[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42806203]Could you imagine the destruction that would be made if one of those dykes were to fail?[/QUOTE]
I think the word you're looking for is [I]apocalyptic.[/I]
[QUOTE=Dacheet;41105131]Since we're posting sad shit:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8dBoNDe.jpg[/IMG]
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My chemistry teacher from last year, an awesome guy who really made me sad I couldn't take AP chem but he is the kind of guy who inspired a real love for chemistry in his students and made sure everybody had fun
His plans are to live to be 111 so he can see Halley's Comet again, and then die.
I wonder how the guys who made that picture would react if we could tell them we just built a tunnel under it instead.
boris you stupid
we not going diving here
fire not water
stop boris
[QUOTE=MoralSupport;42805732][B]September 1930:[/B]
North Sea Drainage Project to Increase Size of Europe
[IMG]http://www.retronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/North-Sea-Drainage-Project-620x959.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Somehow I feel like it's a good thing England opted not to build a giant, channel circumventing, piece of flat highway crossed land between them and Germany in 1930.
[QUOTE=DanRatherman;42811022]Somehow I feel like it's a good thing England opted not to build a giant, channel circumventing, piece of flat highway crossed land between them and Germany in 1930.[/QUOTE]
Had it been built, the English would have probably claimed the extra land as their own in the typical imperialistic English way, and Germany would have bombed the dykes before they even took over France to prevent a French and English retreat.
[QUOTE=MoralSupport;42813967][B]President Woodrow Wilson Posing with King George V:[/B] Despite his campaign pledge to keep the United States out of World War I, President Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war in April 1917. Within months, massive numbers of American troops swelled the Allied ranks. More than 400,000 would see combat and 116,516 would die in the Great War.
[IMG]http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/world-war-i-leaders/president-woodrow-wilson-posing-with-king-george-v.jpg[/IMG]
[B]King George V and Kaiser Wilhelm II :[/B] Adding to the tensions in pre-World War I Europe were the close familial ties that bound many rulers. England's King George V was the first cousin of both Kaiser Wilhelm II and Nicholas II of Russia and George, Wilhelm and Nicholas' wife, Alexandra were all grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
[IMG]http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/world-war-i-leaders/george-v-and-wilhelm-ii.jpg[/IMG]
[B]King George V (right) and his physically similar cousin Emperor Nicholas II in German military uniforms in Berlin before the war.[/B]
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/84/Tsar_Nicholas_II_%26_King_George_V.JPG/456px-Tsar_Nicholas_II_%26_King_George_V.JPG[/IMG]
I had no idea that the leaders of Great Britain, Russia, and Germany were all related.[/QUOTE]
Pretty much all the royal families are interrelated. Lots of incest going on there
[QUOTE=download;42815486]Pretty much all the royal families are interrelated. Lots of incest going on there[/QUOTE]
Marriage between first cousins, let alone second+ cousins, wasn't considered incest for a very long time and still isn't today in many places.
Hell, Einstein married his first cousin.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42815894]Marriage between first cousins, let alone second+ cousins, wasn't considered incest for a very long time and still isn't today in many places.
Hell, Einstein married his first cousin.[/QUOTE]
True, it won't do much harm for just [I]one[/I] generation, but royals did it constantly for many generations.
I don't know how old this picture is, but I guess Hubble took a photo of a star nearing supernova status.
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/EtaCarinae.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=slayer20;42820275]I don't know how old this picture is, but I guess Hubble took a photo of a star nearing supernova status.
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/EtaCarinae.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
It looks like someone's kidney being thrown at a wall
This is my friend, who served in Korea. I cleaned up the images a touch
[t]http://i.imgur.com/WaHmVID.jpg[/t]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/HphbjRd.jpg[/t]
And yes, he is as awesome as these pictures.
Here is is today, at 86 goddamned years old
[t]http://i.imgur.com/TGpL3ER.jpg[/t]
[editline]10th November 2013[/editline]
Also, mad bonus points if you can name the plane.
[QUOTE=matt.ant;42819075]Remembrance Sunday
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I'm going to be leading the Catafalque Party at the South Australian Remembrance Day memorial today.
[QUOTE=matt.ant;42819075]Remembrance Sunday
[img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/11/10/article-2496940-195357BD00000578-772_964x636.jpg[/img]
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Oh snap, is that Bill?
Anyways, respect.
[QUOTE=slayer20;42820275]I don't know how old this picture is, but I guess Hubble took a photo of a star nearing supernova status.
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/EtaCarinae.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
This is Eta Carinae, which is actually two stars. The actual star system is the purple-white light at the centre of the cloud, and has a luminosity of over [i]five million suns.[/i] The actual cloud it's producing is over twenty billion kilometres across, which is just over the distance Voyager 1 is believed to have travelled in the 36 years it's been active.
Cool shit.
