News Flash: Michel Foucault Once Had Hair And He Was Damn Fine

You’ll want to get disciplined and punished . Happy 88th birthday, Michel!As you may or may not know, French philosopher Michel Foucault was one of the most crucial figures in 20th-century Western philosophy. I know. You're welcome. But wait. It gets better.citelighter.com apieceofmonologue.com Courtesy of Vintage View Entire List...

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5 Ways To Destroy The World

(Or at least cause a really big explosion.)The following facts are from What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by xkcd creator Randall Munroe. 1. Create a Global Windstorm: Randall Munroe / WHAT IF?: Serious Cientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Q: What would happen if the Earth and all terrestrial objects suddenly stopped spinning,...

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Lemony Snicket Mashed Up With Tumblr Posts Is The Realest Thing Ever

“‘420 blaze it!’ I exclaim as I watch your house burn down.” Mild spoilers, but you’ve had 15 years.The genius behind this tumblr, has been putting together Tumblr text posts with stills from the A Series Of Unfortunate Events film. Paramount Pictures / Via xspookyparentis.tumblr.com The results are awesome. Paramount Pictures / Via xspookyparentis.tumblr.com Paramount...

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10 Interesting Word Searches On Google NGram

60 years of “hipsters .It instantly searches these books as far back as the 1500's and maps their amount of usage over time. Sometimes this yields interesting results, like words that come and go into language with different meanings."hipster" More people were using the word 'hipster' in the 1950's than they are now.So basically, the word was, like, so much cooler before everyone...

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