November 2016 - Page 3 of 6

Meet the Fish That Made America Great

(via Atlas Obscura) Of all the species that were once absurdly abundant in American landscape—the bison, the passenger pigeon—the American

(via Eater) In unfamiliar and dire surroundings, seeking refuge in familiarity and the comforts of home can be a matter

(via Popular Mechanics) Everyone’s talking about private industry getting humans on Mars. Mars trips! Mars houses! Mars colonies! But no

(via Atlas Obscura) No other vegetable has been as maligned as the tomato (and it is a vegetable, by order

(via The Conversation) Think of the most hilarious video you’ve ever seen on the internet. Why is it so funny?

(via mental_floss) Sandwiches have come a long way since the Earl of Sandwich allegedly asked his cook to make him

(via Atlas Obscura) In most middle-class British households in the 18th and 19th centuries, you would find a booklet filled

(via Great Big Story) The heart-stopping, brightly colored Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in southern India wasn’t built just to catch the

(via Atlas Obscura) A couple years ago, an article started to make the “news of the weird” rounds about roughly

(via Popular Mechanics) Over the weekend, we got out first glimpse of a rare supermoon–a new or a full moon

(via Great Big Story) For thousands of years, Inuit people have marked themselves with tattoos. While designs and meanings vary,

(via Thought and Sight) If you chanced on this crumbling, column ringed structure in the middle of an Indianapolis park,