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10 New Tumblrs You Need to Follow Now

From cool to WTF, these are the new blogs you need to know.

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As we all know, Tumblr has already had a pretty big year. Highlighted by their $1.1 billion sale to Yahoo! in May, the passing of the 100 million blog threshold in March, and David Karp's appearance in our online cover story last week, the popular blogging platform has wasted no time in further establishing themselves this year, and appears poised to continue riding this wave of momentum in the last half of the year. With the site hosting more users than ever, though, it can sometimes be difficult to navigate this endless archipelago of GIFs, memes, and food porn. So to help you stay up on its latest happenings, we've found the 10 New Tumblrs You Need to Follow Now.

What Have You Done to My Face

Friends since their days as art students at the University of Exeter, English artist Stanley Donwood and Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke have collaborated a number of times over, most notably to create the diverse and eye-catching collection of Radiohead album covers. So it sort've stands to reason that at some point they'd come together to make a Tumblr. What Have You Done to My Face showcases much of the duo's artwork for your viewing pleasure, featuring pieces both past and present, from anything like Radiohead's Hail to the Thief to Atoms for Peace's Amok. Sadly, GIFs of Thom Yorke dancing are conspicuously absent.

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Made Weekly

Looking for new ways to get creative with grapefruit, asparagus, or mushrooms? Rachel Crawford of Made Weekly has you covered. At the beginning of each week, Crawford decides on one ingredient she'll use in five different recipes for the week, helping you put all those awkward or seemingly one-dimensional foods to better use. Learn how to make delicious balsamic, carmelized brussel sprouts or fennel taragon butter with radishes. Whatever the ingredient, Crawford makes the possibilities seem endless. Get cooking here.

Worst Room

NYC housing can be an absolute nightmare to figure out, and no blog makes that more apparent than Upper West Side? Or maybe this "studio room" in Queens. You might be paying a pretty penny for the place you're living in now, but just be thankful that it didn't get this bad for you.

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Shit Rough Drafts

Nothing is perfect the first time around, but we're pretty sure that they're at least a little bit better than what the team over at Shit Rough Drafts has came up with. Reimagining the rough drafts for classics like the Grapes of Wrath and the Scarlet Letter, Shit Rough Drafts manages to make a joke out of even the most serious literature. Obviously they're all fake, but it really wouldn't surprise us if this one for The Fast & The Furious actually happened.

WTF, Evolution?

Sometimes when you look at something like a blobfish or a Marabou stork all you can really say is WTF? Evolution is weird, man, and the team over at WTF Evolution has taken on the task of compiling the strangest of the strange. Ogle away and try to keep your jaw from dropping too much.

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This is Colossal

This is Colossal is a goodie bag of art, design, and photography tidbits with anything from Sandwich Books to postage stamp paintings. So, basically, it's one of those Tumblrs where there's so much cool stuff on it that you can't help but search around for a little bit, and then you look at the clock and realize that you've actually been on the computer for three hours. And isn't that exactly what the Internet was made for?

Run Tracks

Searching for a the perfect beat to get you in that exercising mood can be difficult, so why not let Run Tracks do it for you? The tastemakers here are indiscriminate with their selections, picking anything from Marilyn Manson to T-Pain to help you grind out that extra mile or get in a few more reps. Peruse, download, play and hit the gym. Check out the site here.

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National Geographic Found

The standard for photojournalism for 125 years, National Geographic has finally decided to link up with one of the best photo-sharing platforms the Internet has to offer in Tumblr. National Geographic Found takes pictures from the very beginning of the magazine's extensive photo archive to supply you with hours worth of visual stimulation, displaying some of NatGeo's finest work from the most hidden corners of the world. Follow them, look around, and be amazed.

Movies in Color

Curated and created by graphic designer Roxy Rodulescu, Movies in Color breaks down the color spectrum of individual shots in film to examine the relationship between set design, production design, color, and cinematography. Color in film is like a subliminal message to the viewer, choreographing the ways in which we react to a movie's most crucial moments, and Rodulescu's work shows us how our emotions can range just as widely as the colors we see in a single moment. Aspiring filmmakers, take note.

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Dadaab Stories

Back in March, FilmAid International launched their latest project Dadaab Stories, an interactive, multimedia, documentary website focused on collecting stories from the largest refugee camp in the world. With nearly all of the camp's 500,000 refugees coming from Somalia, Dadaab Stories has put together a comprehensive catalog of poetry, music, photography, journalism, and videos to give viewers a first-hand perspective on life in a war-torn country, and what human beings do to cope with that reality. The answers are both devastating and inspiring, but either way, essential.

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