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The Gruesome Origins of 5 Popular Fairy Tales →
saabmagalona:
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Little Red Riding Hood Most modern versions of fairy tales come from two sources: The Grimm Brothers from Germany, and Frenchman Charles Perrault, the collector of the “Mother Goose” tales. The big change they made to this one was the ending. That woodsman showing up seemed a little like a third act re-write of a movie due to bad test screenings, didn’t it? Where...
February 2010
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Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios...
– Picasso’s real name. (from: stranded-wanderer, who wrote, “Must have been a blast learning to write that at school.” Indeed. (via crashinglybeautiful)
The Three Oddest Words
crashinglybeautiful:
When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it. When I pronounce the word Nothing, I make something no non-being can hold.
— Wislawa Szymborska
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January 2010
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Russia attempted to pass a law in 2008 declaring...
talula:
ryanangelo: ohyeahfacts:
Hala! ambotsaEMO!