Those Who Know More Are Not Always The Happiest

Every Major Fashion Magazine Uses The Same Font

It appears they all use the same type face, called Didot. 

Thank you to Ishmil Waterman for the discovery! 

Why Our Eyes Really Suck When Seeing Colors

We have just one more color receptive cone than dogs, yet see SO much more color. Butterflies have 2 more than us, imagine how many colors they see? We can’t even begin to imagine. 

There is one animal that has 16 color receptive cones. Check out what that animal is here: 

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp 

Can you imagine how many colors we’re actually missing out on? For a second, imagine how amazing that would be to see it all. Even if you can’t see it, know that the world around you that you are looking at is far duller than it actually is.

Also, did you know: 

“They (butterflies) are sensitive to the same wavelengths of light as we are, but nobody knows what the color “red” might actually look like to an insect. Color is entirely the creation of the brain. Insects can also see ultraviolet light, which is invisible to humans. Many flowers have markings we can’t see, but are very visible to insects.” - Yahoo

Marilyn Monroe’s Real Measurements - Dispelling The Myths 

Over the years I’ve always believed what everyone has said about her in casual conversation, never really questioning it. Naturally blonde, size 12-16, the list goes on. If you know her well, you probably know these stats aren’t true. For the rest of us, there’s this. 

This article blew away common myth and lays out some points about her that we all may have not known before. Here are some outlining facts below from the article. 

Her Real Measurements - Not A Size 12

“As a direct example of her size, the white dress she wore in The Seven Year Itch was recently auctioned off and was put on a mannequin that was a size 2.”

“So what size was Marilyn Monroe actually?  Luckily, many of her dresses, carefully preserved, are still around to measure off of.  Further, one of her dress makers also chimed in with exact measurements he took.  Those measurements were 5 ft. 5.5 inches tall; 35 inch bust; 22 inch waist (approximately 2-3 inches less than the average American woman in the 1950s and 12 inches less than average today); and 35 inch hips, with a bra size of 36D.  Her weight fluctuated a bit through her career, usually rising in times of depression and falling back to her normal thereafter, but her dressmaker listed her as 118 pounds and the Hollywood studios tended to list her between 115-120 lbs.”

“…according to BluFire Model Registry, models are generally in the vicinity of a 34 bust; 24 waist; and 34 hips, which is very close to Monroe’s measurements of 35-22-35.”

Her Hair

“Another Marilyn Monroe myth was that she was a blonde.  In fact, the actress famed for her platinum blond curls actually was a dark haired brunette.  She first dyed her hair blonde after being told that models with lighter colored hair were preferable, so bleached it to golden blonde and later adjusted this a total of nine times until she settled on platinum blonde.  As Monroe later stated, “There’s only one sort of natural blonde on earth – albinos.””

Her High I.Q. 

Monroe didn’t just have looks, but brains as well.  Her IQ came out at a full 33 points above the national average at the time when she was tested (at 163).”

Pedestrian Roller Coaster

This art piece is just visually interesting. 

Designed by Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth, the “Tiger and Turtle – Magic Mountain” sculpture in Duisburg, Germany. It has been built on top of a mining waste tip at the Heinrich-Hildebrand-Height in the Angerpark, which opened in 2008. So if you’re scared of Roller Coasters, experience this instead. I’m pretty sure you won’t be screaming at all. - Source

I dare someone to do the loop.

“Other” Facebook Messages

I was browsing my newsfeed today like usual and I heard someone mention that we had ‘other’ messages. Facebook does not give you notifications for this, nor does it pop up and show you how many you have. Yet, there are important messages that are being deployed to only THAT inbox. 

I laughed and said, that’s stupid, who wouldn’t know that we are getting messaged? Then I clicked on this ‘other’ inbox, right under my regular one, and to my horror I found hundreds of unread and unanswered e-mails, some of which were from people who wanted to do business. 

This picture should explain itself. 

I figured that if I didn’t know about this, chances are this will help someone out. 

Spread the word.