35 Ellis Island Immigration Photos That Capture American Diversity
(via All That Is Interesting) As a clerk at Ellis Island from 1892-1925, Augustus Sherman was in a unique position
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Month: May 2016
14 Latin Words Hiding in Plain Sight
(via mental_floss) According to some estimates, 60 percent of its vocabulary ultimately comes from the Latin language. English’s Latin derivatives come
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Device used in Nazi coding machine found for sale on eBay
(via The Guardian) The Lorenz teleprinter was used to send coded messages between Adolf Hitler and his generals. But after
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Having a Bad Day…
(via Vimeo) Léo Brunel’s student animation project Voltige depicts two mechanics trying to do the right thing, but the physics
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Azaria’s Simpsons Characters Offer Advice to the Class of 2016
(via YouTube) College commencement speech season is in full swing and 2016 promises to provide YouTube gems that future generations
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How the man who shot President Reagan lives today
(via The Washingtonian) Every morning, John Hinckley Jr. leaves his room inside St. Elizabeth’s psychiatric hospital and goes outside at
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The Forgotten Firsts: 10 Vintage Versions of Modern Technology
(via Messy Nessy Chic) In this age of mobile, wireless, digital and whatchamacallit technology, nothing seems to surprise us nowadays. Unless they’re
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These Images of Fruits Before We Domesticated Them Will Blow Your Mind
( via GrubStreet) That banana you ate this morning didn’t always look the way it does now. Grub Street put
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“You stupid darkness!” and 29 other Peanuts quotes for everyday use
(via A.V. Club) On October 2, 1950, cartoonist Charles M. Schulz’s comic strip Peanuts debuted with two kids sitting on
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The Fishy Origins of Ketchup
(via Great Big Story) Ketchup: it’s as American as baseball, July 4th and blues music. But have you ever wondered
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Classic Carnival Rides Are Flight Simulators in Disguise
(via Atlas Obscura) Lee Eyerly was trying to help people learn how to fly. The flight simulator he built at
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The Virtuoso of the Toy Piano
(via Great Big Story) Margaret Leng Tan graduated with a doctorate from the Juilliard School and is a toy piano
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