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- My House, Not My Cat
- Magic on the Yamuna River
- This Pigeon Learned To Fly Again, Thanks To This Man Who Took Care of Him
- Hard To Translate This One
- Flying Couch
- Majestic Cat Paintings by Tokuhiro Kawai
- An Even Bigger Neolithic Site Has Been Discovered Near Stonehenge
- <i>Hamilton</i> and 10 Other Ways to Watch the American Revolution
- The Lively & Liveable Neighbourhoods that are Illegal in North America
| Posted: 03 Jul 2020 01:56 PM PDT
Once I found a cat that had decided to live upstairs in my house, and had been there for a week. He did not want to leave. My other cats never told me about him. But that's not an uncommon story, as the Facebook group My house, not my cat is quite popular. A list at Bored Panda has stories of cats who moved in, or moved in and then gave birth, the cat who brought home kittens that weren't hers, and the dumped mother cat who is now working as a foster mom. The picture above shows what happened when Hannah went to feed her three cats and found five! I was particularly taken with this story:
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See the entire list of "my house, not my cat" stories at Bored Panda.  |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2020 11:33 AM PDT
Despite the Yamuna River not being able to maintain a thriving ecosystem, hundreds of birds still flock on to the place when winter comes, because of their tendency or habit to stay or return to a certain area. But it's not only birds that come to this place. Humans also come here, too, and they go here to feed the winged creatures. Because the tributary attracts such an influx of avians, it's also a site of religiosity and legend. People travel to the water to feed the birds, an act thought to bring good karma, and disperse offerings for their loved ones who've died. These ritualistic acts have been captured on surreal photos by Delhi-based photographer Sankar Sridhar. Check out the photos over at Colossal. (Image Credit: Sankar Sridhar/ Colossal) |
| This Pigeon Learned To Fly Again, Thanks To This Man Who Took Care of Him Posted: 03 Jul 2020 11:33 AM PDT
When Rick Van Benschoten (@oxdad) saw this young pigeon lying down on a street in lower Manhattan as he was riding his bike, he immediately checked to see what was going on with the bird. Upon picking the pigeon up, the pigeon did not respond. Rick knew that it was in a bad state, and he immediately took action. "I've rehabbed pigeons before, and I didn't know if he just needed rest, or if he needed medical care,' said Rick as he narrated the video. "So I packed him up and off we went." Thankfully, the pigeon just needed rest and was hungry, and so Rick fed him and took care of him at his home. And there, the pigeon regained his strength, and learned to fly once again. Watch the video over at The Dodo to find out more about this wholesome story. (Image Credit: Sean Grossman/ The Dodo) |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2020 11:33 AM PDT
Sometimes people higher than you will give you jobs that you don't really know how to do, such as translating something into a language that you have no clue how to speak. But in order to save face, you just do the job anyway, just like what this guy did. He literally put "No smoking in Arabic" on the tank's body. A redditor said that it might have been painted by a subcontractor that didn't speak English, but what do you think? I wonder what happened after this was shown to the contractor. Via Reddit (Image Credit: Varundaguy/ Reddit) |
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| Majestic Cat Paintings by Tokuhiro Kawai Posted: 03 Jul 2020 11:33 AM PDT
A cat can be seen standing in the room. Two cherubs, one on its left, and another on its right, can be seen helping it to put on the royal robes. Another cherub flies on top of the cat's head, with a crown on its tiny hands. The cat, however, seems to be thinking of something entirely different than his current coronation, with its eyes fixed on somewhere else in the room. The oil painting, titled "Fantasy of a pet cat" was created in 2006 by the Japanese artist Tokuhiro Kawai. Traditionally, the classical approach to painting has always been intended for narrative: heroes, saints and the divine were painted in their glorious feats of battle or miraculous miracles. But the task of storytelling has since been ceded literature and film. Kawai attempts to rekindle this fragile bond, but in a contemporary context in which religion and epic battles are less a part of our lives. "Human beings live their life carrying this kind of contradiction or unanswerable problems. By creating an original hero, I want to pursue the amusing trait of a mankind who exists with the desire to battle, and yet have contradictory behaviors," says Kawai. This isn't Kawai's only cat-centered painting; he has a lot more, along with his other Renaissance style paintings, which can be seen over at Spoon & Tamago. Cute! (Image Credit: Tokuhiro Kawai/ Spoon & Tamago) |
| An Even Bigger Neolithic Site Has Been Discovered Near Stonehenge Posted: 03 Jul 2020 11:32 AM PDT
The ancient past has always been full of mysterious structures and strange sites that continue to baffle archaeologists and historians to this day. Belonging in this category is the iconic Stonehenge, which is said to have been used as a burial ground in the past, according to many scholars. But while the place might have been used in the past as a burial ground, people are still baffled at how the ancient people managed to build such a big structure. But it seems that there is now a much larger mystery to solve, and this mystery can be found just a few miles away from Stonehenge. Now, another monumental site has been discovered in the area, and though it's much, much bigger than Stonehenge, it's easy to see why it's been missed for so long. The newly found site, contemporaneous with Stonehenge, is a vast arc of pits, which archaeologists believe represents a significant development in their understanding of the inhabitants of early Britain. "When we started the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, we started to look in between the monuments [we knew about]," says Vincent Gaffney, an archaeologist at the University of Bradford and lead author of a recent study describing the newly-discovered site, published in the journal Internet Archaeology. "The Neolithic period was a time of monumentalization of ritual sites. It was happening all over the country. This dwarfs the lot of them." More details about this site over at Atlas Obscura. (Image Credit: garethwiscombe/ Wikimedia Commons) |
| <i>Hamilton</i> and 10 Other Ways to Watch the American Revolution Posted: 03 Jul 2020 11:32 AM PDT
How will you celebrate the Fourth of July this year? To stay safe and commemorate the United States declaring itself independent from the British Empire, you might want to watch the American Revolution unfold on your television. The big event is the debut of the Broadway hit Hamilton on Disney+ of course, but to keep you entertained all weekend, Den of Geek has compiled a list of the best movies about the birth of our country. They range from 1959 to today, and include musicals, miniseries, and animation, as well as the movies you are already familiar with. Some are about the Founding Fathers while others look at how the war affected everyday people, plus subjects that were untouched in your history classes. There's even one British production! |
| The Lively & Liveable Neighbourhoods that are Illegal in North America Posted: 03 Jul 2020 06:59 AM PDT
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