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I am merely a young girl obsessed with two things: 1. National Geograpic and 2. Pop Culture ergo I created a blog devoted to these two things. Enjoy.
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Josef Mengele's Poem (English Translation)

You, who you are a poet... That you who are a poet, may be alone, alone in your wanting, that may be your pride! That you are missing the friend, the woman, who are faithful to you, accept it! I know that the word is an empty comfort when tears are rolling, accept it, accept it! He who walked through big and small pain – like pearls beaded on a string, with thousand of hearts hanging on it – with power and courage, he who suffered pain, and put it in a song and melody, will not despair in pain! Yes, free yourself in a song, free yourself! Your words of poetry will express the beauty and value of this world. Read more: National Geographic

Be sure to catch Nazi Mystery: Twins from Brazil on Sunday 28, 8 pm.

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Nazi Mystery: Twins from Brazil

  "Joseph Mengele, the escaped Nazi war criminal and SS physician, known as the Angel of Death, spent years doing bizarre medical experiments on twins at Auschwitz working to determine if twins held the key to building a blond-haired, blue-eyed master race for Adolf Hitler. Now a historian says he has evidence that Mengele's attempts may not have ended at Auschwitz, and that his obsession to engineer an Aryan master race continued, and that succeeded while he was on the run in South America. Deep in the Brazilian outback in a tiny town among the 80 households in a one-square-mile area are reportedly some 38 pairs of twins. Blond, blue-eyed twins. Bizarre and inexplicable, could they be the product of Mengele's machinations? Now, with exclusive access, EXPLORER goes inside the investigation; From the secret agents who trailed him, to the scientists now uncovering the facts behind the fantastical phenomenon, no stone is left unturned."

Be sure to catch this episode on Sunday, November 29 at 8 pm. Read more: National Geographic

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Photo of the Day: Temple Dancer, Maharashtra, India

Photograph by Stephanie Jantzen

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Killing Himself: A man with severe TB but still smoking. The Ju/Hoansi Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert, Namibia, correctly called the San, are the first people of Southern Africa and practice one of the oldest cultures in the world and the famous “click” language. For thousands of years the Bushmen have survived as hunter and gatherers. Unfortunately, this is changing as there is very small number of wild animals left, and the Bushmen are set on the line of absolute poverty and hunger. The Pilgrim Relief Society is a non-profit, charitable organization that is dedicated to improve the quality of life for indigenous peoples in remote areas of our planet. For 12 years they have been working with the the Ju/Hoansi Bushmen, in Kalahari Desert, Namibia, with numerous projects to address a diversity of local needs. Solar powered water systems, medical equipment for local hospitals, educational materials for local schools, support for local wildlife and environmental management and other projects have sought to address the multiple challenges of the Bushmen’s present situation. Summer 2008 I had the privilege to take part of Pilgrim’s work and stay with the Bushmen. They are I people that I truly admire. www.pilgrimsociety.com/
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MYSTERIOUS WATERS

Below the surface of the Earth’s oceans lies a mysterious and relatively unknown world. With an enormous diversity of life, the ocean remains one of the world’s largest ecosystems, though we still known very little about what lives in its great depths. Go beneath the water and learn more surprises of the sea:

  • Water covers more than three quarters of the globe.
  • We know the surface of Mars or Venus better than Earth's ocean floor.
  • Only about 5% of the global ocean floor has been mapped in detail.
  • Average ocean depths are approximately 2.2 miles, nearly 12,000 feet, deep.
  • The mid ocean ridges of the world are so long they could go right around the Earth one and a half times.
  • Overall, the diversity of the deep sea rivals that of rain forests on land.
  • There are up to 100,000 underwater mud volcanoes on continental slopes and abyssal plains – formed by gas escaping from some underground source under high pressure.
  • There are between 70,000 and 100,000 sea mounts more than half a mile tall in the world’s ocean and as many as one million features over 328 feet tall.
  • The Mid Oceanic Ridge is the world’s longest mountain chain being more than 35,000 miles, running along the center of the ocean basins and joining up around the globe like the seams on a basketball.
  • Iceland is one of the few places where you can stand on the Mid Atlantic ridge on dry land

See more photos and video at National Geographic

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When the wave conditions are right a wave appears, infrequently, as a result of the splash back off the cliff connecting with an incoming wave. This causes the incoming wave to pop up, creating fan-like shapes. On this particular day, over the two hours I spent on the rocks, this wave only appeared once. This is that shot. (Photo and caption by Aaron Feinberg)
National Geographic International Photography Contest 2009
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Thanksgiving Day Facts: Pilgrims, Dinner, Parades, More

"It may be called Turkey Day, but the U.S. Thanksgiving Day is about more than just the bird. Learn about a holiday myth—the first "real" Thanksgiving wasn't until the 1800s—and how we celebrate Thanksgiving dinner today."

-Click photograph for story by Brian Handwerk.

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Photo of the Day: Island Building, Borneo

Photograph by Martin Froyda

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The Hadza

"They grow no food, raise no livestock, and live without rules or calendars. They are living a hunter-gatherer existence that is little changed from 10,000 years ago. What do they know that we've forgotten?" - Article by Michael Finkel

-Read more at National Geographic or check out the new December issue!

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