How many people’s most beloved childhood stuffed animals are actually teddy bears, like I feel like that’s a thing someone made up. Reblog this and put what your longest owned and/or favorite stuffed animal as a child was in the tags, inquiring minds want to know
Cellulose nitrate was used to make dice from the late 1860s until the middle of the twentieth century, and the material remains stable for decades. Then, in a flash, they can dramatically decompose. Nitric acid is released in a process called outgassing. The dice cleave, crumble, and then implode.
From Dice: Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck by Ricky Jay and Rosamond Purcell, 2002.
The Orkney Hood gives a fascinating glimpse into Iron Age fashion. The herringbone twill weave mixes sophisticated Danish elements with simpler sections made from the brown wool of the Orkney moorit sheep. Experts think it’s a Viking garment remade by Scottish weavers; an early example of a global design being recycled locally.
researchers found that when zebra finches form same-sex pairings, they are just as devoted to their partners as they would be in an opposite-sex pairing. zebra finches are monogamous, and same-sex pairs displayed the same nesting, preening, and courtship behaviors as opposite-sex pairs. although same sex pairs cannot reproduce, there are survival advantages to having a mate, regardless of sex. when researchers added in ‘extra’ females to the groups of finches, the finches still chose to stay with their same-sex partners.
We seriously meed to start supporting dragons that don’t breathe fire. And not just the “socially acceptable” ones like lightning, light beams etc. If you dont support dragons that spew caustic fumes and poisonous fog, you don’t support dragons, period.
