May 2017 - Page 2 of 6 - Curious Links

10 Everyday Words Star Wars Gave Us

(via mental_floss) Episode IV, Star Wars: A New Hope, the film that lit lightsabers everywhere, was released 40 years ago

(via mental_floss) Some schoolwork is worth more than a good grade. The young students behind these assignments earned recognition from

(via 99% Invisible)High beams, lower battery, on, off, play, pause, risk of electric shock and fragile: handle with care —

(via History) After 14 years and 27 deaths while being constructed, the Brooklyn Bridge opened, connecting the great cities of

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(via Collector’s Weekly) People buy trailers to go camping in or to live in more permanently, but while the two

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(via Grunge) Ah, carnivals. You get sick on junk food and hastily assembled rides and drive your significant other to

(via History and Piktochart) In a ceremony presided over by President William Howard Taft, the New York Public Library, the

(via Wired) Without the recording lathe, Willie Nelson would have never heard the Carter Family sing. Neither would Merle Haggard

(via Amusing Planet) About 25 kilometers off the coast of Canada, in the North Atlantic, lies a tiny bit of

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(via Grunge) From time to time, everyone has a revolutionary idea, one that could change the world. But then something

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(via Popular Mechanics) The small northern Michigan town of Alpena is known as a vacation destination today, but in 1911

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(via Great Big Story) At Dooky Chase’s Restaurant in New Orleans, a hearty bowl of chef Leah Chase’s gumbo is