May 2019 - Curious Links

The Warship That Couldn’t Stay Afloat

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(via Amusing Planet) During the American Civil War, the Union Navy designed a class of warships called “Casco” that could

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(via Mental Floss) Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926. Had she not passed away in 1962 at the

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(via Atlas Obscura) It may still be safe to drink.

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(via mental_floss) Interesting facts and crazy stories about the trophy—which is older than the National Hockey League.

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(via Listverse) By modern standards, life in ancient Rome was awful. Slavery was rampant, health care was very basic, and

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(via Atlas Obscura) New research suggests that Black River’s gnarled conifers are even more ancient than once thought.

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(via Amusing Planet) On the eve of the Normandy landings in June 1944, there were over a thousand war correspondents

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(via Smithsonian) The U.S. National Tick Collection is the largest continuously curated collection of ticks in the world.

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(via Atlas Obscura) Julie Simon’s sugar flowers are edible horticultural wonders.

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(via Smithsonian) Open-heart procedures evolved rapidly once Mayo Clinic surgeon John Kirklin made his improvements to an earlier invention

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(via Listverse) One of mankind’s greatest wishes is to live without the worry of old age. Fountains of youth and

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(via Mental Floss) If you spend a lot of time staring straight ahead while stuck in traffic, you may have