June 2011
53 posts
Wet fingertips may have evolved to become pruny...
iheartchaos:
For a long time, the prevailing wisdom on why fingertips became pruny when soaked for too long was simply “oversaturation”. But this doesn’t explain why other body parts don’t puff up and get extra-wrinkly when wet. And then there are studies showing that fingertip pruning is controlled by the nervous system, not an automatic reaction to water. One scientist now thinks that the...
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I would rather go swimming with great white sharks than wade in romance, because...
– —Adam Young
adventuretime:
“Efforts”
Adventure Time writer and former creative director Pat McHale uses live-action shadow puppets in his music video for the band LAKE.
My smartphone changes “lol” to “LOL” making me sound more amused than I actually...
– First World Problems (via epic4chan)