9 Facts That Tell the True Story of Johnny Appleseed
(via Mental Floss) A hero of American folklore, Johnny Appleseed was said to be a barefoot wanderer with a tin
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Month: September 2017
The World’s Spiciest Chip Is Sold Only One to a Customer
(via Mental Floss) If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to get pepper-sprayed directly in your mouth, Paqui
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Inside One of Baseball’s Last Manual Scoreboards
(via Great Big Story) As one of the oldest ballparks in the major leagues, Wrigley Field is a love letter
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The ’60s Soviet Space Probe That Crashed Into Wisconsin
(via Atlas Obscura) In September 1962, something fell from aloft in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, cracking the asphalt on North 8th Street
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How Fluff Became Famous
(via The Atlantic) Fluff. The sticky sweet marshmallow creme was invented exactly one hundred years ago in Somerville, Massachusetts—at the
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September 28, 1941 -Ted Williams becomes last MLB player to hit .400
(via History) On this day in 1941, the Boston Red Sox’s Ted Williams plays a double-header against the Philadelphia Athletics
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How Books Designed for Soldiers’ Pockets Changed Publishing Forever
(via Atlas Obscura) In early June, 1944, tens of thousands of American troops prepared to storm the beaches of Normandy,
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Aging Wine at the Bottom of the Sea
(via Great Big Story) In the southern part of Croatia, in the peninsula of Pelješac, one winery is taking their
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Why 3 Man-Sized Cages Hang From a Medieval German Church Steeple
(via mental_floss) Visitors to St. Lambert’s church in Münster, Germany may notice something odd about the building’s facade. Three gleaming
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The History of Sears Predicts Nearly Everything Amazon Is Doing
(via The Atlantic) One hundred years ago, a retail giant that shipped millions of products by mail moved swiftly into
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What it’s like to spend 8 months on a fake Mars mission
(via The Verge) Last weekend, a group of six people emerged from a white dome on the slopes of Hawaii’s Mauna
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Relive Your Childhood at the ‘Museum of Play’
(via Great Big Story) Ready your senses for nostalgia overdrive: the Strong Museum in Rochester, New York, has every toy
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