Two WWII-Era Grenades Found in a 91-Year-Old’s Refrigerator
(via Atlas Obscura) On Friday, at the Tappan Zee Manor Nursing Home in Central Nyack, New York—about 25 miles north
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Month: February 2017
McDonald’s Engineers a New Type of Straw for Slurping Shamrock Shakes
(via mental_floss) The Shamrock Shake has been a seasonal McDonald’s specialty for decades, but even the classics can benefit from
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Happy Pancake Day!
(via mental_floss) In the Christian tradition, today the the final day before the beginning of Lent, also known as Shrove
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How to Start Your Indoor Garden
(via Popular Mechanics) Save money and get a head start on your garden by starting plants and vegetables from seed
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12 Favorite Haunts of the Founding Fathers You Can Still Visit Today
(via mental_floss) The Founding Fathers built the groundwork for America, but they were much more than military strategists and document
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The Long, Slightly Strange History Behind Fingernail Clipping
(via Atlas Obscura) No matter who you are, your fingernails need to be trimmed. Every couple of weeks you have
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Fitness Goals: Bodybuilding at 80
(via Great Big Story) Ernestine Shepherd defies nearly every physical stereotype for an 80-year-old woman. For one thing, she’s ripped.
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Want to know where every satellite and piece of space junk is?
Stuff in Space is an interactive visualization of all the objects orbiting the earth. Nearly everything that has ever been
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Barns Are Painted Red Because of the Physics of Dying Stars
(via Smithsonian) Have you ever noticed that almost every barn you have ever seen is red? The simple answer to
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The Last Concorde Finds Its Final Resting Place
(via Popular Mechanics) A piece of aviation history is finally getting a resting spot it deserves. The last remaining Concorde
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The Lesser-Known History of African-American Cowboys
(via Smithsonian) Few images embody the spirit of the American West as well as the trailblazing, sharpshooting, horseback-riding cowboy of
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Point Nemo: The Spacecraft Cemetery
(via Amusing Planet) Far off the east coast of New Zealand, about 3,300 kilometers out in the Pacific Ocean, lies
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