October 2018 - Page 3 of 6

The Origins of All 30 NBA Team Names

(via Mental Floss) NBA basketball is now in full swing. In case you were wondering where the Celtics or the

(via Mental Floss) If you stick cotton swabs inside your ears, you’re using them wrong. Despite being perfectly-sized to slide

(via Mental Floss) The beauty of scientific research is that scientists never really know where a particular development might lead.

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(via Smithsonian) Before astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962, scientists thought a weightless

(via Texas Monthly) From 1978 to 1991, the world capital of mergers and acquisitions, greed, champagne consumption and plot twists

(via Mental Floss) Robert “Evel” Knievel was a stuntman who entertained audiences with his daredevil motorcycle jumps. After his first jump

(via Amusing Planet) For more than forty years a lighthouse stood on a large anvil-shaped peninsula jutting into the Tasman

(via Great Big Story) Uncorking a bottle of wine after a long day is one of the few true pleasures

(via Mental Floss) Enter the Dragon remains one of the greatest martial arts films ever made. It cemented the legend

(via Smithsonian) It’s hard to look around in today’s technology-driven world and not see something that exists because of inventor

(via Listverse) According to Benjamin Franklin, only two things are certain in life: death and taxes. This is very true. In

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(via Mental Floss) These wrinkly-faced dogs have an adorably rich history. Here are 12 interesting tidbits about pugs.