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aryastarkson:

STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE [1977]

“You go and get her. I’ll hold ‘em here.” —Han Solo

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THIS <3 Hamilton

THIS

<3 Hamilton

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polyesterspectre: Today, Facebook/Mean Girls Euro History takes us to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. (It made peace between Russia and the Central Powers, and was signed on March 3, 1918. Russia lost a shitload of land!)

polyesterspectre:

Today, Facebook/Mean Girls Euro History takes us to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. (It made peace between Russia and the Central Powers, and was signed on March 3, 1918. Russia lost a shitload of land!)

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memestache: Lame Pun Coon: you could have a pencil with erasers on both ends… http://bit.ly/KlQgLq

memestache:

Lame Pun Coon: you could have a pencil with erasers on both ends… http://bit.ly/KlQgLq

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Im a failed stoic

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chuckgivens: onemanswords: Vote against. (Not me voting; it’s a friend of mine) This is what your ballot should look like, folks. Come on NC, let’s do this!

chuckgivens:

onemanswords:

Vote against.

(Not me voting; it’s a friend of mine)

This is what your ballot should look like, folks. Come on NC, let’s do this!

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Woooo Jacobs flag on the bulletin board (Taken with instagram)

Woooo Jacobs flag on the bulletin board (Taken with instagram)

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Benjiiiii (Taken with instagram)

Benjiiiii (Taken with instagram)

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shortformblog: So, the Washington Post’s The Fix uncovered this doozy of a chart from 2010. 28 percent of people get it. 53 percent not knowing, we guess we can understand. And though John Paul Stevens wasn’t chief justice, he was the court’s senior member in 2010, so it was in the ballpark even if it was wrong. But seriously? Thurgood Marshall? 8 percent? Dude hadn’t been on the court in 19 years by the point this survey was taken, and he never was a Chief Justice. Facepalm. (And don’t get us started on Harry Reid. …) Lolol

shortformblog:

So, the Washington Post’s The Fix uncovered this doozy of a chart from 2010. 28 percent of people get it. 53 percent not knowing, we guess we can understand. And though John Paul Stevens wasn’t chief justice, he was the court’s senior member in 2010, so it was in the ballpark even if it was wrong. But seriously? Thurgood Marshall? 8 percent? Dude hadn’t been on the court in 19 years by the point this survey was taken, and he never was a Chief Justice. Facepalm. (And don’t get us started on Harry Reid. …)

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Tetris was invented exactly when and where you would expect — in a Soviet computer lab in 1984 — and its game play reflects this origin. The enemy in Tetris is not some identifiable villain (Donkey Kong, Mike Tyson, Carmen Sandiego) but a faceless, ceaseless, reasonless force that threatens constantly to overwhelm you, a churning production of blocks against which your only defense is a repetitive, meaningless sorting. It is bureaucracy in pure form, busywork with no aim or end, impossible to avoid or escape. And the game’s final insult is that it annihilates free will. Despite its obvious futility, somehow we can’t make ourselves stop rotating blocks.
Angry Birds, Farmville and Other Hyperaddictive ‘Stupid Games’ - NYTimes.com (via wonklife)

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notenoughhangers: I WAS JUST THINKING THIS.  zinacolada: 100 years ago today, Matthew Crawley became heir to Downton Abbey.

notenoughhangers:

I WAS JUST THINKING THIS. 

zinacolada:

100 years ago today, Matthew Crawley became heir to Downton Abbey.

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chasingyourstarlight:

Gotta rewatch this. 

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pag-asaharibon: Quixotic: April 12 By Charles Diab

pag-asaharibon:

Quixotic: April 12 By Charles Diab

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fuckyeahhistorycrushes: T.E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia” - 16 August 1888– 19 May 1935)  Author, British Army officer, military observer, advisor, archaeologist, documentarian.  Lawrence gained international notoriety based on his accounts of the Arab Uprising against the Ottoman Empire during World War I.  He was the illegitimate son of an Anglo-Irish nobleman and a governess.  He was educated at Jesus and Magdalens Colleges, Oxford, and went on to work as an archaeologist in Syria and the Negev Desert when he was recruited by the British Army to observe and advise the Arab tribes in the area.  He was noted for his handsomeness, vanity, and sensational accounts of his exploits in the desert.  Lawrence was portrayed by Peter O’Toole in the 1962 film bearing his name.  He was killed at the age of 46 in a motorcycle accident in Dorset, England.  &lt;333

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

T.E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia” - 16 August 1888– 19 May 1935)  Author, British Army officer, military observer, advisor, archaeologist, documentarian.  Lawrence gained international notoriety based on his accounts of the Arab Uprising against the Ottoman Empire during World War I.  He was the illegitimate son of an Anglo-Irish nobleman and a governess.  He was educated at Jesus and Magdalens Colleges, Oxford, and went on to work as an archaeologist in Syria and the Negev Desert when he was recruited by the British Army to observe and advise the Arab tribes in the area.  He was noted for his handsomeness, vanity, and sensational accounts of his exploits in the desert.  Lawrence was portrayed by Peter O’Toole in the 1962 film bearing his name.  He was killed at the age of 46 in a motorcycle accident in Dorset, England. 

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221cbakerstreet: deadpoolthemandalorian: I will go to the grave disproving the “death” of Boba Fett in ROTJ mandalorian armor, guys. simple concept.

221cbakerstreet:

deadpoolthemandalorian:

I will go to the grave disproving the “death” of Boba Fett in ROTJ

mandalorian armor, guys. simple concept.

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