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Charming Pencil Carvings by Diem Chau

Seattle-based artist Diem Chau creates amazing miniature carvings from the graphite of pencils. Chau combines common mediums and common means to create delicate vignettes of fleeting memory, resulting in works that combine egalitarian sensibility and minimalist restraint.

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13 Apr 2013 09:42:00,post received 0 comments

Educative New Genus of Bat "Niumbaha Superba"

A new genus of bat has been discovered in South Sudan, the world’s newest country. The strikingly striped bat has been placed into the genus Niumbaha, which means “rare” or “unusual” in the Zande language of the region.

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17 Apr 2013 12:51:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Some Photos: In Motion

People enjoying the hot weather on Brighton beach in Sussex, England on August 7, 2020. (Photo by Stephen Lock/i-Images)

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22 Sep 2020 00:03:00,post received 0 comments

Fact “Motherhood in Quotes”

“I think as mothers we are all just trying our best”. – Gisele Bundchen. (Photo by Mads Nissen/AFP Photo)

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31 Mar 2014 09:56:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Google Street View Captures Donkey Accident

When Google Maps was capturing images of a Street View in Botswana, it appeared that this donkey had been hit by a car. However, a representative from Google Maps has confirmed that the donkey was merely enjoying a roll in the dirt and is alive and well.

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20 Jan 2013 12:29:00,post received 0 comments

Funny Dissected: Dali, Picasso & Van Gogh

Amazing campaign for the MASP Art School in São Paulo. DDB Brazil it shows the organs of Dali, Vincent Van Gogh and Picasso and dissected them to show their inside illustrated in the same style as their famous artworks.

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25 Jan 2013 13:26:00,post received 0 comments

Fact The Real Toy Story by Michael Wolf

German photographer Michael Wolf visited the five toy factories in Mainland China where seventy five percent of the world's toys are manufactured.

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28 Jan 2013 13:17:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Cyclone Leaves Mooloolaba Covered in Foam

Wild weather in the Australian state of Queensland has led to a small town becoming covered in foam whipped up by rough seas.
Residents and visitors could be seen playing in the foam and taking pictures of the unusual phenomenon in Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast.

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06 Feb 2013 13:14:00,post received 0 comments