September 2017 - Page 2 of 6

A Machine That Made Stockings Helped Kick Off the Industrial Revolution

(via Atlas Obscura) European royals subsidized their manufacture, industrial spies went after the technology to make them, and political dissidents

(via Smithsonian ) The largest of the season have been grown in Europe two out the last three years.

(via Grunge) Sometimes the only difference between a great TV show and a bad TV show is that one of

(via mental_floss) You probably know William Frederick Cody, a.k.a. Buffalo Bill, as the long-haired Wild West icon who turned the

(via Atlas Obscura) Today, almost all Western children start wearing pants of some sort at an early age, but for

(via Atlas Obscura) The mystery of the phrase’s origins is compounded by the fact that several of its more popularly

(via Thrillist) They’re found on dusty warehouse shelves; buried under flea market knick-knacks; and constructed out of whatever $5 can buy. They

(via The Week) When Americans think about the most innovative agency in the government, they think about the Pentagon or

(via Mental Floss) As if being one of the world’s most successful and prolific writers wasn’t already reason enough to

(via Design Observer) A small sample of the many faces of the lunchbox – the object that definitely means school’s

(via Popular Science) For all of 2016, Andrew Taylor ate only potatoes. There were a few caveats: He ate both white

(via Popular Science) Quickly glance at an analog clock. You might find that the second hand seems stuck at first.