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Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: Moore Tornado Survivor Finds Her Dog in Rubble

This morning, Moore, Oklahoma resident Barbara Garcia was in the middle of an interview with CBS News about losing her home and her beloved companion dog to the deadly tornado, when something miraculous unfolded right in front of them and the viewers at home (starting at 1:32). Just try not to tear up.

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laphamsquarterly:

While working on the bio for Millard Fillmore for the next issue, we noticed something…uncanny. 

laphamsquarterly:

While working on the bio for Millard Fillmore for the next issue, we noticed something…uncanny

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14 hours ago
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theangelgabrieldidmyhair:

Yahoo people taking an actual look at the site they just bought

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1 day ago
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“You are the moon of my life. That is all I know and all I need to know”

“You are the moon of my life. That is all I know and all I need to know”

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1 day ago
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From the Weekend Update, we are Seth and Stefon Meyers!

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1 day ago
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the-science-llama:

If Earth Had Rings

First off, they would be really pretty to look at. They would also dominate the sky in both night and day at exactly the same place as they would never rise nor set. And at night you would see the Earth’s shadow swing across the rings, like in the 4th photo here.

However, life would be very different on Earth if this were the case. Nocturnal animals would have a hard time being nocturnal, as the light reflecting from the rings would illuminate the night.

Because we are closer to the Sun than Saturn is, the rings would be more rocky than ice, making them less bright but still pretty bright. In fact, you would see far less stars at night (living anywhere other than the equator or the arctic circle) because of the light pollution and not to mention ruin most meteor showers because of that.

During the day the rings would block sunlight in certain regions of the planet creating wild weather cycles and effecting plant life as well. So basically, they would be definitely pretty to look at but they would also make a whole lot of things screwy.

Illustrations by Ron Miller // io9
— Click the photos for captions

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7 hours ago
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deducecanoe:

**edit**
Nick: I hate New Yorkers. Also, I am gay.

deducecanoe:

**edit**

Nick: I hate New Yorkers. Also, I am gay.

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14 hours ago
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Parks and Recreation + TV Tropes | Precision F-Strike

“Let’s face it: people swear. However, some movies/shows have a tendency to overdo it. Sometimes it can be pulled off, and sometimes it just sounds stupid. The Precision F Strike is the opposite of this. Put simply, it’s where swearing has been used effectively to add weight to the sentence. The most common way of doing this is when a normally non-swearing character swears, meaning that things have just gotten really fucking serious.”

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16 hours ago
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The key to immortality is living a life worth remembering.

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1 day ago
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selfdoubtandsyphilis:

dankestrnemes:

do animals think in english or in the sounds they make

this is what yahoo paid $1.1 billion for

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1 day ago
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