How to Grow a 100-Pound Zucchini
(via Great Big Story) Growing up in a family of 15, Phillip Vowles learned to appreciate the effort it took
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Month: August 2016
Math Explains Why You Should Always Order the Larger Pizza
(via asapScience and Popular Mechanics)Which delivers more square inches of mozzarella-topped deliciousness: A 16-inch pizza, or two 8-inch pizzas? If
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Johnny Cash was the first American to hear about Stalin’s death
(via The Vintage News) Before he was “The Man in Black” singer songwriter Johnny Cash was “the boy in uniform”.
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The Cliff House of San Francisco
(via Amazing Planet) Perched on the edge of a cliff, overlooking Ocean Beach, in San Francisco, is one of California’s
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10 Sports Cut From The Olympics
(via mental_floss) More than a century after being cut from the official roster, golf has returned to the Summer Olympics
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9 Pieces of Obsolete Tech That Just Won’t Die
(via Popular Mechanics) Have you had to write a rent check lately? Or maybe fax some important documents? Despite things
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Inside the Fierce Competition of Professional Foosball
(via Great Big Story) While Olympians are just warming up, we’ve got the inside scoop on another competitive sport: foosball.
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Oreo Is Releasing a Swedish Fish-Flavored Cookie
(via First We Feast) In June, Nabisco rolled out its “Blueberry Pie” and “Fruity Crisp” Oreos, and past flavors have
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Competing for the First Olympic Refugee Team
(via Great Big Story) Popole Misenga and Yolande Mabika are two of 10 refugees selected for the first Olympic refugee
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It’s Really Hard to Make Money as an Olympian
(via Wired) The Olympics drive athletes to get ever faster, higher, and stronger, to quote its Latin motto: “Citius, altius, fortius.”
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Chicago’s Popular 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
(via History Things) In 1893, Chicago held a world’s fair called the World’s Columbian Exposition. The purpose was to celebrate
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This Female Wrestler Is Redefining Strong
(via Great Big Story) Adeline Gray is the best female wrestler in the world in her weight class. She’s on
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