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Month: February 2018

Art Cultures Entertainment Inspiration Retro 

12 Secrets of Greeting Card Designers

February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 0 Comments art, design

(via mental_floss)  Although social media has made it easy to share your feelings with the press of a button, the

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Cultures Et Cetera History 

10 Things You Might Not Know About Chinese New Year

February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 0 Comments chinese new year

(via Mental Floss) Some celebrants call it the Spring Festival, a stretch of time that signals the progression of the lunisolar

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Food Innovation Science 

How many calories Olympians eat

February 16, 2018February 15, 2018 0 Comments food, interesting, Sports

(via Vox) With every Olympic Games come tales of athletes’ favorite junk foods: the ice cream, Chinese food, and burgers they

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Engineering Innovation Science Technology 

Launching To Space at a Crawl

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 0 Comments Space

(via Popular Mechanics)  How NASA’s massive crawler-transporters get millions of pounds of rocket to the launchpad one inch at a

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Architecture Art Beauty Cultures 

Rediscovering the Blazingly Bright Colors of Ancient Sculptures

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 0 Comments colors, culture

(via Atlas Obscura)  We’ve grown accustomed to seeing classical ancient sculptures in every color… of stone and bronze.  Statues were

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Science Sports 

The surprising science of why ice is so slippery

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 0 Comments ice, science, Sports

(via Vox) Winter Olympic ice sports are possible due to this one fact: Ice is slippery. The low friction of ice

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Engineering Innovation Technology 

7 Monster Machines That Didn’t Quite Go As Planned

February 14, 2018February 13, 2018 0 Comments technology, trivia

(via Popular Mechanics)  Bigger isn’t always better in the world of monster machines. Sometimes big means too cumbersome to accomplish

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History 

12 Things You Didn’t Know About Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2018February 13, 2018 0 Comments holiday

(via Woman’s Day)  Why are red roses so popular? How many candy hearts are produced every year?   Whether you’re steadfastly

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Architecture 

A Brief History of Skyscrapers in 7 Titanic Towers

February 14, 2018February 12, 2018 0 Comments history

(via Popular Mechanics) Today, we take for granted  the modern day skyscraper. These monuments to urban life started taking shape

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Environment Et Cetera US History 

Old Car City: The World’s Largest Classic Car Junkyard

February 13, 2018February 12, 2018 0 Comments automobiles

(via Amusing Planet)  If you drive 50 miles north of Atlanta, Georgia, along Interstate-75 and then turn right for U.S.

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Character Cultures Sports 

Why Do Olympians Bite Their Medals?

February 13, 2018February 12, 2018 0 Comments interesting, olympics, Sports

(via Mental Floss) Watch the Olympics and you might notice a number of medalists gnawing on their gold or silver

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Food 

The Forgotten History of New York’s Bagel Famines

February 13, 2018February 12, 2018 0 Comments food

(via Atlas Obscura) Remembering Local 338 and the world’s toughest bagel bakers.  It was sweltering labor that required precision and skill—and

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