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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Apophyllite

Apophyllites are popular as collector's minerals. This popularity is due to a combination of factors, including their abundance, color variety, and well-defined crystals. Naturally forming pyramidal structures, they refract light in obvious rainbows, and can form "natural pyramids" when subjected to rock tumbling.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Alien Action Figure From 1979

Oldest Complete Piece of Music in History

The Seikilos epitaph is the oldest known complete composition of music in existence, a Hellenistic Ionic song with complete notation likely inscribed in the first century AD. And its notation have allowed modern music scholars to play the song in the modern day.
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Bomb Shelter Sealed Since 1961


Craig Denham bought a home in the suburbs west of Austin, Texas. He discovered an amazing find: a bomb shelter that had been sealed since 1961. It’s an amazing time capsule that reveals the fears of the atomic age. neatorama