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Huế, Vietnam. Credit to _im.rot_ (Instagram).

World's oldest persevered wedding cake, baked in 1898 Victorian England

After surviving six monarchs and lasting through two different millennia, the cake bears the scars of time. In 1940, during the Second World War, the town of Basingstoke was bombed. The town center, in which the bakery was located, was hit by a bomb in August of that year. This impact caused a great deal of damage, and yet the seemingly fragile wedding cake, already approaching half a century old at the time, sustained but a single crack. This crack remains the cake’s single imperfection, but for the discoloration that has come with age and sugar seeping from the rich cake into the previously white icing.

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Switzerland’s oldest library, Abbey Library St.Gallen (x)

Sturgeon Full Moon l Erik Contreras

Head of a partisan from the guard of King Henry III of France, dated 1588.

from The Worcester Art Museum

Stained glass |  Colored light by Michel Carlué

I finished all of my psychology plus french exams and assignments! Having some free time feels like the reward~

The Ksar Draa in Timimoun, Algeria, is an ancient ruin that stands out in the middle of an ocean of dunes, and it's history has been lost over the centuries. The only news related to it is that for a certain period of time it was occupied by the Jews of the Timimoun region

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Leaving London for a week–– I always miss the city, looking forward to being back already (and who can blame me, just look at this light in the library)