I want to go to there.
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Fine print: Um…as illustrated by LEGOS.
On June 7, 1099, the army of the First Crusade camped outside its goal, the City of Jerusalem.
Midieval Lego / No Starch Press
One of the most powerful women in all of medieval history, Eleanor of Aquitaine held the balance between English and French royal power.
Midieval Lego / No Starch Press
One of the most important inventions of the Middle Ages was the university—a place of higher education for young men who would go on to work for the church and state.
Midieval Lego / No Starch Press
Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.
♫ Bitch better give me my book back ♫
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Loryn Brantz for BuzzFeed
Loryn Brantz for BuzzFeed
Loryn Brantz for BuzzFeed
Dark and difficult questions lie ahead.
“A little magic can take you a long way.” — Dahl
There’s an Oversharer in every office.
Maritsa Patrinos / BuzzFeed
Description: The Swamped Thing is always too preoccupied with work to chat or help you with a project. Swamped Things answer your e-mails only after an immense amount of prompting. And as soon as you are locked into a project, they want to drain minutes out of your day with some very pressing issue that cannot wait. Everything the Swamped Thing is doing is the most important thing. Everyone else's work, in his or her eyes, is essentially mini-golf or paddleboating.
Typical Quote: "Auto-Reply: It may be a while before I get to your e-mail, but that doesn't mean it's not important to me."
Description: Cool Boss wants you to know that he or she is just like you. Cool Boss doesn't like wearing stuffy suits. Cool Boss isn't hung up on "titles" or "company policy." Except Cool Boss gets paid way more than you and can break rules with impunity while you tiptoe around making sure that Cool Boss's Hard-ass Boss isn't there to bust you.
Typical Quote: "Have you read Outliers? I think you'd really dig that shizz."
Description: Yes, we ask each other how we're doing in the office. None of us are monsters. Except the Oversharer, who uses a pleasantry as an excuse to launch into an in-depth monologue full of details that most of us wouldn't even admit to our therapists. If there are any Oversharers reading this right now, just know three things: 1) No one wants to see more than one picture of your vacation. 2) The details about your love life are either making us jealous or bumming us out. 3) Yes, you should get that rash checked out, and you didn't need to describe it to us first.
Typical Quote: "Have a good weekend! I'll be spending mine alone again!"
Grab a nice, warm drink, and curl up with a fluffy blanket — it’s time to get your science on!
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The Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago. In this story, Fraser Cain takes you through the processes that formed our world, the long and contentious history that lead to the realization that our planet is hella old, and the science behind it all.
NASA/GSFC / Via astrobiology.gsfc.nasa.gov
Just when the earliest crust formed on Earth is a hard question to answer, but it is super important because life probably would struggle on a molten surface. In this story, Dan Vergano (now a reporter for BuzzFeed) describes how microscopic grains are the only evidence left of this time and how, remarkably, we can still learn a lot from them.
John Valley, University of Wisconsin, Madison / Via news.nationalgeographic.com
Scientists generally consider something living if it can metabolize (break things down, build things up, create energy, use energy, etc) and replicate (make a copy of itself). Viruses are self-replicating genes that need to feed off of other things to metabolize, and as such many think they came onto the scene after life had formed. This excellent feature by Carrie Arnold unpacks the idea that viruses could have come first and therefore played a big role in creating the earliest life.
Julia Bartoli and Chantal Abergel/Information Génomique et Structurale, CNRS-AMU / Via news.nationalgeographic.com
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