Category: Interesting&Notable
Stunning snowflakes photos
As water vapor starts condensing on its surface, the ice particle quickly develops facets, which form into a different shaped snowflakes depending on temperature. Stellar Plates or ‘common snowflakes’ are thin, plate-like crystals with six broad arms that form a star-like shape, forming when the temperature is near -2 C (28 F) or near -15 [...]
Portraits made out of used joint filters
An artist from Pittsburgh named Cliff Maynard, that’s also a tattoo artist, is making portraits by using marijuana joint ends. The portraits are of famous people like Bob Marley, Snoop Dog and John Lennon, to mention a few. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Photorealism
Artists by Movement: Photorealism 1960′s to 1970′s Photorealism is a movement which began in the late 1960′s, in which scenes are painted in a style closely resembling photographs. The subject matter is frequently banal and without particular interest; the true subject of a photorealist work is the way in which we interpret photographs and paintings [...]
Vintage polar bear photo
Astonishing photo taken in the late 70′s, showing a man feeding a polar bear and his cubs with milk in the north Russia border. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman
This monument called Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (Rabochiy i Kolkhoznitsa) was made for one of studios in VDNKH and first time displayed in Paris in 1937. There was hold a competition for the post of a chief architect and one of the famous Soviet architects at that time, V. I. Mukhina, won the contest. The [...]
Awesome World War II Vintage Ads
Fascinating World War II Vintage Ads and posters. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Smoke Photography and Smoke Art
In this article we are showcasing beautiful examples of smoke art, the very difficult technique of photographing smoke. Truly awesome and inspiring! Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Nigerian oil pirates
The camp of №9 of movement for the emancipation of river the niger (MEND) is found in the depth of mangrove scaffolding, and it erroneously it would be possible to accept for the quiet fishing hamlet, if not machine guns and very strong [bugay], which confiscates telephones in the reporters. In the camp someone wanders [...]
Insanely Titled Books
From “Pornogami” and the “Gangsta Rap Coloring Book”, to “Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality”: twelve books that’ll never make it into Oprah’s list. How to Date a White Woman: A Practical Guide for Asian Men “Written by an Asian with Asian men in mind within the context of a western society. Provided inside are [...]
The Headington Shark Sculpture
The Headington Shark is a sculpture situated at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford, England, depicting a shark embedded head-first in the roof of the house. The enormous fibre glass shark, created by sculptor John Buckley, was erected on the 41st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki in August 1986, designed [...]
The Children of War
From time to time the photos of African kids holding AK-47 or some other kind of weapons appears here and there provoking many compassion from the Western public. And just a few decades ago during World War 2 there were often occasions of Russian kids fighting in the regular army against Nazis. Did you like [...]
Joshua Callaghans Public Art
L.A.-artist Joshua Callaghan brilliantly hides the typically undesirable city objects such as utility boxes. His work creates an illusion of an uninterrupted view and the images reflect the view of what you would see if the box were not there. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Smallest Pigs in the World
Teacup pigs are all the rage in Britain right now. These micro-pigs are much smaller than a standard farm pig and weigh 9 oz., making them the size of a teacup when they’re born. The adorable pets are sold for up to $1,125 (£700) each. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Gene Patents Are Unlawful but Why
Last week the ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. government’s practice of granting patents on human genes – specifically, the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which are associated with breast and ovarian cancer. In the last 20 or so years the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has issued patents [...]
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