True Colors, and Where They Came From
(via Neatorama) Here’s something to think about next time you open a box of crayons. We take it for granted
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Month: July 2016
One Year on Earth – from One Million Miles Away…
(via NASA) On July 20, 2015, NASA released to the world the first image of the sunlit side of Earth
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Scientists Release Air Trapped 800 Million Years Ago
(via Popular Mechanics) We can’t go back in time to sample the oxygen content of prehistoric air. But now it
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Where Veteran Horses Retire After They’ve Served
(via Great Big Story) The United States Army has horses that are up for adoption. The retiring horses were once
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10 Relics From the Horse-Powered City
(via mental_floss) The commerce and transportation of modern cities initially relied on the horse. While there are still places where
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What It Was Like To Buy And Own A Car In The USSR
(via Jalopnik) Getting a car was a real challenge in the USSR. It wasn’t a matter of visiting a local
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If War Is Hell, Then Coffee Has Offered U.S. Soldiers Some Salvation
(via NPR) If war is hell, then for many soldiers throughout American history, it is coffee that has offered some
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The Origins of America’s Most Prestigious Cemetery
(via History Buff) Most Americans have heard of Arlington National Cemetery, but not many people know how it came to
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The World’s Greatest Fast-Food Toy Collector
(via Lucky Peach) November 4, 2014 was the most exhilarating day of Percival Reyes Lugue’s life. “The experience was so
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Russia Fished a Sherman Tank out of the Sea
(via Popular Mechanics) During the Second World War, the United States sent thousands of tanks and armored vehicles to the
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The Smithsonian is Hiring a Beer Historian
(via Washington City Paper) Beer nerds may want to drop everything for this career opportunity. The Smithsonian National Museum of
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The First Democratic Convention on Live TV Was the Last Not to be Air-Conditioned
(via Atlas Obscura) The 1948 presidential campaign, which would later result in one of the most famously wrong newspaper headlines
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