A deer walked into a shop in Colorado, the owner gave her a peanut bar and about 30 minutes later she came back with her whole family, with the kids waiting outside. @NationalGeographic #deer #kindness

Go on a Walk With the Real-Life Master Roshi and His Giant Tortoise Friend, No Dragon Balls in Sight. A 69-year-old funeral director and his 26-year-old pet tortoise are living proof that the internet can still provide joy

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Go on a Walk With the Real-Life Master Roshi and His Giant Tortoise Friend, No Dragon Balls in Sight

A 69-year-old funeral director and his 26-year-old pet tortoise are living proof that the internet can still provide joy.

#Japan #tortoise

While the name of the mooncake varies across Asia, the importance of eating them is universal. (ED: I'm eating them this very day!) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-rebellious-history-of-mooncakes-the-note-passing-dessert-that-liberated-china-180985046/?utm_source=Globalmuseum #Mooncake #Asia

Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of has not so much as received a memorial plaque. Her newspaper obituaries do not mention her greatest discovery. Every high school student knows that Isaac Newton discovered gravity, Charles Darwin discovered evolution & Albert Einstein discovered the relativity of time. But when it comes to the composition of our universe, the textbooks simply say that the most abundant atom in the universe is hydrogen #CeciliaPayne

#Gargoyles reading #books are my favorites. @Kerria

"Godmother of Rock 'n' Roll" Sister Rosetta Tharpe performing "Didn't it rain, children" (1964). @historyinmemes #RocknRoll #music

A famous photograph of a little girl turning away from the loom to the window. This picture became a symbol of the struggle against child labor, USA, 1908. @historyinmemes #Childlabour #childlabor #history #photography

This Massive New Guidebook Will Forever Change the Way You Look at Trees. W. John Kress' "Smithsonian Trees of North America" is an incredibly thorough guide to just about every leaf, needle, flower, seedpod and pinecone you’re likely to come across as you walk around the United States or Canada. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/this-massive-new-guidebook-will-forever-change-the-way-you-look-at-trees-180985008/ #books #trees #nature #botany #NorthAmerica #Canada @SmithsonianMag

Newport Art Museum Left Without a Single Curator After Layoffs. Former employees who spoke to Hyperallergic expressed concern about the Rhode Island institution’s work culture and new “guest curator approach.”

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Newport Art Museum Left Without a Single Curator After Layoffs

Former employees who spoke to Hyperallergic expressed concern about the Rhode Island institution’s work culture and new “guest curator approach...

#museums #staffing #Layoffs #Newport

Viking-age treasure came to Scotland from West Asia. Ten years on from the discovery of the Viking-age Galloway Hoard in south Scotland, experts have revealed that part of the collection came from West Asia. The collection - described as one of the most important UK archaeological finds of the century - was found by metal detectorist Derek McLennan in 2014.

Viking-age treasure came to Scotland from West Asia

The hoard has been described as one of the most important UK archaeological finds of the century.

#Vikings #history #Treasure #Scotland