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The following is the dragonhead caterpillar. Found in the temperate regions of North America, Europe, China and southern Australia, they form a gorgeous head capsule.
Dead man’s fingers, Xylaria polymorpha, is a saprobic fungus. It is a common inhabitant of forest and woodland areas, usually growing from the bases of rotting or injured tree stumps and decaying wood.
As its name suggests, it has a very variable but often club-shaped fruiting body resembling burned wood. Often this fungus is found with a multitude of separate “digits”.
Classic illustration of a woman’s medical exam by her doctor. Many 19th century medical textbooks used this illustration to show the proper manner to examine a female patient. The physician’s eyes are diverted so he will not violate the woman’s “modesty.”
Corinthian helmet from the Battle of Marathon, 490 BC, found with the warrior’s skull inside.
Thunderbird is a steel roller coaster in the Thanksgiving section of Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari. It’s the nations first winged roller coaster. It has a 0-to-60 mph launch in 3.5 seconds.
Triboniophorus aff. graeffei is a species of giant air-breathing land slugs with a distinctive hot pink hue. These slugs are found on Mount Kaputar in Australia.
This cold war era bunker was built 26 feet underground and equipped for a family to live in for a year in the event of a nuclear missile strike. It’s a virtual relic of 1970s suburbia, complete with a “backyard,” swimming pool, two-bedroom guest house, dance floor, and a built-in barbecue grill. There’s even a 360-degree mural of what life looked like above ground. (Source)
The practice of applying hot tar and a coating of feathers to one’s opponents was largely an American practice. The intent was clearly to intimidate. Dabbing hot tar on bare skin could cause painful blistering and efforts to remove it usually resulted in pulling out hairs.
The use of solvents to loosen the tar was also unpleasant in the extreme, especially when a substance like turpentine came in contact with burned skin. Application of the tar over the rival’s clothing was rightly deemed a lesser punishment than placing it on bare skin. (Source)
Amanda Curtis snapped this picture of a rare quadruple rainbow while waiting for her Long Island train to New York on the morning of 21 April 2015. According to CNN, this type of quadruple rainbow occurs when a double rainbow is reflected in sky due to a smooth body of water underneath the rainbow.
