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you know how mathematicians have the journal of recreational mathematics, right? where they publish stuff like, ‘oh i found this cool property of this one seemingly boring number’, or, ‘this is literally nonsense but it sounds ~scientific~’ and it’s all great fun to read?

well

behold, the journal of recreational linguistics

with such delightful papers as ‘tennis puns’, ‘animals in different languages’, and ‘gifts from a homonymous benefactor’

excuse me while i go read all 50 volumes in one sitting

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http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/97365597080/mothbug-so-a-new-species-of-snake

So a new species of snake (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides) was recently discovered in southern Iran.

Its common name is the spider-tailed horned viper because its tail is literally a fucking spider. This salty motherfucker has a spider (well, a VERY convincing spider-shaped…

Watch the seasons change across America in hypnotic GIF 

Does money make you mean? In a talk at TEDxMarin, social psychologist Paul Piff shares his research into how people behave when they feel wealthy. (Hint: badly.)

To learn more, watch the whole talk here»

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Sir David Attenborough has contributed to natural history programming for 60 years. Sir David is presenting “Fabulous Frogs” on Nature on PBS on June 25. Let’s jump for joy! Here’s a clip: http://youtu.be/l3uO2lO9JDk 

Amazing animated pride & prejudice confession scene!

I want you to remember:

The fascists hate you too and they just will pretend otherwise until after they've killed the rest of us, before they turn on you.

Pride and Prejudice (2005) + tumblr posts (part 1)