Matt and David
video: Matt and David Behind the scenes of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special
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Via Doctor Who Official on Tumblr
Matt and David
video: Matt and David Behind the scenes of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special
(Source: piercinald)
Via Doctor Who Official on Tumblr
Tippi Benjamine Okanti Degré, daughter of French wildlife photographers Alain Degré and Sylvie Robert, was born in Namibia. During her childhood she befriended many wild animals, including a 28-year old elephant called Abu and a leopard nicknamed J&B. She was embraced by the Bushmen and the Himba tribespeople of the Kalahari, who taught her how to survive on roots and berries, as well as how to speak their language.
Learn more Damn. Wish I had been raised that way.
Via Gravity Grace,
The Scold’s Bridle, a British invention, possibly originated in Scotland, was used between the 16th and 19th Century and it was a device used to control, humiliate and punish gossiping, troublesome women by effectively gagging them. Scold comes from the ‘common scold’: a public nuisance, more often than not women, who habitually gossiped and quarrelled with their neighbours, while the name bridle describes the part that fitted into the mouth.
Sometimes the device had a ring and chain attached to it so the husband could parade her around town and the town’s people could scold her and treat her with contempt; at times smearing excrement on her and beating her, sometimes to death.

