March 2016 - Curious Links

Lenin’s body improves with age

This Scientific American article on the preservation of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin is a year old, but still very

You know Cheetos make your fingers orange. But did you know that a year’s worth of Cheetos a requires 5,000

From Messy Nessy Chic: The “Crypt of Civilization”, is an airtight room at Oglethorpe University in Georgia, USA, that was

Begun in 1971, the Federal Witness Protection Program—or Witness Security Program (WITSEC)— ” has provided safe harbor for over 18,000

Messy Nessy Chic has an interesting story about the FBI’s Fingerprint Factory: In the 1920s, the bureau was only employing 25 workers

When you get sick and tired of hearing today’s politicians speak, ever wonder what Teddy Roosevelt sounded like? If you

Jeff Dunham and Pork Chop. Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. All kinds of fun. All kinds of laughs. The art

This milk branding concept was created by Imedia Creative Bureau of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. A bottle depicting a cow abducted by

Pretty long. From howstuffworks: In 2005, the Guinness Book of World Records recognized the Confucius genealogical line as the longest

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St. Paul, Minnesota. -6° F (-21° C). Pretty cold. Blowing bubbles. But, these bubbles don’t pop.

That impulse lottery scratch off purchase has a some somewhat geeky origin. mental_floss tells you where that “dollar and a