Harry Potter, Surprising Literally Everyone, Retires From Being An Auror To Make Ceramics In A Cottage

Stolen to build this country and then told to “get out!”

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Germany’s 19th Century ‘Devil’s Bridge’ Reflection Draws a Perfect Circle In The Water

the Azalea and Rhododendron Park Kromlau is a 200 acres (81 ha) landscaped park in the municipality of Gablenz, Germany (less than 6 kilometers from the Polish border). 

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Albany Ledger, Missouri, June 17, 1898

Solar System:

Honestly, when I lost you I thought I’d never be able to breathe properly again. Now he leaves me breathless for a whole different reason, and he thanks God that you lost me.

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“I love Moana, she rocks her curly hair and looks so pretty doing it, I used to get called Hagrid as a kid for mine so it means a lot to me. It makes me not hate my hair. However I’m not a person of colour, so I’m too scared to tell anyone in case I get ranted at, as my hair’s not exactly the same as hers.“

Ada Blackjack: the real Robinson Crusoe

An Alaskan Inupiat woman named Ada Blackjack was hired in 1921 as a cook and seamstress, to go on an expedition to Russia’s Wrangel Island, north of Siberia. The hope was to claim it for Canada. Four men plus Ada set out. And they reached the island! Unfortunately, the expedition was poorly planned. They soon ran out of rations and were unable to trap enough animals to eat. So, on January 28th, 1923 three men decided to try crosssing 700 miles across the frozen Chukchi Sea to Siberia for help and food. The left behind Ada and one other man who was sick with scurvey. She cared for him until he died, and then Ada was left alone, on a Siberian island, with just the expedition’s cat, Vic.

The three men were never heard from again. But Ada survived. She learned to live in the extreme freezing conditions for seven months! Ada was rescued on August 19th, 1923 by a former colleague of the expedition’s leader. She made no money on the subsequent publicity and books, just her pay for the expedition and a couple hundred dollars from the furs she trapped while on the island. Ada returned to Alaska and lived there till her death at the age of 85.