December 2017 - Page 3 of 5

The Insane True Story Of How Titanic Got Made

(via BuzzFeed) Tuesday will be the 20th anniversary of the release of James Cameron’s blockbuster film Titanic. The movie was

(via Munchies) Affection for Royal Dansk Butter Cookies, sold in the thick of the holiday season, seems hardwired into America’s

(via Atlas Obscura) Gingerbread houses tend to be associated with either the holidays or the gruesome story of Hansel and

(via Atlas Obscura) The strange truth about leftovers is that they often taste better the next day. It seems counter-intuitive:

Are parrots just good at imitating sounds or is there something else that separates them from other birds?

(via Eater) The 1950s Cold War craze for fallout shelters was a serious undertaking for the US government. While public campaigns

(via Grunge) There are somewhere between 105 million and 2 billion parking spots in the United States alone. So it’s little

(via Atlas Obscura) In the early- to mid-20th century, vending machines in the United States and Europe dispensed myriad treats

(via New York Magazine) Photographer Humza Deas uses drones to capture New York City as you’ve never seen it before

(via Great Big Story) Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, cooler than a cucumber in a

(via Popular Mechanics) Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is one of the solar system’s great wonders, a centuries-old storm that is

(via Atlas Obscura) Robert Lawrence, Jr. isn’t a household name. He’s one of those people who leave big footprints, though. Not