Things scientists wish they hadn’t discovered
( via Grunge) We all do things we later come to regret, but for most of us that means a
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Month: July 2018
10 Ways Art Museums Protect Their Masterpieces
(via mental_floss) Each year, in America alone, millions of people visit art museums—bringing with them millions of opportunities to damage
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33 years ago today – the LIVE AID concerts
(via biography) Live Aid was staged on Saturday, July 13, 1985. About 75 different acts performed live for about 170,000
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How Ventriloquism Tricks the Brain
(via Jstor) New research shows our brains place more weight on vision than hearing in identifying the source of a
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10 Things You Didn’t Know Plants Could Do
(via Listverse) Think plants are just boring green things that we use for food and decoration? Humankind has grown up alongside
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10 Fascinating Facts About The American Flag
(via Listverse) The reasons for the Americans’ love of their flag are deeply rooted in the nation’s history, but not
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The Hole Story: A History of Skee-Ball
(via mental_floss) Up until recently, it was common for accounts of Skee-Ball’s history to name Princeton University alumni J. Dickinson
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How Pie-Throwing Became a Comedy Standard
(via Atlas Obscura) One of the last places you might expect to find a commemorative plaque is on a concrete
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Why Walking Through Doorways Makes Us Forget
(via How Stuff Works) We’ve all had the experience of getting up to do something, only to arrive in another
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The 7 Wildest Buildings That Were Never Built
(via Popular Mechanics) Picture a giant elephant with a waterfall cascading from its trunk right in the heart of Paris.
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10 Facts About Aspirin
(via Mental Floss) Aspirin may be one of the world’s best-known wonder drugs, able to cure everything from cure a
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Inside a Victorian Photo Shoot at Stonehenge
[su_permalink](via Atlas Obscura) [/su_permalink] Early images of people enjoying and surveying the monument were recently released to the public for the
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