Before Alarm Clocks in Britain
(via Retronaut) Though designs for alarm clocks date back to the ancient Greeks, they were still not particularly widespread well
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Month: September 2016
The First Ever Stethoscope Was a Simple Wooden Tube
(via Atlas Obscura) At the Necker Hospital in Paris, Dr. René Laennec stood at the bedside of a female patient
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13 Toothy Facts About the Tooth Fairy
(via mental_floss) Losing a tooth can be a scary experience, so it’s no surprise that parents throughout history have created
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Barcelona Has Been Building This Extravagant Church For 134 Years
(via Good) As anyone who’s tried revamping his or her kitchen knows, remodeling can take a very long time. Between
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How Aluminum Changed Engineering Forever
(via Popular Mechanics) Aluminum has been around for thousands of years, but until fairly recently, it was very expensive and
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This Man Rocketed Over A Canyon To Honor Evel Knievel
(via AP) Professional stuntman Eddie Braun successfully jumped over the Snake River Canyon Friday, September 16, in an ode to
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Why Are There Crushed Stones Alongside Railroad Tracks?
(via Quora) This is a good question with an interesting answer. The crushed stones are what is known as ballast.
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7 Nuclear Test Sites You Can Visit Today
(via Atlas Obscura) The atomic age began on July 16, 1945, when the Manhattan Project detonated its first successful nuclear weapon
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Where Did The Comic Book ‘Font’ Come From?
(via Vox) So…why does all the writing in comic books look like that? Vox’s Phil Edwards looked into it and
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How Does Big Ben Keep Accurate Time?
(via The Science Channel) When it was built, Big Ben was the largest clock in the world. Over 150 years
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Fordlandia – the failure of Henry Ford’s utopian city in the Amazon
(via The Guardian) In the 1920s the US industrialist Henry Ford wanted to found a city based on the values
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11 Misconceptions About Ancient Rome, Debunked
(via mental_floss) Released in 1959, Charlton Heston’s Ben-Hur is considered one of the greatest motion pictures of all time. Unfortunately,
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