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Disney Princesses Reimagined as Noir-Inspired Femme Fatales

What if your favorite Disney Princess was actually the star of a noir film? Source: Disney Princesses Reimagined as Noir-Inspired Femme Fatales

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Dmitry Belyaev and Fox Experiments

In the 1950s, Belyaev and his team spent years breeding the silver fox (Vulpes vulpes) and selecting only those that showed the least fear of humans. After about ten generations of controlled breeding, the domesticated silver foxes no longer showed … Continue reading

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Banksy in Shoreditch

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Trois petits points – Animation Short Film 2010 – GOBELINS

Une petite couturière attend son mari parti à la guerre. A seamstress is waiting for her husband.to come back from the war.

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Household Objects Made From Ordinary Foods Cast in Brass

Apple slices, onion slivers and stems. These are all foods commonly found in almost any house. So common, in fact, that we don’t see them as anything else. But designers Yusuke Komatsu and Yukitoshi Toda saw them as something else: … Continue reading

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NightShift: Photos by Florian Mueller

Cologne-based photographer Florian Mueller captures the street scene of Shanghai at night with this series that focuses on tiny storefronts selling a variety of things, sort of like a mini 7-Eleven. The series reflects life in the bustling metropolis that has become … Continue reading

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The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you – Anthony Hazard

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-atlanti… Slavery has occurred in many forms throughout the world, but the Atlantic slave trade — which forcibly brought more than 10 million Africans to the Americas — stands out for both its global scale and its … Continue reading

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The history of chocolate – Deanna Pucciarelli

If you can’t imagine life without chocolate, you’re lucky you weren’t born before the 16th century. Until then, chocolate only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica. So how did we get from a bitter beverage to the chocolate … Continue reading

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Ultra Dense Pen Drawings of Ginza by Nobumasa Takahashi – Spoon & Tomago

Japanese artist Nobumasa Takahashi has created a series of dense, pen drawings of Ginza that merge fantasy and reality. Each piece draws on Ginza’s unique culture and history such as its back streets, its high-end shopping and its legacy as … Continue reading

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Photographer Travels World to Explore His Newly Discovered Roots – My Modern Met

Brazilian photographer Hugo Santarem Rodrigues took a DNA test to learn more about his ancestry and it took him on a journey across the world. It’s human nature to be curious about your roots, and recent advances in genetic testing … Continue reading

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