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“It would be all too easy to pass by this historical gem located in the Vieux Carre Historic District of New Orleans French Quarters, as the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum is appropriately aged and nondescript from the outside. But peek inside the clouded windows and inside the apothecary of America’s first licensed pharmacist and history buffs will find themselves lured by hundreds upon hundreds of preserved examples of our country’s medicinal past. The museum is like a Harry Potter potion shop come to life, well worth the $5 entry fee.”

[These] were created by amateur artist Kristina Alexanderson, who likes to believe the footsoldiers actually have a normal home life despite their deadly day job as Darth Vader’s henchmen. In one scene - crafted using a Lego figurine and a 4in plastic replica - the notoriously regimented Star Wars soldier is seen tenderly carrying his son.

Ever wondered what it would be like to live in a former research institute? Apparently, a family in Melbourne did consider this unusual living arrangement, which lead to the 1857 Mechanics Institute being transformed into a state-of-the-art inner city retreat.

Minifigure heads on the Lego production line in Billund, Denmark, where two million Lego pieces are made every hour. This machine, one of several similar ones in the factory, can paint different expressions on each side of the heads.

One in a series of “ordinary people and disposable objects” (by idan x)

Lisboa Mural - Os Gêmeos

“Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses her girlfriend, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell, at Little Creek in Virginia Beach on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2011. It’s a tradition at Navy homecomings that one sailor is chosen by raffle to be first off the ship to kiss a loved one. Wednesday, for the first time, the reunited couple was same-sex.”

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Mike Nash’s Terran Infiltration Unit sculpture