Original Greek statues were brightly painted, but after thousands of years, those paints have worn away. Find out how shining a light on the statues can be all that’s required to see them as they were thousands of years ago. SEE MORE HERE.

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Åk det kungliga bröllopets kortegeväg cirka en timme innan de nyvigda, kronprinssesan Victoria och prins Daniel, gjorde samma resa. Filmat under inspektionsturen.

Travel the royal cortège route through the streets of Stockholm. This was filmed during the inspection trip one hour before the newlywed Crown Princess Couple of Sweden travelled the route in a horse-drawn cortège.

Photo: Swedish Armed Forces/Combat Camera

More pictures of movies with the same newspaper prop here

If you watch enough television shows and movies, then you might even start to notice that a bunch of the same props are used over and over again:

Brow Beat has learned that the prop comes from a small newspaper prop company called the Earl Hays Press in Sun Valley, Calif. Started in 1915, Earl Hays is one of the oldest newspaper prop companies, and the paper in question was first printed in the 1960s (note the top-hat ad on the lower left), then offered as a “period paper,” better suited for Mad Men (where it has not appeared) than Scrubs (where it has). The screenshots don’t actually reveal the same prop—just various printings of the same file. The front is blank and can be customized, but the inside and back page are always identical. In fact, in No Country for Old Men, when Tommy Lee Jones is reading a paper at a diner, the section in his hands is the same as the one sitting on the table, suggesting that the prop master bought two copies to make the paper look fuller, but made the mistake of leaving the stock spread facing up.

Production companies use prop newspapers instead of real ones because getting clearance from an actual publication is usually more work than it’s worth in potential fees and bureaucracy. (There are exceptions. When Tony Soprano picked up his paper each morning, it was always the Newark Star Ledger.) Rather than battle the legal department at the New York Times for that perfunctory breakfast shot, prop masters buy a stack of Earl Hays fake papers, which cost just $15 each. Sometimes if they have some left over they’ll recycle them for another job.

In case you’re curious about the headlines, here are a couple. Above the photo of the young woman with long, thick, dark hair: “She’s 3rd Brightest But Hard ‘Gal’ To See.” On the opposite page above what turns out to be a warehouse burning: “Compromised Housing Bill Sent to President for OK.” (via)

Both table tops in the picture above are the same size. Here’s the proof:

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Jag är inte någon feminist men det här var intressant!

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A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. Due to varying ash density across Europe, the first flights can be seen in some areas on the 18th and by the 20th everywhere is open.

The flight data is courtesy of flightradar24.com and covers a large fraction of Europe. There are a few gaps (most noticeably France) and no coverage over the Atlantic, but the picture is still clear.

An animation of what we might possibly see if we travel inside a black hole. Created by Andrew Hamilton of the University of Colorado, USA. via

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Incarnation by Mark Ryden.

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