July 2017 - Page 5 of 6 - Curious Links

29 Mind-blowing Banana Facts That Will Make You Rethink Everything

July 7, 2017July 3, 2017 0 Comments food, fun facts

(via Buzzfeed) You think you know everything there is to know about bananas? Maybe you do, maybe you don’t.

(via Grunge) Real science is terrifying. If you’re not delicately transferring corrosive acids from one thin, glass beaker to another,

(via Atlas Obscura) Characters and plot are crucial to any story, but key to the appeal of most fairy tales and

( via Grunge) We all do things we later come to regret, but for most of us that means a

July 6, 2017June 29, 2017 0 Comments character

(via Great Big Story) Everything in Elizabeth Sweetheart’s life is green. From her bright green hair, to her self-dyed green

(via Atlas Obscura) Until the mid-1990s, squared-away plebes (what they call freshmen at the United States Military Academy—better known as

(via Smithsonian Magazine) Mom and pop motels once dominated American highways. Now, they’re an endangered species. Even so, efforts to preserve mom

(via Great Big Story) Rosalee Ramer can jump her Monster Jam truck, Wild Flower, 30 feet in the air. But

(via mental_floss) Up until recently, it was common for accounts of Skee-Ball’s history to name Princeton University alumni J. Dickinson

July 4, 2017July 4, 2017 0 Comments history

(via Academic Exchange) We are already familiar with the fireworks, parades , barbeque and festivities like picnics, fairs, concerts and

July 3, 2017July 3, 2017 0 Comments history, movies

(via Huffington Post) “Back to the Future” was released on this day in 1985. The classic film invented its own

(via mental_floss) As symbols of unity, flags are often part of key historic events—the banner to which people flock, the