January 2010
Fun facts about suicide.
ofyoungbelievers:
dustydgaf:
Suicide takes the lives of nearly 30,000 Americans every year. Many who attempt suicide never seek professional care. There are twice as many deaths due to suicide than HIV/AIDS. Between 1952 and 1995, suicide in young adults nearly tripled. Over half of all suicides occur in adult men, ages 25-65. In the month prior to their suicide, 75% of elderly persons had...
December 2009
Why do fireflies glow?
ohyeahfacts:
One reason that fireflies glow is to attract a mate. Males and females of the same species will flash signals back and forth as a way of communicating. Each firefly species has its own particular pattern.
Another reason that fireflies glow is to avoid predators. Fireflies are filled with a nasty tasting chemical called lucibufagens, and after a predator gets a mouthful, it quickly...
“If I could wake up in a different place, at a different time, could I wake up as...”
– Fight Club line (via ofyoungbelievers)
Learn Na'vi. →
nostrich:
Nice.
I still haven’t seen Avatar, or anything to do with the Na’vi language Paul Frommer created for the film’s alien species, but it’s awesome that this exists.
In Jamaica male/male sex is illegal, but...
ohyeahfacts:
(source)
“To be honest about it, sex was not worth the wait. After we did it, I was kind...”
– Kevin Jonas (via peepingtomfoolery)
The Decade in Viral Videos - The Daily Beast →
noahkalina:
I am not a viral video expert but I think this is a pretty good list…plus I am on it. About my video, they say: “The resulting video was haunting and evocative—a moving memento mori and a reminder of the power of the digital age. It was also really boring. Mind-numbingly boring.”
“Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present...”
– Phyllis Diller (via simko)
