Beyond The Classroom

Titanic II set to sail the ocean blue... after it's built.

More money than sense?  Oz billionare wants to rebuilt the Titanic, but with modern comforts.

Skateistan

Kabul’s only skatepark for kids including Muzar, a teenager, who hopes “that my country is led by someone who is able to bring peace.” 

gmanews:

Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flies over the Washington skyline on Tuesday. Discovery, the first orbiter retired from NASA’s shuttle fleet, completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles. Discovery will be displayed in the National Air and Space Museum by NASA. |Reuters

npr:

jtotheizzoe:

ex-genius:

NEWS: Space Shuttle Enterprise completes historic flyover of New York City on the back of a modified 747 before delivery to the intrepid museum. This is totally an actual photograph of what actually happened. 

Ok, scratch the photos I had up earlier and the dozens more floating around.

This wins everything.

Fantastic. -Savy

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montereybayaquarium:

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ourpresidents:

Among Xi’an’s Terracotta Army

On this day in 1984, President Reagan became the second U.S. President to visit the People’s Republic of China since the Communist shift of power. 4/26/84

In this photo, Ronald and Nancy Reagan stand among the terracotta figures in Xi’an China.  4/29/84

-from the Reagan Library

(via todaysdocument)