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Month: November 2016

Cultures Et Cetera Food History 

10 Creative Ways to Prepare a Turkey

November 24, 2016November 10, 2016 0 Comments holiday

(via mental_floss) The typical method for preparing a turkey is to put the bird in a hot oven and wait

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Cultures Entertainment History US History 

Inside the Theme Park Where Thanksgiving Never Ends

November 23, 2016November 22, 2016 0 Comments holiday

(via Atlas Obscura) Over the years, Christmas-themed amusement parks have popped up all across the globe, but to this day

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Cultures Food World History 

The History of Butter

November 23, 2016November 10, 2016 0 Comments evolution, food

(via Lucky Peach) Although the time and place when people first created butter is a subject of ongoing debate, most

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Character Cultures Food Music 

The Strangest Calls to the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line

November 23, 2016November 21, 2016 0 Comments food, help, holiday

(via Popular Mechanics)  There’s a blue and yellow building in Naperville, Illinois, where, every year more than 50 specially trained

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Cultures History World History 

How Do We Know When A Hunk Of Rock Is Actually A Stone Tool?

November 22, 2016November 15, 2016 0 Comments archaeology, tools

(via FiveThirty Eight)  The archaeologists who study lithic technologies — “stone tools” to us lay primates — are used to

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Beauty Character Cultures 

The Mirror Effect

November 22, 2016November 10, 2016 0 Comments beauty, characteristics, life

(via Lapham’s Quarterly)  Polished metal and obsidian mirrors have existed from ancient times, and because of this, historians have usually

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Et Cetera Food History Retro 

The Long Death of Product 19, the Most Beloved Cereal You’ve Never Heard Of

November 22, 2016November 9, 2016 0 Comments food, history, products

(via Atlas Obscura)  When you hear the name “Product 19,” you’ll either flash on an experimental invention from some corporate

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Language 

8 Things You Might Not Know About Vowels

November 21, 2016November 10, 2016 0 Comments language

(via mental_floss)  A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y is not all you need to know about vowels. There’s

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Engineering Food Innovation Technology 

Here’s Why Grape Ice Cream Isn’t a Thing

November 21, 2016November 9, 2016 0 Comments flavor, food, ice cream, science

(via thrillist)  Have you ever seen grape ice cream? It’s doubtful because it doesn’t really exist. Slushies, sorbets, and Otter Pops

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Cultures Music 

Why Some Songs Get Stuck In Your Head More Than Others

November 21, 2016November 8, 2016 0 Comments art, design, fun, life, music

(via Motherboard)  The scientific name for the phenomenon of getting a song stuck in our head is involuntary musical imagery,

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Beauty US History 

The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay

November 18, 2016November 4, 2016 0 Comments engineering, interesting, military

(via Amusing Planet) In Southern Maryland, about thirty miles south of Washington, D.C., the Potomac River forms a shallow bulge

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Art Character Engineering Entertainment Innovation Science Technology 

The Rebellious Origin of the Video Game Easter Egg

November 18, 2016November 4, 2016 0 Comments entertainment, technology

(via Great Big Story)  Video game designer Warren Robinett was a pioneer of his craft. He conceptualized and programmed the

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