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I learned about these in our hyper specific art history lesson! For those too lazy to read the article, these are medieval pilgrims badges - youd presumably get them in important places to mark your journey. There was of course, some serious ones depicting saints and such, but as humanity goes, there were also silly ones. This is just the medieval equivalent of a stupid tourist mug or magnet.

Our professor showed us one with small 4-legged dicks grazing on a peaceful hillside. They looked whimsical ngl. Theres also one depicting a really big walking vulva. With a walking stick and all, very fancy, good for her.

Ruthven's Rocket Frog ("Colostethus" ruthveni), family Dendrobatidae, Magdalena, Colombia

It is not well understood if this species should actually remain in this genus, or is more closely related to other genera, thus the quotation marks.

Though it is in the "poison dart frog" family, this species, and other cryptically colored rocket frogs are not significantly toxic, though some species may be moderately toxic.

christian dior by john galliano, look 2, evening dress of golden armor with embroidered gold “chain mail”, haute couture autumn/winter 2006

A very tiny percentage of creators go on to be famous, but that doesn’t mean that people don’t remember little things you did for years and years. Who came up with most of the world’s most famous jump rope rhymes? Who coined some of the famous idioms we use in daily speech? Who made up ‘Jingle Bells, Batman Smells?” Somehow, all of these things stuck and spread around.

When I was a small child, I saw a high school put on a production of the musical HONK. In one song, the mother duck describes various dangers that her baby should avoid in the water, including fishing line, which could strangle him. A member of the ensemble played the role of fishing line, doing a maniacal laugh and over-the-top strangling motions, and I found it hilarious– and to this day, that’s an example I often think of when talking about how ensemble members can still stand out in theatre. The guy who played the role might not even remember that he did that, but I do.

I took Suzuki violin lessons as a kid. The teacher made up lyrics to some of the songs, and she let her students make some up, too. Now whenever I hear the instrumental of one of those pieces, I always remember these ridiculous lyrics about a skunk that we sang in violin class. I don’t even know which student invented them!

In middle school, I found a video about atoms parodying Bill Nye made by some kids for a school product. It probably had less than 1,000 views, but I think of quotes from that video all the time. They had a parody of “We Will Rock You” with the chorus, “Protons, neutrons, electrons” that I think about a lot.

did you guys hear about what happened at the gavinners concert? shit's crazy

(happy belated turnabout serenade day, and have a merry year of apollo justice!)

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Dress

c. 1889

made by designer Franziska Noll Gross