[QUOTE=Dacheet;42820692]
Also, mad bonus points if you can name the plane.[/QUOTE]
It's either a T-33 Shooting Star or a YP-80.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;42821126]It's either a [B]T-33 Shooting Star[/B] or a YP-80.[/QUOTE]
You're close enough because it was a tricky question. It's an F-94B Starfire, which is a T-33 with weapons strapped on and a radar system to be a fighter interceptor.
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195mlk5hftv6njpg/ku-bigpic.jpg[/img]
Portable court in the 1920s. The Judge comes to you!
Swapping famous logos
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195o85din88zbjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195o85z7zrh6yjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195o85x93o7ekjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195o85z7xuy8ejpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195o85z86uef7jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Books shows what its like to be dyslexic
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195q6vd1hwrfsjpg/ku-bigpic.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195q5kztbf0zxjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195q6tfz8za5sjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
[editline]11th November 2013[/editline]
And some stunning lookout points
Landmarke Lausitzer Seenland by Architektur und Landschaft, Germany
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195mqk52t6j4ijpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Anyang Peak by MVRDV, South Korea
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195mrsj9q2hjrjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Aussichtsplattform Conn by Corinna Menn, Switzerlan
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195mrtisa167ljpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Matteo Thun'scher Gucker by Matteo Thun & Partners, Italy
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195mrugbxu9vljpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Forest Tower by SeARCH, The Netherlands
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195mrvzkqchtwjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Grunnfør Bicycle Shelter by 70°N arkitektur, Norway
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195ms0r8f4w46jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Jahrtausendblick by Günter Zamp Kelp, Germany
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195ms2ahgof81jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Lookout Point, HHF Architekten, Mexico
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195ms5gx7zhvsjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Lookout Point by Elemental, Mexico
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195muih65dwunjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Metropol Parasol, J. Mayer H. Architects, Spain
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195ms7dzclt38jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Murturm by terrain:loenhart&mayr, Austria
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195ms9mvdy7l7jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion by Snøhetta, Norway
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195msbvruuyoojpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Orbit by Anish Kapoor Studio and Cecil Balmond, Great Britain
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195msq8pt3rqmjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Reussdeltaturm by Gion A. Caminada, Switzerland
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195msra7dir9xjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Sohlberplassen Viewpoint by Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk as Arkitektkontor, Norway
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195mssnj6eepfjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Tiger and Turtle—Magic Mountain by Heike Mutter und Ulrich Genth, Germany
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195mstuxsgoiujpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Top of Tyrol by LAAC zt-gmbh, Austria
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195msuwfdsbkdjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
Trollstigen by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, Norway
[img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/195msw1v9lfv6jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg[/img]
dont forget the grand canyon one
[IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wg2mnzIH9mI/TGsYucFS4oI/AAAAAAAAFz8/KT3Xtm-SolA/s400/Incredible+Platforms+From+Around+The+World+5.jpg[/IMG]
Stolen from LMAO pics.
[t]http://24.media.tumblr.com/198c732c024f8e16fb065c6af2c3afff/tumblr_mvu1mhKtaM1rnvhfco1_400.gif[/t]
[QUOTE=alexojm;42822794]Stolen from LMAO pics.
[t]http://24.media.tumblr.com/198c732c024f8e16fb065c6af2c3afff/tumblr_mvu1mhKtaM1rnvhfco1_400.gif[/t][/QUOTE]
Despite being told that I'm a fairly good artist this makes me feel like shit
[QUOTE=alexojm;42822794]Stolen from LMAO pics.
[t]http://24.media.tumblr.com/198c732c024f8e16fb065c6af2c3afff/tumblr_mvu1mhKtaM1rnvhfco1_400.gif[/t][/QUOTE]
Have no idea why, but instantly thought of [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB1gPx7niEA"]magic pencil.[/URL]
UK viewers are gonna get a nostaliga trip.
[I]maybe just me...[/I]
[QUOTE=Dacheet;42820692]Here is is today, at 86 goddamned years old
[t]http://i.imgur.com/TGpL3ER.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
He doesn't look 86 there. He looks like 56 or so.
Stereotypically, black people and asian people tend to age better than white people. My friend's, who's family is black, father and grandfather looked almost the same age. It was nuts.
[QUOTE=Kebab;42823098]Despite being told that I'm a fairly good artist this makes me feel like shit[/QUOTE]
Pinstriping is such a pain in the ass to do.
Saw this .gif and thought it'd be nice here.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/S4dZ22J.gif[/img]
loving the summer blockbuster colors
Happy Veterans Day
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/wgwRZTs.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=meppers;42822641]dont forget the grand canyon one
[IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wg2mnzIH9mI/TGsYucFS4oI/AAAAAAAAFz8/KT3Xtm-SolA/s400/Incredible+Platforms+From+Around+The+World+5.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
fuck that shit
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