Amazing Catacombs of Paris
March 10th, 2012
The Catacombs of Paris or Catacombes de Paris are an underground ossuary in Paris, France. Located south of the former city gate (the “Barrière d’Enfer” at today’s Place Denfert-Rochereau), the ossuary holds the remains of about 6 million people and fills a renovated section of caverns and tunnels that are the remains of Paris’ stone mines. Opened in the late 18th century, the underground cemetery became a tourist attraction on a small scale from the early 19th century, and has been open to the public on a regular basis from 1874. Following an incident of vandalism, they were closed to the public in September 2009 and reopened 19 December of the same year. The official name for the catacombs is l’Ossuaire Municipal. Although this cemetery covers only a small section of underground tunnels comprising “les carrières de Paris” (“the quarries of Paris”), Parisians today often refer to the entire tunnel network as “the catacombs”. Check them out. Enjoy.
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Hilarious Flying Dogs
March 6th, 2012
When dogs do something – be it digging, exploring, greeting or playing – they do it full on, just like children, and using their entire bodies, not giving a damn how they look in the process. And why would they? Dogs are awesome athletes, and they don’t care what they look like while they’re getting the job done. They say that dogs are the best swimmers. Well, it would seem that these four-legged creatures have another special gift: flying. Here are 10 funny pictures of dogs flying without wings.
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Creepy Realistic Baby Dolls
March 2nd, 2012
Designed primarily as toys for mothers-to-be and kids clothes mannequins, reborn dolls are rapidly gaining popularity among collectors and women who are unable to have their own kids. Reborn dolls look just like real infants – except for their blank stare and no breathing. Depending on the quality and complicity of the doll its cost ranges from few hundreds to few thousand dollars. First reborns were made of ordinary toy dolls but soon specially designed sets for producing reborn dolls were developed. This set called “mold” consists of plastic head, arms and legs and a stuffed textile body. An artist degreases the mold, slits holes for eyes and mouth and proceeds to the hardest part – the painting of a doll. Reborns are painted with acrylic and oil paints. First the artist creates the natural skin tone of an infant, and then he draws a unique ornament of veins, capillaries, spots and so on.
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Beautiful Hammerhead Shark
March 1st, 2012
The hammerhead sharks are a group of sharks in the family Sphyrnidae, so named for the unusual and distinctive structure of their heads, which are flattened and laterally extended into a “hammer” shape called a “cephalofoil”. Most hammerhead species are placed in the genus Sphyrna while the winghead shark is placed in its own genus, Eusphyra. Many, not necessarily mutually exclusive, functions have been proposed for the cephalofoil, including sensory reception, maneuvering, and prey manipulation. Hammerheads are found worldwide in warmer waters along coastlines and continental shelves. Unlike most sharks, hammerheads usually swim in schools during the day, becoming solitary hunters at night. Some of these schools can be found near Malpelo Island in Colombia, Cocos Island, off Costa Rica, and near Molokai Island, in Hawaii. Large schools are also seen in southern and eastern Africa. Take a look at these photos of hammerhead shark.
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Star Wars in Tunisia
February 29th, 2012
Are you a Star Wars fan? If yes, Tunisia is definitely the travel destination for you. Parts of George Lucas’ Star Wars movies were filmed in the deserts of Tunisia; and yes, many of these locations can still be visited. Tunisia was used in every Star Wars movie, except Episode V. Star Wars fans may be more familiar with Tatooine than Tunisia – but they are one and the same. Tunisia’s vast deserts and curious dwellings (dug out and carved underground) made it the ideal locale for Star Wars, along with a host of other Hollywood films. Take a look. Enjoy.
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Animal Love
February 26th, 2012
The animals bring out the true emotions of love and one can even fell the love directly hitting the pic. It is such a beautiful site to view animals as they become affectionate and share love. They simply look beautiful and amazing. We have a collection of many beautiful animals paired up together and bringing out true and natural romance. With the love feeling in the air, these photos should surely spice up your mood and make you appreciate love at a more serious level. I presume that this view will raise the love emotions that are within you.
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Treepods – Artificial Trees
February 25th, 2012
Trees naturally filter and clean our air, but in today’s heavily polluted world, it’s just too huge of a task to expect Mother Nature to take care of herself. Taking this into account, designers Mario Caceres and Cristian Canonico have designed a set of beautiful air-filtering trees for the SHIFTboston urban intervention contest. Called TREEPODS, the designs harnesses biomimicry to efficiently emulate the carbon filtration qualities of trees. Check them out, it looks amazing. Enjoy.
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Disney Cartoon Skeleton
February 23rd, 2012
The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as Disney, is an American multinational media conglomerate headquartered in Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California, United States. It is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theater, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands. Check out these amazing artwork with skeleton of Disney’s cartoon characters.
Tags: amazing, anatomy, art, awesome, bizarre, bones, cartoon, characters, cool, disney, funny, interesting, people, photos, pics, Skeleton, strange, unusual, Walt Disney Company, world
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Buddhist Art
February 22nd, 2012
Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life of Siddhartha Gautama, 6th to 5th century BC, and thereafter evolved by contact with other cultures as it spread throughout Asia and the world. Buddhist art followed believers as the dharma spread, adapted, and evolved in each new host country. It developed to the north through Central Asia and into Eastern Asia to form the Northern branch of Buddhist art, and to the east as far as Southeast Asia to form the Southern branch of Buddhist art. In India, Buddhist art flourished and even influenced the development of Hindu art, until Buddhism nearly disappeared in India around the 10th century due in part to the vigorous expansion of Islam alongside Hinduism. Here’s an example of Buddhist art. Enjoy.
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Zaky Mommy is Always There
February 21st, 2012
Zaky – ergonomic infant pillow is most surprising and touching the invention. Pillow has a slight pressure on the child’s body and helps to hustling for a mum effect it of his presence, and the child is sleeping peacefully and not worry about anything. The Zaky is designed to imitate the look and feel of a parent’s hand and forearm. Babies are used to the warm comfort and protection of their mother’s womb and the Zaky can help imitate that feeling as it provides similar support. This unique pillow was designed by a former NICU parent, Dr. Yamile Jackson, after her own NICU experiences with her son Zachary. Check this strange pillow out. Enjoy.
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