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Cool Geology of the Day:
Hard rime forms when fog freezes on the surface of other objects. Those objects don’t necessarily need to be very big; this electron microscope image shows rime forming on the ends of a snowflake.
For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_rime
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How did this get 71,000 notes?!
Also, now that tumblr is being bought by yahoo, does this mean I will finally get paid for every note generated? And if so, can I declare that payment as fishing boat proceeds?!
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holy crap what a strange night on tumblr. literally everyone is here, tomas…cyana…tiffa…jenn…guys! go to sleep! and also random influx of followers? and its dark and instead of t I keep typing r and then I keep going to rhymezone.com? wat
Nowhere in the 10 commandments does it say “Do Not Rape” yet the 5th Satanic Rule Of The Earth is “Do not make sexual advances unless given the mating signal.” Go ahead and just let that sink in.
satan: 1 god: 0
this week on i didn’t know i was a satanist
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gettin’ back into the star treks ♪(*ﾉ・ω・)ﾉ♫
oh my god guys look how talented my friend Dani is… nun
Water-stained violin proven to be the one that played Nearer my God to Thee by Wallace Hartley as the Titanic sank is found. [x]
It is the instrument that he played as the ship went down in the Atlantic, and that he later used as a buoyancy aid once Titanic went down.
The violin was discovered only by chance when the son of an amateur musician found it in his attic. It was given to his mother by her violin teacher and was left gathering dust.
The discovery was almost too good to be true, prompting experts to have the relic forensically examined by some of the most revered scientific bodies in Britain.
Now, after seven years of testing at a cost of tens of thousands of pounds, the water-stained violin has been proven to be the one played by Hartley on the night of the tragedy.
These pictures show how incredibly well-preserved the rose wood violin is despite its age and it being exposed to the sea for 10 days after the sinking.
There are two long cracks on its body that are said to have been opened up by moisture damage.
The photos also show the corroded engraved silver plate screwed onto the base of the fiddle that provided scientists with they key proof of its authenticity.
The historic violin, said to be worth a six figure sum, will go on public display at the Belfast City Hall, where Titanic was built, at the end of March.
Negotiations are also under way to exhibit it in museums around the world including America. It is likely to be auctioned off in the future.
Titanic experts have described it as the most important artefact associated with the infamous liner to have come to light.
Of course, they actually played “Autumn”, but this is fantastic even so.
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