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The Pipes of Pan, Pablo Picasso, 1923, Antibes, France
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Family tree of Bauman University: from the Foundling Home of 1763
NB! · Moscow · Education · Humour
The Magnificent Family Tree of Bauman University
NB! · Observations
And what did you expect on the road to the Berezina?
NB! · Observations
Nowadays, open tabs have taken the place of all this
NB! · Museums · Observations · Paris
Do you know what odd thing I've noticed?
Do you know what odd thing I've noticed? At the Louvre, the free museum map handed out for navigation is never to be had in Russian. It is probably available in twenty languages, but not in Russian, one of the eight most widely spoken languages in the world.
NB! · Art · People · Humour
Vincent van Gogh Treats You to Onions, Feathers and All
NB! · Archive · Science · Paris · People
On 4 February 1912 the French tailor Franz Reichelt, who had devised a parachute suit for jumps from a great height, tested his own invention on himself by leaping from the first platform of the Eiffel Tower, from 57 metres
On 4 February 1912 the French tailor Franz Reichelt, who had devised a parachute suit for jumps from a great height, tested his own invention on himself by leaping from the first platform of the Eiffel Tower, from 57 metres. And was killed
NB! · Observations
Pity the Poor Good Soul
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Two transparent tubes with flanges on dark green cloth
NB! · Faith · Art
Rembrandt's 1631 painting of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. Rembrandt, 1631