August 2016 - Page 6 of 6

What Happens if the Olympic Torch Accidentally Goes Out?

(via How Stuff Works) The passing of the Olympic flame from its birthplace in Greece to wherever the games are

(via Popular Mechanics) Brest fortress. The colossal war memorial is a dramatic reminder of how WWII is perceived in the

(via Popular Mechanics) A new gel could revolutionize pain treatment by going where it needs to go when it needs

(via First We Feast) Judging by the ever-present lines at neighboring Pat’s and Geno’s—two historic rival institutions in a not-so-scenic

(via JSTOR Daily) The space race of the Sixties now seems a distant memory: all those moonwalks, Cold War rivalries,

(via Retronaut) In 1908, the National Child Labor Committee hired Lewis Hine, a New York sociologist and photographer, to document

(via First We Feast) The winner devoured 62 chili peppers in three minutes while submerged in freezing water.

(via The Vintage News) Jade burial suits were commonly used in ancient times as an afterlife armor for wealthy aristocrats

(via Popular Mechanics) A new study led by the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Copenhagen found that a species