5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

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Elvis Presley had a father (although obvious, it never occurred to me). Also, Natalie Portman can make a mean salad where »

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-3

5 things I learned today

1. Wow! A realistic dinosaur puppett http://bit.ly/e9Dq63

2. Portable music players from the 1920s http://bit.ly/i9g96v

3.  Other than describing how 'foreign' they are, I don't really agree, but... What Are The Hardest Languages To Learn [INFOGRAPHIC] http://bit.ly/hya6r1

4. An architectural tour of Spain http://bit.ly/eWOadX

5. The International Space Station: Expedition 26 http://bit.ly/ehkmSb

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5 things I learned June 27, 2011

1. Midsummer latern festival in Poland http://5thin.gs/jy3FGj

2. Motorcross filmed at 1000 fps http://5thin.gs/lSLR6e

3. The American West as seen by John Ford http://5thin.gs/m6LTjQ

4. Two California photogs are trying to capture all 70 of the state parks slated for closure in 70 days http://5thin.gs/jpTGNy

5. A history cookbook http://5thin.gs/iZ0pb9

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1 poem - Idea of Order at Key West by Wallace Stevens

5 poems I read June 26, 2011

1. In Defense of Our Overgrown Garden by Matthea Harvey http://5thin.gs/imm1du

2. Revelator by Ron Silliman http://5thin.gs/jRz2gf

3. The Embrace by Mark Doty http://5thin.gs/mO3Grp

4. [jumpsuits] by Ben Lerner http://5thin.gs/kT9WHs

5. Coyote, with Mange by Mark Wunderlich http://5thin.gs/jKbwIx

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5 things I learned June 26, 2011

1. Celebrity body art photo mod http://5thin.gs/kBBEy9

2. Some things you prolly didn't know about the making of Star Wars http://5thin.gs/jJTv98

3. Fantastically weird trees http://5thin.gs/mAeOoU

4. The Skeleton Coast of Namibia http://5thin.gs/kFOKI9

5. Penguins do a wave http://5thin.gs/kI9bjp

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5 things I learned June 24, 2011

1. Funny Star Wars paintings http://5thin.gs/jZD8J3

2. Photos from around the world in the years before WWII  http://5thin.gs/iRVP01

3. Pets impersonating Celebs http://5thin.gs/k4c7kT

4. What your little whims say about you http://5thin.gs/iY446T

5. The 100-year-old Letchworth Village Home for the Feeble Minded and Epileptics in New York was abandoned in the ’90s  http://5thin.gs/ko4ooI

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5 things I learned June 22, 2011

1. The United States of Awesome & The United States of Shame http://5thin.gs/khxjs8

2. Art made using a typewriter http://5thin.gs/m5iHxS

3. The timing of sharing and tweeting http://5thin.gs/iZkCmY

4. A momma octopus and her 50,000 babies http://5thin.gs/iJUulD

5. Great camera showdown http://5thin.gs/l0K7zV

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5 things I learned today - Episode 4-2

Thanks to http://sk8skool.com 

5 things I learned today 

1. Fascinating Phone Book Portraits http://5thin.gs/jANx7y

2. YouTube - Japanese football team playing AGAINST 100 KIDS http://5thin.gs/kiIegE

3. Living Islands: The World’s Longest-Floating Mobile Homes http://5thin.gs/m08Nw2

4. Plane of the future means bedtime stories from 30,000 feet http://5thin.gs/j9uzjL

5. The Actual Ages of Cartoon Characters (41 pics) http://5thin.gs/mquk2N

Lead photo by Tierney Nesbitt 

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5 things I learned June 20, 2011

1. My airplane wing photos are never ever as amazing as these (30+ of them) http://5thin.gs/iAS8Es

2. Movie posters as neon signs http://5thin.gs/kch8Yu

3. China is creating an exact copy of an Austrian village http://5thin.gs/jStZzq

4. How what your father listened to influenced what you listen to (a flowchart) http://5thin.gs/j1l5ST

5. World's largest greenhouse project http://5thin.gs/l2onW7

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5 things I learned June 19, 2011

1. American concept cars http://5thin.gs/lm9rV8

2. Twenty amazingly creative portraits http://5thin.gs/jqo0HH

3. Color photographs from World War I http://5thin.gs/kLjd6s

4. Gymkhana in Tiltshift http://5thin.gs/kyoiAT

5. A new photo with an old photograph where it was taken http://5thin.gs/ikhl7F

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5 things I learned June 18, 2011

