February 2019 - Curious Links

Playing for Laughs at London’s Wackiest Arcade

(via Great Big Story) Every arcade’s got “Pac-Man,” “Donkey Kong” and “Space Invaders.” But if you’ve got a hankering for

(via Amusing Planet) At first glance, you will hardly notice that there is a steel cable connecting Sanlucar de Guadiana,

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(via Listverse) There’s nothing quite like the prospect of a battlefield advantage to convince a general or politician to plow some

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(via Mental Floss) In 1999, Albert Einstein was awarded Time‘s Person of the Century. The father of special and general

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(via Mental Floss) If you’re into cute animals, delicious food, alien abductions, and/or a lack of typos, March is the

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(via Atlas Obscura) “Just as every forward-looking comrade must have a watch, so must he be able to handle a

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(via Mental Floss) Whether you’ve made the trek yourself or seen it on a postcard, the Grand Canyon is one

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(via Listverse) Everyone dreams of making an amazing discovery. Some people are lucky enough to find incredible objects hidden in

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(via Atlas Obscura) The Exotic Pepper Project helps local farmers meet the diverse state’s demand for heat.

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(via Mental Floss) Johnny Cash once wrote, “I love songs about horses, railroads, land, judgment day, family, hard times, whiskey,

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(via Mental Floss) This year marks the 135th birthday of the Oxford English Dictionary (though the eminent reference book is

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(via Atlas Obscura) The 19th-century device accurately tracks 4,000 years with nine cylinders and a crank.