These stunning photographs by kazkovuykyiv depict several Disney icons in real life. From Snow White to Belle to Rapunzel, the characters were photograpped in a gauzy wonderland setting. The photographer enlisted the help of some Ukrainian celebrities to play the roles. Check more photos below!
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The ghjattu-volpe, also known as a ‘cat-fox,’ was once a mythological being among shepherds. However, thanks to a project on Corsica, this being has been proven to exist! According to a genetic analysis, the cat-fox could actually be a previously unrecognized species of wildcat.
Researchers hope that its genetic information will be distinct enough to be recognized as a new subspecies, at least.
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When a puppy in Thailand ended up getting lost, he managed to make his way to the perfect "help desk." It happened to be the Putahracsa Veterinary clinic, where the puppy had received his vaccines months earlier. The pupper sat outside until the staff recognized him and proceeded to call his family.
Leave some space for fruits and vegetables on your diet, please. No one said anything about a fast-food ban!
A teenage boy became blind after a long period of eating just Pringles, fries, plain white bread, and occasional processed meat. According to Dr Denize Atan, who treated him at Bristol Eye Hospital, "his diet was essentially a portion of chips from the local fish and chip shop every day," In addition, the doctor states that "he also used to snack on crisps – Pringles – and sometimes slices of white bread and occasional slices of ham, and not really any fruit and vegetables."
With the boy’s lacking diet, he developed vitamin B12 deficiency, which can lead to reduced color vision and other eye problems. In addition, he suffered from Arfid, also known as avoidant restrictive food intake disorder. His vision deteriorated after not continuing his supplements, which was against medical advice.
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We know that President Theodore Roosevelt was a veteran, a fitness buff, and an outdoorsman. He always tried to stay in shape, and was no stranger to a hard day's work, even while in office. Roosevelt camped outside, even when it rained, and was known to pitch hay with the best of them. This endeared him to working people, except for those he outworked in public. In fact, he managed to leverage his physical strength to influence others in many ways. In other words, he wasn't above making hay out of it. This account quoted from a magazine was published in the Essex County Herald on November 22, 1907.
A delegation from Kansas visited President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The president met them with coat and collar off, mopping his brow.
“Ah, gentlemen,” he said, “dee-lighted to see you—dee-lighted! But I’m very busy putting in my hay just now. Come down to the barn with me, and we’ll talk things over while I work.”
Down to the barn hustled president and delegation.
Mr. Roosevelt seized a pitchfork and—but where was the hay?
“John!” shouted the president. “John! Where’s all the hay?”
“Sorry, sir,” came John’s voice from the loft, “but I ain’t had time to throw it back since you threw it up for yesterday’s delegation.”
Oops. The subterfuge is delicious, but it only underscores how fit the president was that he did that day after day. Read about Roosevelt's adventures in hay, camping, and more at Second Glance History. -via Strange Company
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Exorcism is a ritual used to remove demons that possess the bodies of people. Casting out demons goes back at least as far as the Bible, and is usually associated with the Catholic Church. However, exorcism has occurred in Pentecostal and Evangelical churches in more modern times. There is no doubt that people will occasionally show symptoms that couldn't be explained any other way in the days before modern medical science, that today would be diagnosed as mental illness or even physical ailments -or a combination. The spiritual belief in demons can go a long way toward making them seem real. But whether or not you believe that demons can possess people, the rituals used to cast them out are very real, and some have been extensively documented. Some appeared to have been successful, while others were lifelong battles, and even more left no documented followup. Read the accounts of six documented historical exorcisms ranging over the past 400 years at Mental Floss.
The common joke is that, eventually, advertisers will be able to buy space in your dreams to sell you stuff. We haven't arrived at that future yet, but we are making progress.
Apple Insider, a website that keeps up on the latest news about that corporation's products and services, notes that Apple recently received a patent for a product called "Apple Glass." It isn't simply a wearable augmented reality projector. It's a "direct retinal projector." This machine would use the human eyes themselves to experience the visual overlay.
So although it's not quite at the level of a holodeck on Star Trek, it is conceptually similar to the synaptic stimulator on the Star Trek:Voyager episode "Equinox."
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There are Guinness World Records for everything under the sun, including individual LEGO sets. Paul Ufema set a Guinness World Record in speed for putting together the LEGO Colosseum set in February. That's more than 9,000 pieces, and he did it in less than 14 hours! Well, once you've had the thrill of setting a world record, you want to feel that thrill again, so Ufema plunged ahead, this time tackling the LEGO Millennium Falcon, which has 7,541 pieces. He put the set together in 16 hours, 10 minutes and 29 seconds, which is a world record time. But there was a problem- one piece left in the box.
