH THIS BIT HONESTLY
and she regrets it immediately after and then he DROPS OFF THE LETTER AND SHE’S JUST SITTING THERE IN SHOCK REALLY
I KNOW BABE. I KNOW
and it’s the kind of movie you can rewatch a hundred times and it’s still as amazing as the first time and you pick up all these little things you missed
it was like my 20th watch when i realised that mary is in love with mr collins
and ok THE LIVING SCULPTURES OF PEMBERLEY SCENE
all the pemberly scenes really like when they show up and lizzie sees this bomb ass house that could’ve been hers and she’s just like, ‘hahahhahahahaha i fucked up, i fucked up. i fucked up so bad im sorry, im trash’
AND WHEN SHE MEETS GEORGIANA AND SHE LOOKS AT LIZZIE AND DARCY LIKE SMIRK.EMOJI
she knows
and the scene where DARCY AND BINGLEY PRACTICE WHAT HE’S GOING TO SAY TO JANE
REGENCY SOFT BRO AF
and the scene before when the bennets rush to make themselves look presentable and it’s sooooo awkward and forced HONESTLY THEY ARE THE BEST
AND JANE AND BINGLEY LOWKEY OTP FINALLY GETTING TOGETHER
AND JANE STANDING THERE IN THE SUNBEAM LOOKING LIKE A LITERAL ANGEL AND TEARS IN HER EYES AS SHE SAYS YES
and then
DARCY
LOOKING LIKE SOME FABIO SHIT
WALING ACROSS THE MOORS
TO HER
WHAT THE HELLLLLL
THE MUSIC SWELLS
HE’S RUGGED
'YOU MUST KNOW… SURELY YOU MUST KNOW IT WAS ALL FOR YOU'
s t o p
and lizzie is standing there with her artfully messy hair
'YOU HAVE BEWITCHED ME, BODY AND SOUL, AND I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU’
good BYE
and she kisses his hands? NOOOOOOO
THEY GONNA BANG SO MUCH
i keep this movie on every device i have in case i need an emergency pick me up
once i watched this with dinner at night and when it finished the dvd was on a loop and it started playing again…. and i watched it again… twice
If you lie to dogs, they’ll stop trusting you. In order to test dogs’ responses to being repeatedly tricked by humans, researchers pointed them towards containers of food. Once they began pointing at empty containers, the dogs became so distrusting that they wouldn’t respond when the humans pointed to food again. Source
There’s an online campaign to get rid of the Flash Player plugin. Occupy Flash is asking the entire world to join their movement to eliminate Flash by completely uninstalling it from their browsers. Source
Pimps buy their jewelry from pawn shops. If you get arrested for pandering, the cops take all your cash away because it was obtained illegally. Since they don’t confiscate the jewelry, pimps buy it at pawn shops because they can get back half of what they paid for it and use it for bail money. Source
Many of the people who have publicly criticized Vladimir Putin’s government have ended up in exile, under house arrest, in prison, or have died under mysterious or unexplainable circumstances. Source
There’s a scientific reason why Indian food has such a unique flavor. In the Western world, foods that share many flavor compounds are often used together, but Indian cuisine uses mostly negative food pairing. The more flavors ingredients have in common, the less likely they are to be used together in an Indian recipe. Source
Lucy and Maria Aylmer are twins, but they have a hard time convincing people. Even though they have mixed-race parents, their mom was still shocked when the midwife handed her babies she’d expetced to look alike, but were complete opposites. Source
A continually erupting volcano is forming a new Japanese island. The tiny volcanic island of Nishinoshima erupted in 2013, and the cooled lava formed a small islet that merged with a neighboring island. It continues to grow because the volcano erupts 5 to 6 times per minute. Source
In 1939, a mother thought her 5-year-old was possessed because she had a protruding abdomen, so she took her to a doctor and discovered the impossible: she was pregnant. Lina Medina began puberty as a toddler and is the youngest confirmed mother in medical history. The biological father has never been identified. Source
As in the previous case, he was performing a rushed leg amputation, which he was known for being able to complete
in under 2.5 minutes. Unfortunately, he was so enthusiastic that he also
amputated the patient’s testicles.
3rd most famous case:
While arguing with his house-surgeon about whether a red, pulsating tumor in a little boy’s neck was a skin abscess or a dangerous aneurism
of the carotid artery, Liston said: “Pooh! Whoever heard of an aneurism
in one so young?” Then he whipped a knife out of his pocket and lanced
it open. According to the houseman, “Out leaped arterial blood, and the
boy fell.”
There’s a new type of beehive that can extract honey without disturbing the bees. The honeycomb flips upside down to drain while the bees fill up the other side unawares, which enables people to make honey in their own backyards and could possibly slow the decline of the bee population. Source
Some suggest this happens because blue is a “calming color,” but others argue it’s just because nobody wants to draw attention to themselves by being suspicious under the special lights.
A couple in Michigan had three children born on 8/8/08, 9/9/09, and 10/10/10. The birth dates were definitely coincidental, because one of the pregnancies was a surprise, and two of the babies were born prematurely. Source
We now have the first documented evidence that confirms the increase in CO2 is heating Earth’s crust. Scientists collected a decade of data from regions in Oklahoma and Alaska and found that the measurements in both areas prove the former theory that Earth’s surface is warming due to the greenhouse effect. Source
Desde 1993, George R. R. Martin usa como repositório de seus vários manuscritos e arquivos a Livraria Memorial da Universidade de Agricultura e Mecânica do Texas (Texas A&M), internacionalmente conhecida pelos textos e pesquisas relacionadas à ficção científica (além de outras áreas). Mas no último fim de semana, o autor doou um livro mais que especial: um exemplar raríssimo da primeira edição de ‘O Hobbit’, do mestre J. R. R. Tolkien.
Com esse volume lendário, que teve apenas 1,500 cópias publicadas, a biblioteca atingiu a marca dos 5 milhões de títulos.
O livro será colocado ao lado da primeira versão americana de “O Hobbit”, publicada em 1938, e da segunda versão britânica, de 1951.
Durante a cerimônia ocorrida na sexta (dia 27/02), Martin leu um trecho de “O Hobbit” e falou do impacto que a ficção científica e a fantasia tiveram em sua vida. Ele também ressaltou a importância de preservar histórias clássicas como essa.
O vídeo abaixo foi legendado pelos amigos do site Tolkien Brasil:
Two men may soon be able to father a baby without a female’s egg. A new study suggests the possibility of stem cells from a male being used to produce an egg, which would then be fertilized by sperm from a different male, giving the child two biological fathers and no mother. Source
The day after Leonard Nimoy died, a NASA astronaut tweeted a picture of the Vulcan gesture while looking down at Boston, Nimoy’s birthplace, to honor ‘Spock’ from outer space. Source
Desde 1993, George R. R. Martin usa como repositório de seus vários manuscritos e arquivos a Livraria Memorial da Universidade de Agricultura e Mecânica do Texas (Texas A&M), internacionalmente conhecida pelos textos e pesquisas relacionadas à ficção científica (além de outras áreas). Mas no último fim de semana, o autor doou um livro mais que especial: um exemplar raríssimo da primeira edição de ‘O Hobbit’, do mestre J. R. R. Tolkien.