1. The actual age of cartoon characters http://5thin.gs/mquk2N

2. Finding accidental faces in surprising places http://5thin.gs/iCSlsu

3. A vision of the future of mobile computing http://5thin.gs/iOZJUr

4. Two guys (who happen to be compulsive filmmakers) use their layover to make something awesome http://5thin.gs/jR8M0P

5. How to drink to like your favorite author http://5thin.gs/l0hh7M

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5 things I learned June 17, 2011

1. Airbus is designing a transparent plan for 2050 http://5thin.gs/j9uzjL

2. The Ostrich Personal Nap Environment http://5thin.gs/mpt2Mx

3. 30 Things You Might Not Know About 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' http://5thin.gs/jYmtSa

4. Tube map of British comedy http://5thin.gs/jFIij8

5. The Scale of the Universe http://5thin.gs/lkqZAH

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5 things I learned June 16, 2011 (Bloomsday!)

1. To aid in the celebration of Joyce's work today, Bloomsday ( http://bit.ly/muUPD3 ), the BBC has an outline view (http://bbc.in/jKEjF6 ) of his Ulysses ( also check out whole text tweeted 140 characters at a time @11ysses ) 

2. Learn Something Everyday, we like your spirit http://bit.ly/iB8Lkr

3. See the rush of the Paris crowds http://bit.ly/iRaCOM

4. Flight paths are amazing and beautiful http://bit.ly/mBJB2C

5. Disney had quite the invention with his MultiPlane Camera (Filmed: Feb. 13, 1957) http://bit.ly/iT8nUz

5 things I learned June 15, 2011

1. An Irish surf photographer's tale makes me want surf Ireland and/or really just do anything awesome... http://bit.ly/jDDXyo 

2. A retrospective of Woody Allen surrogates http://bit.ly/knBVfF

3. These 'paintings' are really just selective burned wood http://bit.ly/lPLLxp

4. A map interface to find sounds of all sorts of the UK http://bit.ly/jUtaBV

5. Photos of soccer playing dogs http://bit.ly/kL9szV

5 things I learned today - Episode 4-1

5 things for Episode 1 of Season 4

1. Mini-self-opening Origami http://bit.ly/ihk1tO

2. Disney Princesses brought to life http://bit.ly/ijc4VD

3. Hilarious Snowmobile accident http://bit.ly/lCi9g8 

4. The Accidental Sea http://bit.ly/ltEMSX 

5. Welcome to Pyongyang http://bit.ly/lxpKAl

5 things I learned June 13, 2011

1. Robots made from stuff http://bit.ly/kRprWr

2. A rollerblade suit for crazy downhills http://bit.ly/mB6q2l  & batwing base jumping (that first scene... wow, THAT is how fast they are going?) http://bit.ly/lpKK7b

3. An amazing collection of book covers (vintage, foreign, awesome) http://bit.ly/k7yoeD

4. 10 facts about candy/junk food http://bit.ly/kuCID0

5. A slick flying remote controlled camera demo http://bit.ly/jlvpa2

5 things I learned June 12, 2011

1.  Cinematic Gifs http://bit.ly/lEAPuJ

(click through and see them subtlely animate)

2. The Canvas Experiment http://bit.ly/kQoVAL

3. Watch A Record Player, Pendulum, And Dishware Make Beautiful Music http://bit.ly/kDmghy

4. MIT students develop liquid fuel for electric cars http://aol.it/lzQJ3c

5. An amazingly well preserved 10th Century Crusaders Castle http://bit.ly/mGTu0P

5 things I learned June 11, 2011

1. Logo swap http://bit.ly/jUGy1X

2. Animal synchronized swimming http://bit.ly/iTNsyM

3. From an astronaut's camera http://bit.ly/lyUR0z

4. Why the Moon http://bit.ly/jAU9SF

5. GoPro Camera on a hula hoop http://bit.ly/jNhSv6

5 things I learned June 10, 2011

1. X-Ray art http://bit.ly/kFEP8r

2. Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Legos, let's go http://bit.ly/iwiZub (thanks, http://thegabriel.tumblr.com/)

3. Advertising Hitchcock http://bit.ly/lCTxql

4. Handmade wooden bicycle http://bit.ly/iuyWNM

5. Ten memorable 80s TV Theme Songs http://bit.ly/jVPS1q