Totally True Tales Of Etymology: "Where The Sun Don't Shine", An Origin Story

Totally True Tales of Etymology: "Where the sun don't shine", an Origin Story

A friend who was sun-bathing nude

Had thought I kept clothed 'cause I'm prude.

He knew not that I meant

I stayed clothed to prevent

The awkward sunburn which ensued.

~

(Thanks to pretentiouslimericks for the prompt)

Comparative illustrations of hands for National Geographic Magazine by Bryan Christie Design

Human, Aye-aye, bat, frog, dolphin. Absolutely fantastic.

EDIT: I thought I should talk about this a bit more:

One of the things that fascinates me the most when learning about comparative anatomy is how we are all made of the same organs and bones, and it’s the special adaptations and morphologies these parts take on which make the most drastic differences between us as animals.  The bones in a bat’s wing are the same bones that are in our hands, they just happen to be elongated and connected with a much thinner tissue membrane. Because dolphins don’t need individual fingers, theirs have grown together underneath a cohesive layer of fat, muscle and skin, adapting into paddles. Once you start to look underneath the surface of these creatures and study how their bones have changed shape, grown, or shrunk, it can really shed light onto how we all fit together in the bigger sphere. We can physically begin to see how we have changed over time.

Just realised that the British currency does this.  Mind. Blown.

Paper Art - Mille Mots

What does the “B” in Benoit B Mandelbrot stand for? Answer: Benoit B Mandelbrot.

How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A fish  -  The Independent (via nouswork)

This Week in Science - July 1 - 7, 2013: 

Mouse testicle taste receptors here.

2 of Pluto’s moon names here.

Zoomable lens here.

Fluorescent fingerprints here.

Hawkmoth ultrasound here.

Electronic cloth here.

HIV patients currently HIV free here.

200 year old fish here.

Growing human livers here.

Solar-powered family car here.

Smog-eating pavement here.

Lake Vostok full of life here.