November 2016 - Page 5 of 6

Ford Uses 200,000 Pounds of Clay Every Year

(via Popular Mechanics) Modeling clay was introduced to the car industry in the late twenties by GM’s Harley Earl, and

(via Atlas Obscura) The Indigo Girls sing about them, Run DMC raps about them, artists draw them. Their Facebook page

(via mental_floss) The Smithsonian has officially raised enough money to save Judy Garland’s iconic ruby slippers. Now, Smithsonian.com reports, the

(via Popular Mechanics) Seattle to Boston. San Francisco to Teaneck, New Jersey. Even Miami to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The

(via mental_floss) The world’s longest cruise is the ultimate addition to your travel bucket list. The new “World of Travel”

(via Fast Co.) The “I Voted!” sticker might not seem like much. It’s silly, a holdover from a simpler time

(via mental_floss) Daylight Savings Time is set to end Sunday, November 6 at 2:00am. The precise root cause of seasonal

(via mental_floss) When the National Biscuit Company introduced the Oreo cookie in March of 1912, there was no mistaking its

(via How Stuff Works) War is hell — and sometimes the coffee is, too. Consider the American Civil War, a four-year bloodbath

(via Popular Mechanics) Everyone knows the sound of Jurassic Park‘s T-Rex roar, that horrifically effective combination of a baby elephant,

(via Atlas Obscura) “You guys” is the most common way Americans refer directly to a group of people; it is

(via Great Big Story) Ever wonder how dentists get experience before practicing on live humans? For nearly 100 years, Columbia