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I will still be logging on from time to time from my comp to check up. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

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art-of-swords:

Cutting of Swords and Armour

In this video is presented a mathematical proof, using confirmed facts from archaeo-metallurgical research and experimental archaeology, that no sword can cut through other swords or plate armour.

Sharpness and hardness of the edge is the least important thing, if iron, copper or bronze should be cut, it is the amount of impact energy which helps the blade to go through cutting medium, by pushing aside the material.

Even if arms & armour are made of soft iron, without carbon and with 2% slag inclusions, the required amount of impact energy is still far beyond human capabilities. That’s why “super steel” capable of “cutting other swords and plate armours” is nothing more than a romantic myth.

Source: YouTube

(via mintarr)

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meme-spot:

GPOY

Ha.  Just talking about this last night.

meme-spot:

GPOY

Ha. Just talking about this last night.

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"My first thought was, ‘Wow, that’s what the Internet sounds like!’ When you open your computer and everyone’s talking at you suddenly. But I was really wanting to hear the sound of jumbled talking, where you can’t understand what’s going on — and then, suddenly, one beautiful, simple chord."

Violinist and vocalist Caroline Shaw on Partita for 8 Voices, the a cappella vocal piece that just won her the Pulitzer Prize for music. At 30, she is the youngest-ever recipient of the music Pulitzer. 

Hear Partita for 8 Voices now.

(via nprmusic)

I heard five seconds of this and it made me wish I was dead.

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laughingsquid:

Usual Suspects, Batman Villains Reimagined in 1920s Style Mugshots
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pompomflipflop:

Physics of the Fastball (Phillies at the Philadelphia Science Festival) (by Laura Swartz pompomflipflop)

pompomflipflop:

Physics of the Fastball
(Phillies at the Philadelphia Science Festival)

(by Laura Swartz pompomflipflop)

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timetravelandrocketpoweredapes:

By the power of grayskull and snake mountain by Stjepan Sejic
Artist website / deviantart
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timetravelandrocketpoweredapes:

By the power of grayskull and snake mountain by Stjepan Sejic
Artist website / deviantart
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bwv1080:

JS Bach - 14 Canons on the Goldberg Ground, BWV 1087

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officialssay:

“They might try to jew me down on a price.”

-Oklahoma State Rep. Dennis Johnson, on haggling with customers as a small business owner.

“I apologize to the Jews,” Johnson said a minute later, after someone comments on his use of the slur. “They’re good small businessmen as well.”

(h/t Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire)