December 2018 - Page 2 of 5

Winter Solstice 2018: 10 Facts About the Shortest Day of the Year

(via Mental Floss) Amid the whirl of the holiday season, many are vaguely aware of the approach of the winter

(via Popular Mechanics) The shipping giant moves millions of packages a day to make shopping from your couch a reality.

(via Smithsonian) A beloved Robert Frost poem is among the many creations that are (finally) losing their protections in 2019.

(via Grunge) Human beings have been collecting beautiful things since the dawn of time. It’s what separates us from all

(via Smithsonian) Thomas Nast is legendary for his political cartoons, but he’s also responsible for the jolly St. Nick we know

(via Insider) You’re not alone. Some Christmas lights just won’t work with a single burnt-out bulb, while others will just

(via Popular Mechanics) Robert Ballard had to do the Navy a favor before he could proceed with his hunt for

(via Mental Floss) Owing to his untimely demise at the hands of assassin Charles Guiteau in 1881, 20th U.S. president

(via Atlas Obscura) Back then, it was used as adhesive for tools and weapons.

(via Listverse) Some people have always been frightened of bridges. With some bridges, however, terror seems to be the only

(via Mental Floss) Movie soundtracks can be big business—sometimes bigger than the movie itself. (And sometimes better than the film

(via Atlas Obscura) Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, published in 1843, swiftly entered the holiday-season canon—the sort of story readers