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The Indestructible Bust of Pablo Iglesias

A little off the tourist trail in the northern barrio of Madrid lies a reproduction of a bust of Pablo Iglesias Posse. Founder of both the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) and the General Workers Union, he is to some one of the most important and respected figures in modern Spanish history but relatively unknown to the younger generation. The reproduction bust was unveiled in 2001 to a mixed reception from the nominally conservative Madrilenos. While the reproduction is nothing special to the look at, the back story of the original is a story certainly worth telling.

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Dropping Balls to Tell Time

Everyday, at five minutes to one, a bright orange ball on the roof of Flamsteed House at Greenwich’s Old Observatory in London, slides half-way up a pole. At two minutes to one, it rises all the way to the top. At exactly one PM, the ball falls with a dull thud. Anyone who is looking at the ball when it drops can instantly verify whether their watches are telling the correct time. In this current age, when time could be easily synchronized over the internet or by using mobile signals or GPS technology, “time balls” are superfluous, but back in the Victorian era this was one of the few ways by which time was announced to the public.

Back in those days, few people could afford to have their own watches and clocks, instead relying on the hourly chimes of the church clock to tell time. The church clocks were not very accurate but most people had no need for precise time.

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The time ball atop Flamsteed House at Greenwich, London. Photo credit: Carmen Seaby/Flickr
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Tolerant Ad for the Euro 2016 by McDonald’s

Tolerant Ad for the Euro 2016 by McDonald’s

The famous American brand McDonald’s launched a new ad as part of their campaign for the Euro 2016, which was carried out by BETC. Supporters of the several teams appear with scarves that are divided in two parts: France and Poland, Croatia and Spain or Sweden and Italy, for example. A good marketing operation combined to a message of respect that seems more topical than ever.



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The Strangely Seductive 18th Century Anatomical Wax Models

These beautiful wax models of sensuous women lying supine, with their heads tipped back, and lips parted in ecstasy, look like they are from a renaissance painting. One idly toys with her plait of golden hair, while another clutches at a satin cushion. One is crowned with a golden tiara, while another wears a string of pearls around her neck. Yet, each and everyone of them has their abdomen slashed open causing their innards and guts to spill out.

These bizarre beauties called “Anatomical Venuses” were created by sculptor Clemente Susini in the late eighteenth century, and were conceived as a means to teach human anatomy without the need for dissecting real human bodies which was disgusting and messy. Susini’s uncannily lifelike wax models, often adorned with real human hair, were both anatomically accurate and profoundly artistic, drawing praise from both doctors and art historians from all around. During his illustrious career as a medical wax model sculptor spanning several decades, Clemente Susini created and oversaw the production of more than 2,000 models.

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The Monument to Hugh Glass

Perhaps the most memorable scene from the 2015 movie The Revenant was Hugh Glass, played by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, being attacked by a grizzly bear. It was arguably one of the most realistic depiction of bear attack in movies till date. Had it not been based on a real incident critics would have argued that it was impossible for Glass to have survived an attack of that magnitude and then crawl hundreds of miles through the forest to safety.

Hugh Glass was a fur trapper, one of the hard-driving mountain men of the early 19th-century American West, who trapped beavers for their fur and sold them to hat makers in the US and Europe. It was a highly lucrative but dangerous trade where men like Glass had to live and hunt among the mountains for years at a time. The mountaineers were daring and rebellious men in their twenties and thirties who learned how to survive in the wild with limited supplies, a rifle and a few tools. But Hugh Glass’ survival against the odds was a story so amazing that it became legend even among the mountaineers themselves.

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Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass and a sketch of the real Hugh Glass
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2-Year-Old Triplets Become Best Friends With Their Garbage Collectors (10+ Pics)

2-Year-Old Triplets Become Best Friends With Their Garbage Collectors (10+ Pics)

Unlike any other soon-to-be-3-year-olds, triplets Heaton, Holden and Wilder Reich wait for Garbage Day more than anything. Every Tuesday and Friday, when garbage collectors Mr. Chad, Mr. Rob and Mr. Andrew come down to the triplets’ home in Florida, the toddlers run out with joy and a drink or a special snack in hand to greet them.

The friendship started when the triplets were just a couple months old, and since then, they’ve formed a very close bond with the sanitation workers. Every Tuesday and Friday they spend about 10-15 minutes together, hugging, high-fiving, fist-bumping, and catching up. Sometimes the little ones even help the workers with the garbage. Could this be any cuter?!

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Meet the cutest BFFs ever – 2-year-old triplets and their garbage collectors


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It all started when the triplets were just a couple months old and they’d wave to the drivers from their stroller…


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