Untangling the History of Christmas Lights
(via Smithsonian) Today an estimated 150 million light sets are sold in America each year, adding to the tangled millions
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Month: December 2016
“Year 1999 AD” – A 1967 Film Imagines the Future
(via Atlas Obscura) This short film, produced in 1967 by the Philco-Ford Corporation, a maker of battery-powered tech, imagines the
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Bill Pickett, A Cowboy Who Broke Broncos and Barriers
(via history.com) The son of black and Indian parents, Pickett learned his roping and riding skills working as a cowboy
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Photographer Recreates Images He Originally Shot 40 Years Ago
(via design you trust) Paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (Great Britain) in the
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The Weird Economics of the Traffic Jam
(via Popular Mechanics) In 2008, researchers in Japan were finally able to capture a phenomena all too frequent, but rarely
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8 Tales of Pearl Harbor Heroics
(via History.com) Shortly before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, the skies over the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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The Story of the Little Tree Car Air Fresheners
(via Great Big Story) You can find them in seemingly every taxi cab in the world, and are the general
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7 of the Tallest Skyscrapers in the United States
(via Popular Mechanics) When American construction reaches for the sky, it does so mainly in either New York City or
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Why a half-century-old toy remains a popular holiday gift
(via The Verge) In 1964, Leon Hess wanted to find a way to encourage more people to stop at his
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“Rocky” The Movie Turns 40; Rocky The Boxer Wouldn’t Have Made 30
(via Den of Geek) Rocky, the scrappy strip of celluloid, has endured with the same stamina that drove the upstart
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The Dog Frisbee Pioneer
(via Neatorama) IT WAS THE TOP OF THE EIGHTH. The Los Angeles Dodgers were pla}dng the Cincinnati Reds in a
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The Robot Presidents Who Rule Disney World
(via Popular Mechanics) As the red curtain rises, subtle blue light bathes 43 presidents. After a few words from America’s
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