19th
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1. Zhaghzhagh (Persian)
The chattering of teeth from the cold or from rage.
2. Yuputka (Ulwa)
A word made for walking in the woods at night, it’s the phantom sensation of something crawling on your skin.
3. Lampadato (Italian)
Addicted to the infra-red glow of tanning salons? This word describes you.
4. Luftmensch (Yiddish)
The Yiddish have scores of words to describe social misfits. This one is for an impractical dreamer with no business sense. Literally, air person.
5. Iktsuarpok (Inuit)
You know that feeling of anticipation when you’re waiting for someone to show up at your house and you keep going outside to see if they’re there yet? This is the word for it.
6. Cotisuelto (Caribbean Spanish)
A word that would aptly describe the prevailing fashion trend among American men under 40, it means one who wears the shirt tail outside of his trousers.
7. Pana Po’o (Hawaiian)
“Hmm, now where did I leave those keys?” he said, pana po’oing. It means to scratch your head in order to help you remember something you’ve forgotten.
8. Gumusservi (Turkish)
Meteorologists can be poets in Turkey with words like this at their disposal. It means moonlight shining on water.
9. Vybafnout (Czech)
A word tailor-made for annoying older brothers—it means to jump out and say boo.
10. Mencolek (Indonesian)
You know that old trick where you tap someone lightly on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them? The Indonesians have a word for it.
11. Faamiti (Samoan)
To make a squeaking sound by sucking air past the lips in order to gain the attention of a dog or child.
12. Glas wen (Welsh)
A smile that is insincere or mocking. Literally, a blue smile.
13. Bakku-shan (Japanese)
The experience of seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from the front.
14. Boketto (Japanese)
It’s nice to know that the Japanese think enough of the act of gazing vacantly into the distance without thinking to give it a name.
15. Kummerspeck (German)
Excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon.
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Also viewable from Google Earth is
Robert SmithsonSpiral Jetty, 1970
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Photographer Sacha Goldberger (probably best known for his superhero Mamika series) constructed an outdoor set in Bois de Boulogne park, Paris. There, he asked random joggers to pose immediately after an exhausting sprint. One week later, these same joggers arrived at Goldberger’s studio to pose the same way they had before, under the same lighting, sans the running fatigue. The resulting collection demonstrates an interesting physical contrast, showing both raw and unruffled extremes found within each individual.Goldberger says, “I wanted to show the difference between our natural and brute side versus how we represent ourselves to society. The difference was very surprising.”
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This is good.
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Freedom by Zenos Frudakis - sculpture in bronze, Philadelphia, PA
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HH: OMG hahaha took me a second to see what I was looking at. Conan got back.
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Google Doodle commemorates Alexander Calder
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Necklace by Alexander Calder. He is 113 today.