April 2017 - Page 3 of 5

The Invention Nobody Wanted That Became a Top Selling Office Product

(via Neatorama and Today I Learned)The most mundane items often have a fascinating story behind them. Post-It Notes? We use

(via NASA) NASA scientists have just released the first new global map of Earth at night since 2012. This nighttime

April 18, 2017April 17, 2017 0 Comments art, lego

(via Atlas Obscura) These flowers will never wilt. Located in the northern England town of Hull…the fake daffodil field is

April 17, 2017April 17, 2017 0 Comments food, japan

(via Atlas Obscura) Thanks to a series of typhoons that hit northern Japan last year, the potato crop was poor, which

(via Popular Mechanics) The aircraft carrier Gerald Ford, the U.S. Navy’s latest supercarrier, is finally at sea undergoing testing. The

(via Atlas Obscura) The world can be a dark and mysterious place, with secrets and wonders both glorious and terrible.

(via So Bad So Good) Pastry chef Cédric Grolet reinvented the Rubik’s cube in the most delicious way possible. Forget plastic

(via Smithsonian) Today, less than 1 percent of vanilla flavoring comes from the vanilla flower. Is that a good thing?

April 14, 2017March 1, 2017 0 Comments Sports

(via mental_floss) On April 15, Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day. On that day in 1947—nearly 70 years ago—Robinson

(via Amusing Planet) In the last few weeks, we have been hearing a lot about how robots have been replacing

(via mental_floss) In the early spring of 1943, Girl Scout Cookie chairwoman A.A. Rabe had some devastating news for residents

(via Buzzle) On April 13, 1970, disaster strikes 200,000 miles from Earth when oxygen tank No. 2 blows up on