February 2019 - Page 4 of 5

America’s Pistachio Industry Came From a Single Seed

(via Atlas Obscura) A “plant explorer” helped establish the crop in California.

(via Mental Floss) For more than 90 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded excellence on

(via YouTube) Art students at Madison Middle School in Abilene, Texas donned their curliest wigs and painted little trees onto

(via Popular Mechanics) Are witnesses ever relocated somewhere cool? Or just the middle of nowhere?

(via Mental Floss) Once again, Valentine’s Day is closing in upon us—a day when the phone lines at any restaurant

(via Atlas Obscura) But a new circulation system is making things better.

(via mental_floss) In the early spring of 1943, Girl Scout Cookie chairwoman A.A. Rabe had some devastating news for residents

(via Great Big Story) For over a thousand years, the island of Murano—just outside Venice, Italy—has been known throughout the

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(via Atlas Obscura) They haven’t lost their taste for Cold War-era comfort food.

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(via Popular Mechanics) More than 40 years in the making, the Saturn V rocket was born of the worst war

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(via Mental Floss) Focusing on the rise of a black sheriff in the American west of 1874, Blazing Saddles is

(via Atlas Obscura) The team, officially known as Asociación Polar Trineo de Viento, conquered 1,577 miles at temperatures as low