1. Starving Child and Vulture, Kevin Carter, 1993
Kevin Carter captured the devastating famine in Sudan with a photograph of a toddler crawling to a UN feeding center while a vulture stalks her as prey. Carter won a Pulitzer Prize for his work but received harsh criticism for both the photograph and for not helping the child. A year later, gripped by the devastation and depression he had seen, Carter committed suicide.

    Starving Child and Vulture, Kevin Carter, 1993

    Kevin Carter captured the devastating famine in Sudan with a photograph of a toddler crawling to a UN feeding center while a vulture stalks her as prey. Carter won a Pulitzer Prize for his work but received harsh criticism for both the photograph and for not helping the child. A year later, gripped by the devastation and depression he had seen, Carter committed suicide.

    (Source: all-that-is-interesting.com)

     
  2. People Who Doodle Learn Faster

New research shows that doodling helps you learn. In fact, say scientists, students should be encouraged to doodle while they take notes in class.

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    People Who Doodle Learn Faster

    New research shows that doodling helps you learn. In fact, say scientists, students should be encouraged to doodle while they take notes in class.

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  3. Blogging community operator Tumblr has raised $85 million in new funding from Greylock Partners, Insight Venture Partners, the Chernin Group, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures and Sequoia Capital. Richard Branson also participated in the round.
     
  4. 17:07 25th Sep 2011

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    Tags: interesting

    Money Trees

Apparently in several wooded areas around the UK, passersby have been stopping for decades (if not centuries), meticulously hammering small denomination coins intro trees.

    Money Trees

    Apparently in several wooded areas around the UK, passersby have been stopping for decades (if not centuries), meticulously hammering small denomination coins intro trees.

     
  5. Why are we here?

    Why are we here?

     
  6. A new book claims IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad’s youth ties with Nazi groups extended beyond what he has previously admitted, saying Sweden’s intelligence agency even set up a special file on him.

    Respected Swedish author and journalist Elisabeth Asbrink says Kamprad joined the Swedish Nazi party in 1943 when he was 17, prompting the security police to set up a file on him the same year.

     
  7. I swear this had nothing to do with my move.

     
  8. 11:27 18th Aug 2011

    Notes: 97

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    Dirty Rich: 11 things the wealthiest Americans could buy for the US that most families can’t afford for themselves.

    Dirty Rich: 11 things the wealthiest Americans could buy for the US that most families can’t afford for themselves.

     
  9. Artisanal filler text for your site or project.

     
  10. 19:24 2nd Aug 2011

    Notes: 59

    Tags: interesting

    Truth.

    Truth.

    (Source: primermagazine.com)