May 2012
49 posts
In the past, the human body was used for... →
bloodredorion-science:
Our standard unit of measure, the foot, actually did come from making a model of a king’s foot! In fact, MANY units of measurements came from the length and width of human body parts.
Inches began in medieval England and were based upon the width of the human thumb. Thumbs were excellent measuring tools because even the poorest individuals had them available when they...
“Parecía que estaban a punto de caerse pero no: cuando ella tropezaba, la...”
– Eduardo Galeano, “Las bocas del tiempo”
“Los seres humanos se han creado dioses a su propia imagen. Creen que los dioses...”
– Jenófanes (nacido en el 570 a. de C.)
“…que para verte como yo quería era necesario empezar por cerrar los ojos…”
– Julio Cortázar, Rayuela (via espacioenblanco)
“People say, ‘I’m going to sleep now,’ as if it were nothing. But it’s really a...”
– George Carlin (via likethesun)
