November 2017 - Page 3 of 6

The $500 Dollar Origin of the Green Bay Packers

(via History Things) The total value of the NFL’s 32 franchises is estimated to be somewhere in the neighborhood of

(via NPR) Astronomers in California are building the largest digital camera in the world. It will go on a giant telescope

(via Today I Found Out) Personally nominated for the Nobel Prize a record 84 times, Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld was

(via Atlas Obscura) In 1711, the War of the Spanish Succession was going poorly for France, a country ruled by

(via Oddee) Everyone has a secret wish to live in a different era than the current but a man in

(via Mental Floss) Don’t be fooled by their reputation for being thoughtless. These roly-poly birds have a few tricks up

(via The Week) It’s just a circle containing three lines — that’s all it is. And yet, it has come

(via Atlas Obscura) 15,000 doctors applied for permits during the first six months of Prohibition, which began in 1920 and

(via Popular Mechanics) The current Jeep Wrangler is way more high-tech than its WWII-era forefather, but there’s a direct link

(via Mental Floss) The Abraham Lincoln collection in the Library of Congress just got a major boost. The 16th president’s

(via Today I Found Out) On June 8, 2017, Greek-born, Canadian-bred pizza maker Sam Panopoulos died. His pizza career was

(via Atlas Obscura) The average household has around 100 species of arthropod, happily passing their days: centipedes in your storage