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Super Creative Sites That Will Kick You In The Gut and Keep You Coming Back For More. The following is my top 7 list of odd, zany, emotional websites that will kick you in the gut and keep you coming back for more.

Super Creative Sites That Will Kick You In The Gut and Keep You Coming Back For More

These kinds of sites are consistently most inspiring to me. They have the raw emotion that I crave and feed off daily. Both the concept and content of all these sites are creative. I hope you agree… PostSecret Okay. A softer world This is an incredible combination of artsy photography and written word. A beautiful revolution I don’t think this one is as well known as the last 2, but it’s definitely a gold mine. Table of contents. (With last update date) Cover Foreword (August 13, 2009) Part 1.

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Quantum theory and consciousness Preface to part 1 (April 12, 2000) Chapter 1. 1.1. 1.6. 1.7. Chapter 2. 2.1. 2.2. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. Mentor and Multiply. Gulpiyuri Beach - A Stange Beach in the Middle of a Meadow. Tucked away into a small inland hollow, right in the middle of a meadow, Playa de Gulpiyuri is one of the most amazing beaches in the world.

Gulpiyuri Beach - A Stange Beach in the Middle of a Meadow

We’ve certainly featured some unique places here, on Oddity Central, and even a few incredible beaches, like the hot water beach of New Zealand or California’s glass beach, but none like the beach of Gulpiyuri. Located near the charming town of Llanes, on the northern coast of Spain, Gulpiyuri Beach is unlike anything I have ever seen, or even imagined existed outside of fantasy books or fictional planets. Imagine walking over 100 meters from the sea shoreline and stumbling over a small charming beach right in the middle of a green meadow. And while you may find other beaches completely hidden from the open sea, around the world, this one is actually fully tidal and even has waves bathing the small strip of golden sand. Photo: chausinho So how is it that waves form this far away from the ocean?

Photo: chausinho Photo: supercoco Photo: supercoco. John Green’s Crash Course in World History. Former mental_floss writers John and Hank Green have started a new nerdy thing on YouTube, and it's pretty great: Crash Course is a series of educational videos covering World History (John) and Biology (Hank).

John Green’s Crash Course in World History

The production values are high (including animation, HD, all that good stuff), and each video is about ten minutes long. My favorites so far are John's videos on World History -- he promises a 40-part series (co-written with his high school history teacher), though only three parts have been posted so far. Check 'em out below. The Agricultural Revolution "Together we will learn how, in a mere fifteen thousand years, humans went from hunting and gathering--[interrupted by younger self offscreen]" Indus Valley Civilization "Why am I alive?

ENTJ Personality Types. Each letter in the personality type code - E, N, T, and J - describes a preference for a way of thinking or behaving.

ENTJ Personality Types

There are eight styles and you use all of them, but ENTJs prefer: Extraversion (interacting with people) more than Introversion (thinking things through)iNtuition (perceiving new possibilities) more than Sensing (perceiving tangible facts)Thinking (making decisions using objective logic) more than Feeling (making decisions using subjective values)Judgement (an organised lifestyle) more than Perception (a flexible lifestyle) Find out how close your unique personality is to ENTJ. If your closest personality type is ENTJ then you are looking to develop a better structure and organisation in the way things are done. You tend to control life by organising systems and people to meet task oriented goals, but you also have one eye on the future and are looking for a process of continuous improvement. Next: ENTJ's Mental Functions By Steve Myers (Google+).

Halleluja by mathieu irthum. RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us. Actual Answers to History Tests. Your logical fallacy is slippery slope. Free Classic AudioBooks. Digital narration for the 21st Century. Instacanvas - Instagram artist marketplace. How Swearing Works" According to the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the most offensive word in the universe is "Belgium.

How Swearing Works"

" The"Firefly" universe, on the other hand, uses invented swears and Chinese curses. We all know what "bad words" are. Unlike most other language rules, we learn about swearwords and how to use them without any real study or classroom instruction. Even very young children know which words are naughty, although they don't always know exactly what those words mean. But swearwords aren't quite as simple as they seem. In this article, we'll explore what makes words into swearwords, why most Americans use them and how society responds to swearing. Virtually every language in every culture in the world has its own unique swearwords. Most researchers agree that swearing came from early forms of word magic.

While spoken swearwords from different languages don't sound alike, they generally fall into one of two categories. The Creators Project. Word Bible Designs.