Did the LEGO company give him an extra brick? Where did that brick belong? Ufema did a thorough investigation and was ultimately disqualified from the record. But he has our respect, nonetheless. -via Laughing Squid
The Ark of the Covenant is one of the holiest artifacts in religion. It’s been referenced in different forms of media, from books to movies, yet most people don’t know what exactly it is. From its portrayal in the 1981 Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Ark is depicted as a chest that should not be in the hands of evil people.
Alternatively called the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, the artifact was a movable sanctuary for the Israelites. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, the Ark was like a place for God to sit until they arrived in the promised land and could establish a temple there. Grunge dives deeper into the history and lore of the mysterious artifact here!
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Misinformation is defined as any type of inaccurate or false information. Conspiracy theories and honest mistakes can be classified under the concept. Thanks to the power of the Internet, and the arrival of the pandemic, misinformation is now widespread.
According to University of Washington’s Jevin West, the speed at which this kind of false information spreads is like nothing we’ve ever seen before. Misinformation is “something different. It kind of has a life of its own,” physicist Neil Johnson adds. Learn more about online misinformation here!
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There’s an Xbox fridge now?
The Xbox mini fridge is a collaboration between Ukonic! and Xbox. The gadget is a reward of sorts, after Twitter’s #BestOfBrands voting poll, where the company won and vowed to produce a mini-fridge. The product quickly sold out, got review-bombed, and emerged on auction sites at a huge premium. According to Aaron Greenberg, fans who missed out on the initial sale can still obtain the mini-fridge, as it is not a limited-edition release. No need to worry about paying scalper prices if you want it!
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Even if it’s just for a moment, these photos may bring you a small shot of happiness that can make your day infinitely better. Buzzfeed’s Dave Stopera shared 75 things, which span from funny texts to Twitter posts to Snapchats and random images. I'm sure one, if not all of them, can make you laugh! See more here.
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there’s a soft wee cactus in my hall and whenever i touch it on passing i say ouch and pretend it hurt to encourage it’s confidence
— clio (@cliomcl) March 10, 2020
Well, he’s on that platform to make things… harder, alright.
All jokes aside, a math teacher decided to fill in an obvious gap at Pornhub. The educator, named Changshu, decided to upload math lessons to the popular platform since a lot of people visit the website. Under the handle changhsumath666, the 34-year-old has accumulated over 1.7 million views, and features the slogan, “Play Hard, Study Hard!”
It’s jarring (and funny) to watch his videos and see ads for things like “Live Sex.” Well, if you’d like to be educated in the wonderful and sexy concepts of mathematics, his videos are on Pornhub for your viewing pleasure.
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Have you ever had the urge to rank fruits by how much you like them? Neither have I, but once you get started, it's kinda fun. It's really easy to make your own chart at Tiermaker: just drag the little fruit icons to their proper position, and you can change the ranking labels at the left to whatever you want them to say. Looking back, maybe I should have labeled a row as "it depends on how you use them." After all, lemons are wonderful in lemonade or cooking, but they're not really a fruit to snack on. And I prefer green apples because I only eat apples cooked due to dental issues.
What's the point of all this? Beside the fun of making it, you can share it and compare it to your friends' and family's favorite fruits. I'm sure my kids would be aghast at how many fruits I haven't ever tried, and their opinions on my rankings would be... quite opinionated. Comparisons at this point might also make selecting pies and appetizers for Thanksgiving a little easier. -via Boing Boing
Are you going to be ready for trick-or-treaters to show up at your house this weekend? Do you want to avoid leftover candy? Are you afraid of running out before the children head home? Considering rising prices and supply chain issues, you want to prepare properly. Candy Industry has an online "calculator" that doesn't really calculate for you, but shows you how to do the math. The basic formula is time x kids x generosity. But there are confounding factors to consider.
The first confounding factor is the number of days between purchasing candy and trick-or-treat night (which may vary by community). You need to do the math to figure out how much will be eaten by the household ahead of time. This is where I tell the story about that year I bought a bag of miniature Snickers and the dog ate every one of them, including the wrappers. All that was left was the chewed-up plastic bag (the dog was fine).
Another confounding factor is the kind of candy you buy. Your favorite chocolate may not be what little kids crave, and buying too much Sour Patch may leave you with candy you'll never eat. Read about the different strategies for buying the proper amount of Halloween candy at Popular Mechanics. -via Fark
