there’s something really satisfying about the fact that sir arthur conan doyle was the most gullible motherfucker on the planet
sir arthur conan doyle: here is my oc, he is a super genius who solves all the mysteries using the power of deductive reasoning
also sir arthur conan doyle: i have deduced that these fairies are real as shit
sir arthur conan doyle: there’s only one way to determine if these fairies are real… i will give you girls these cameras, that i bought myself, and then i will develop the photos, so i know they haven’t been tampered with
some girls who took selfies in the woods with paper cutouts on hatpins: that seems reasonable
harry houdini, after showing his good friend how he got trickedby a con artist: so as you can see, anyone can make it seem as if they can talk to ghosts
sir arthur conan doyle: harry… i can’t believe you never told me you can talk to ghosts, for real, using actual magic
Doyle and Houdini’s relationship is the funniest thing in the entire history of the skepticism movement
Doyle was SO CONVINCED that Houdini had legit magic powers and could turn into smoke or some shit to escape things and Houdini was like “no seriously it’s a trick let me show you how it works” and Doyle was all “it hurts me that you won’t trust me with this secret”
If memory serves he eventually decided that Houdini was subconsciously magic and in denial
When your eyes move, your eardrums
do, too. Nobody knows exactly why,
but it does indicate that the information
we take in through sight and sound
has a much closer relationship
than previously thought. SourceSource 2
I JUST PASSED THIS MANNEKIN AND I GOT SO HAPPY!! Fuck the society ideals, this is the real deal!!
WHOA. A BELLY OH MY GOD!
MORE
MAKE THEM BIGGER.
MOOOOOAARRRR
I made this post years ago and it hasn’t gotten that many notes but i see it now and then. This store still has this (and more of these) mannequin. Still makes me happy that we’re moving away from the stereotypes.
A remarkable Jacobean re-emergence after 200 years of yellowing varnish Courtesy Philip Mould
PAINT RESTORATION OF MESMERIZING
I saw this on Twitter. He’s using acetone, but a cellulose ether has been added to make it into a gel (probably Klucel—this entire gel mixture is sometimes just called Klucel by restorers, but Klucel is specifically the stuff that makes the gel).
Normally, acetone is too volatile for restoration, but when it’s a gel, it becomes very stable and a) stays on top of the porous surface of the painting, and b) won’t evaporate. So it can eat up the varnish.
It looks scary, but acetone has no effect on oils, and jelly acetone is even less interactive with the surface of the paint or canvas.
did you know your words are a song that they strike chords in the readers heart make a music, paint a picture – transcend the black and white on the screen
did you know your words are precious your stories worth telling – lighting beacons to call seekers to home and rest to find a place in words from your heart
six NEW little bugs can be yours! you just have to do one thing. one thing and six brand new bugs, never seen before, never seen by anyone. you’ll see them, though. you’ll know.
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