“Their humanity calls us to remember the millions of human beings throughout our world today who die of hunger and hunger-related illness in a world of plenty.
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| Place de la Madeleine - Leon Gimpel Mars 1914 ©Musée Albert Kahn |
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| Pont de la Concorde |
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| Carreau des Halles 1913 |
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| Jesse Frohmantook this photo of Kurt Cobain close to his 1994 suicide |
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| The above image of Marilyn Monroe was shot during a visit with Frank Sinatra and jazz pianist Buddy Greco the weekend before her death on August 5, 1962. |
 Monika Dannemann, Jimi Hendrix’s girlfriend, snapped the last photographs of the legendary electric guitarist with his favorite instrument, nicknamed “Black Betty.” |
The town of Viganella in the Italian Alps receives no direct sun for 83 days each year. So in 2006 mayor Pierfranco Midali commissioned a 26-by-16-foot mirror to be placed on a nearby mountainside at 3,600 feet. Tracking the sun with computer-controlled motors, the mirror throws light into the town square for six hours each day.Read more at Futility Closet
19. Being pushed down a mountainside by a bigfoot impersonator
20. Dealing with a pesky operator in a phone booth ("I DON'T HAVE TWENTY-FIVE
CENTS!!!")
31. Being caught taking photos of toughs committing monkey business in the
restaurant, and then being beaten up and thrown under a table
32. Getting his jacket caught in the printwheels at the newspaper printing room,
and then inexplicably sticking his hand into the rollers
60. Being stuck in the police department's voice mail system when he knows his
friend is about to be the next lobotomy subject, only to have the police finally
pick up the phone after he's turning into the Hulk
128. Trying to help the sweet old lady with her robbery, only to have one of her
mean friends chain him up and throw him into the bay. (Leads to an underwater
hulkout!)
Nigerian artisan Ojo Obaniyi from Ibadan has applied his skill in weaving in an unusually creative way to advertise his business.Via DesignBoom
Obaniyi, who has practiced the craft for 20 years, has covered the interior and exterior of his volkswagen pickup with raffia palm cane, including the entire car body, the wheel caps, chairs, steering wheel and dashboard in an effort to attract attention from passersby.
Animal Accident and Emergency Point Cook vet Dr Yenny Indrawirawan said the "hair of the dog" treatment, which cost more than $2100, was rare but effective.
"The alcohol stops a chemical reaction in the body," Dr Indrawirawan said. "Without the vodka, Cleo was likely to develop renal failure."
Ms Zammit said the pup had recovered and beaten her hangover the same way we do.
"She slept a lot and she was eating a lot, but she seems really happy now."
6th July, 1988Via Letters of Note
MTV, you spineless twerps. You refuse to play "This Note's For You" because you're afraid to offend your sponsors. What does the "M" in MTV stand for: music or money? Long live rock and roll.
Neil Young
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