The Myth of the Damsel on the Railroad Tracks
(via Atlas Obscura) Most people are familiar with that most clichéd of old cinema tropes: the damsel-in-distress, tied to the railroad tracks by
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Month: January 2017
The Hidden Room Behind Mount Rushmore
(via mental_floss) In the 14 years he spent planning, sculpting, and overseeing the completion of the Mount Rushmore monument, artist
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New Exhibit Celebrates the Lost Art of the Screensaver
(via Motherboard) Long before “let’s play” videos had us watching someone else play a video game, we watched a Windows
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How Stephen King’s Wife Saved ‘Carrie’ and Launched His Career
(via mental_floss) When King started Carrie, he typed three single-spaced pages, crumpled them up in anger, and dumped them in
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10 Facts About The Beatles’ Final Rooftop Show
(via mental_floss) On January 30, 1969, at lunch time, The Beatles appeared on the rooftop of their record label’s headquarters,
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The Sculptor Who Designed the Earliest Space and Aviation Helmets
(via Atlas Obscura) During the height of 1960s space and flight exploration in the United States, Alice King Chatham worked behind
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A History of Pepsi-Cola
(via Neatorama) Pepsi Cola was originally called “Brad’s Drink” and marketed in Bern, North Carolina in the early 1890’s by
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10 Records You Might Have Owned That Are Now Worth a Fortune
(via mental_floss) First pressings by big acts like The Beatles or Bruce Springsteen, and finds like misprints and pressings with
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The (Fine) Art History of Paint by Numbers
(via Great Big Story) Who knew that your favorite elementary school pastime had such noble origins? In the 16th century,
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15 Awfully Big Facts About ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’
(via mental_floss) Loyal viewers who grew up watching the independent, intelligent, and perky career woman named Mary Richards always knew
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7 of the Deepest Holes Humanity Ever Dug
(via Popular Mechanics) We can’t dig to the center of the Earth, but that hasn’t stopped us from trying. Whether
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The World’s Most Beautiful and Unusual Chess Sets
(via Atlas Obscura) The new book: Master Works: Rare and Beautiful Chess Sets shows, shows that even with the apparent
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