The Poisonous Past of Fake Blood
(via Great Big Story) In movies like “The Shining” and “Carrie,” blood came by the buckets. But perfecting that red
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Month: February 2017
The World’s Best Multitasker Plays Every Instrument For Rush’s ‘Tom Sawyer’ Simultaneously
Dominic Fragman plays guitar, drums and sings simultaneously on the Rush classic Tom Sawyer!
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How small are we in the scale of the universe?
(via TED-ED) In 1995, scientists pointed the Hubble Telescope at an area of the sky near the Big Dipper. The
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Robert Smalls: The Slave Who Stole a Confederate Warship and Became a Congressman
(via mental_floss) Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, gained freedom and
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The World’s Tallest Sandcastle Has Been Completed in India
(via Atlas Obscura) Beachside sculptors, eat your hearts out—Sudarsan Pattnaik just built the tallest sandcastle in the world, on a
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Library Hand, the Fastidiously Neat Penmanship Style Made for Card Catalogs
(via Atlas Obscura) Toward the end of the 19th century libraries were faced with a myriad of issues. As libraries
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It’s been more than a century since a US president had facial hair
(via Quartz) The last time facial hair graced the face of a US president was March 4, 1913. This was
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55th Anniversary of John Glenn’s “Friendship 7” Flight
(via History) On February 20, 1962, John H. Glenn became the third American in space and the first to orbit
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How Ancient Legends Gave Birth to Modern Superheroes
(via Gizmodo) The images that pop up in most people’s heads when they think about superheroes can be traced back
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The Serendipitous History of Superglue
(via TED Ed) Some of the innovations that emerged out of World War II are well-documented, ranging from the microwave
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The Apollo Astronaut Who Was Allergic to the Moon
(via mental_floss) The inside of Apollo 17’s lunar module smelled of gunpowder. It was December 1972, the last of NASA’s
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A Hot Dog Is Not a Sandwich. A Burrito Is.
(via Great Big Story) What, exactly, is a sandwich? And who decides? The answer is a whole lot more complicated
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