15 Secrets of Forensic Artists
(via mental_floss) Despite recent advancements in DNA evidence-gathering and high-tech investigative tools, a simple pencil-on-paper sketch can still have a significant
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Month: May 2017
Egypt Discovers New Necropolis With 17 Mummies in Minya
(via Popular Mechanics) An Egyptian archaeological mission has found a necropolis holding at least 17 mummies near the Nile Valley
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Happy 11th Birthday to the USS Oriskany ‘Great Carrier Reef’
(via Atlas Obscura) On May 17, 2006, the USS Oriskany transformed from a warship into the world’s largest artificial reef
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Why every American graduation plays the same song
(via Vox and MissCellania)It is the season to hear “Pomp and Circumstance” played at every graduation ceremony. The song was
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The Hatfields and McCoys – what was the feud all about?
(via Neatorama) The facts about one of the most famous feuds in U.S. history.
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What’s So Great About 350 Degrees?
(via The Atlantic) The magic of cooking at 350 degrees isn’t magic at all, but chemistry. It is, for example,
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The Memphis Belle flies its 25th mission on this day in 1943
(via History Net) On this day in 1943, the crew of the Memphis Belle, one of a group of American
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The Totally Normal Town Where Everyone Worked on Weapons of Mass Destruction
(via Motherboard) A 1954 report from the birthplace of the atomic bomb wants you to know that everything is totally
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11 Forgotten Media Formats of Yesteryear
(via Popular Mechanics) We remember the format wars in the vein of “Two men enter; one man leaves.” Think VHS
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Things people believed 10 years ago that ended up being wrong
(via Grunge) The world certainly hasn’t changed that much in the past ten years, especially when compared to how much
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The Native American Code Talkers Who Helped Win WWI
(via Great Big Story) It was fall of 1918. The Allied military’s tactical movements were jeopardized by the German military’s
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How to Digitize a 357-Year-Old Atlas That’s Nearly 6 Feet Tall
(via Atlas Obscura) Archives and libraries are often tasked with digitizing old books in their collections to preserve them and
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