Arbitrary Propaganda

Random intelligence for the curious mind.

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Newborn American Bison calf less than 2 hours old in Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA

photograph by Theresa Bielawski

(via: Defenders of Wildlife)

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Daaaawww! How cute!

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Aatish Bhatia noticed a plant in his backyard whose leaves naturally repelled water. He took a sample to a friend who had access to a high-speed camera and an electron microscope to investigate what made the leaves so hydrophobic.

But how does a leaf become superhydrophobic? The trick to this,...

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Cool!

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Mythic Tarot - Ten of Cups

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Late 60s Mustang fastback

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Beautiful

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California’s Catastrophic Drought Just Got Worse—a Lot Worse. As the green state turns brown, Californians are barely cutting their water consumption.

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Very scary stuff...

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Click here to support On the Verge of Homeless; Please Help! by Melissa Orozco-McDonough

Thank you for taking the time to visit this page. Here’s the short of it: If my husband and I cannot come up with $1,000 by July 1, 2014 we will become homeless. Currently, we owe our landlords $1,000 towards the security deposit; we’ve been living here for 2, almost 3 months and have not been a…

URGENT! PLEASE HELP!

This couple are close friends of mine and they’re in dire straits right now financially. They’re on the verge of becoming homeless, and need to raise $1,000 by July 1st. It’s not very much money as far as internet fundraisers go, so if you can, please click on the above link and help my friends out. Every penny counts.

I will be continuously re-posting this as much as possible to help their campaign get exposure. PLEASE REBLOG THIS POST FOR ME IF YOU CAN! Thanks in advance to all who can help out.

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From the February 27, 1909 issue of Publishers Weekly

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Ha!

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10 Awesome Game of Thrones Character Art Posters by chrisables

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Love it!

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At twenty you write poetry as if you were a nuclear reactor. At thirty you write as if you were manning a nuclear reactor.

Frank Báez (via millionsmillions)

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Descartes & Roulette

The philosopher Descartes invented Roulette.

Amazing Facts and Trivia by Quentin Compson, 1988.

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Here’s today’s Daily GIF!

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Lol nice.

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How is it we can know what Jupiter’s Great Red Spot looks like, or Saturn’s rings, or the dusty surface of Mars, though no human has every seen them in person? Michael Benson turns NASA’s data sets and grainy pictures into dazzling, saturated images of our solar system. It’s art on the frontiers of the 21st century.

Beyond the Known by Michael Benson

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7 Herbs and Spices You Should Eat to Stay Healthy. These natural flavor boosters do more than tantalize your taste buds.

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Vincent van Gogh on love and art, in moving letters to his brother

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Click here to support On the Verge of Homeless; Please Help! by Melissa Orozco-McDonough

Thank you for taking the time to visit this page. Here's the short of it: If my husband and I cannot come up with $1,000 by July 1, 2014 we will become homeless. Currently, we owe our landlords $1,000 towards the security deposit; we've been living here for 2, almost 3 months and have not been a...

URGENT! PLEASE HELP!

This couple are close friends of mine and they're in dire straits right now financially. They're on the verge of becoming homeless, and need to raise $1,000 by July 1st. It's not very much money as far as internet fundraisers go, so if you can, please click on the above link and help my friends out. Every penny counts.

I will be continuously re-posting this as much as possible to help their campaign get exposure. PLEASE REBLOG THIS POST FOR ME IF YOU CAN! Thanks in advance to all who can help out.

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Spiders Have Musical Webs