she was also the granddaughter of a baron, the daughter of a nazi sympathizer, spent her teens doing ballet to secretly raise money for the dutch resistance against the nazis, and spent her post-film career as a goodwill ambassador of UNICEF, winning the presidential medal of freedom for her efforts.
and history remembers her as pretty.
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and history remembers her as pretty.
and history remembers her as pretty.
and history remembers her as pretty.
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Consider that you can see less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum and hear less than 1% of the acoustic spectrum. As you read this, you are traveling at 220 km/sec across the galaxy. 90% of the cells in your body carry their own microbial DNA and are not “you.” The atoms in your body are 99.9999999999999999% empty space and none of them are the ones you were born with, but they all originated in the belly of a star. Human beings have 46 chromosomes, 2 less than the common potato.
The existence of the rainbow depends on the conical photoreceptors in your eyes; to animals without cones, the rainbow does not exist. So you don’t just look at a rainbow, you create it. This is pretty amazing, especially considering that all the beautiful colors you see represent less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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My followers, from all around the world. This is the first time I’m asking for something THIS serious. And I need, we need, your support. Turkish people, my people, are standing up for their rights, after a long long time. First it started as a protest against a mall that will be built in one of our historical parks. But then it got bigger. It’s not only about the trees anymore. It’s about the people who got beaten, who had tear gas bombs thrown at their heads, who got intentionally hit by police cars, and killed. In here we are not allowed to speak our minds anymore, and media is not helping either. Help us spread the word! Let the world know about what’s happening here! I’m asking, begging you to reblog this. Please. Once you finish reading this, please reblog.
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What Pangea would look like mapped with modern political borders – a modern mashup reflecting cartography’s long history as power, propaganda, and art.
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