The Stories Behind 10 Johnny Cash Songs
(via Mental Floss) Here are the backstories behind some of the Man in Black’s most famous songs—and maybe a little
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Month: February 2018
Why Europe’s First Celebrity Chef Named His Dishes After the Rich and Famous
(via Atlas Obscura) Without Georges Auguste Escoffier, there could be no Gordon Ramsay. Escoffier has some claim to being not
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When Albert Einstein Met Charlie Chaplin
(via Mental Floss) Who would have thought that one of history’s most renowned geniuses and a slapstick silent movie star
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Cultivating Japan’s Rare White Strawberry
(via Great Big Story) In Japan, there’s a specialty fruit craze sweeping the nation, from square watermelons to grapes the
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10 Places That Plants Took Back
(via Listverse) If there is one thing you can say about plants, it’s that they look interesting. They are beautiful, colorful,
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Good News, Troops: The Pizza MREs Are Back
(via Popular Mechanics) After a one-year delay, the peak of military rations is set to feed U.S. troops around the
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They Saw Earth From Space. Here’s How It Changed Them
(via National Geographic) The majesty of our planet can be difficult to describe. But these astronauts will try.
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Subway buskers sound EXACTLY like The Beatles
(via YouTube) Blac Rabbit reeling off some Beatles Classics in the subway in New York. You’d swear it was the
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Baseball’s first stolen base exploited a loophole in the rulebook
(via SB Nation) Before the National League and the American League came together to form the MLB, baseball had some
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Clouds That Look Like Things
(via Amusing Planet) Spotting shapes in clouds is a delightful way to pass a lazy afternoon. There’s even a society
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The Forest That Blooms Brilliantly for Just a Few Days a Year
(via Atlas Obscura) In southern Ecuador, flowering guayacán trees paint the landscape yellow—but not for long.
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Musicians who permanently damaged their bodies performing live
(via Grunge) They say that rock ‘n’ roll will never die, but playing it on stage could very well kill you.
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