Commodore 64 Still Powering Auto Repair Shop in Poland
(via Popular Mechanics) Just because a gadget is technically obsolete doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. The latest example can be
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Month: October 2016
America’s Short, Violent Love Affair With Indoor Track Cycling
(via Atlas Obscura) Back in the day, indoor cycling was just as popular as basketball is today—and harder on athletes’
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A Century of Keeping Movies Alive
(via Great Big Story) The Patricia Theater is the only cinema for all 21,000 residents in the Powell River region,
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How a Printer Kept the Art of the Album Cover Alive
(via Collectors Weekly) While most of the buzz about the resurgence of vinyl records has focused on the skyrocketing sales
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8 Explorers Who Mysteriously Disappeared (and Some Who’ve Been Found)
(via mental_floss) By their very nature, explorers often push the boundaries of survival in the name of glory, so it’s
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What America Orders for Delivery
(via Eater) Americans placed nearly one billion online orders in 2015, according to Quartz and marketing research company NPD Group,
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Found: A Hand-Drawn Map of Detroit from 1790
(via Atlas Obscura) Detroit just ain’t what it used to be. Especially according to a centuries-old, hand drawn map that
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The Science of How The Wave Is Performed at Sporting Events
(via mental_floss) The Wave, a favorite of crowds at professional sports arenas, was first recorded at an Oakland baseball game
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All Hail the Pizza Saver, the Tiny Piece of Plastic Protecting Your Pie
(via Eater) Pizza’s most essential topping is a piece of plastic. Floating above the greasy circle of molten cheese, a
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Roman Coins Mysteriously Found at Centuries-Old Japanese Castle
(via Popular Mechanics) The saying goes that history is written in stone, but history can also have a surprise or
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Inside the ‘Wire Center’ That Connected Manhattan to the World
(via Wired) Back in the days when people used landline telephones strung together with copper wire, most calls into lower Manhattan passed
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Kids Try 100 Years of Sandwiches
(via The Scene) The Scene had a panel of kids prepare and taste test 100 years of sandwiches from 1900
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