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Men seem to be genetically attracted by whale tails. And I mean all kinds of whale tails. Check out the Urban Dictionary for definitions.

Today I saw a fine example of juvenile whale tail attraction in the Zoo of Duisburg, Germany:

When boys are getting a little older, their focus changes slightly, but doesn’t turn away from whale tails:

(Originally posted bykcm)

Of course, there is a variant for the rich kids:

(Originally posted byiboy_daniel)

Look here for a flock of rich kid attractors.

Boys of all ages, of course, like these whale tails:

(Originally posted bymalias)

They like it so much, that there are special web sites to accommodate the demand, for example whale-tail.com or (isn’t this a very clever title) the Eurovision Thong Contest.

As I said, this is genetics. It’s all related to the Y chromosome. After all, isn’t the Y the most genuine rendition of a whale tail?

Auf Leute, die neben oder nach der Schule die englischen Vokabeln gelernt haben, die man im richtigen Leben braucht, wartet einen Menge Spaß bei der Universität Bristol: Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names. Go have a look, learn something about »Arsole« and laugh your you know what off (ROTFLYAO).

Carnallite is KMgCl₃·6H₂O, an evaporite mineral. Surprisingly for a mineral called carnallite, it doesn’t exhibit any cleavage… It’s used as an ore for potassium fertilizers, and is named after Rudolf von Carnall, a Prussian mining engineer, whose knowledge of the subject was famous…

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