June 2019 - Curious Links

7 Famous Statues Inspired by Fairy Tales

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(via Amusing Planet) Fairy tales have been used as bed time stories by parents for generations. They have entertained kids,

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(via Mental Floss) What albums are most beloved by Americans? If we’re talking quantitatively, it’s the Eagles’s Greatest Hits. According to

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(via Atlas Obscura) With help from a dedicated panel of pretzel-smelling experts.

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(via Amusing Planet) On December 26, 1783, a crowd gathered outside the observatory in Montpellier, a French city near the

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(via Mental Floss) For more than 60 years, the dulcet, high-speed tones of Alvin, Simon, and Theodore Seville have resonated

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(via Mental Floss) Fireworks actually have much more technical names than “The Ones That Do That Shooty Thing,” “The Ones

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(via Smithsonian) Three hundred people tallied up the number of bushy-tailed residents over the course of 11 days last October.

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(via Atlas Obscura) Gyotaku was once a way to brag about the size of your catch.

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(via Great Big Story) You’ve definitely seen James Hong’s face before. From “Blade Runner” and “Airplane!” to “The Big Bang

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(via Listverse) We often do not pay attention to the colors of several everyday things. However, we would be quick

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(via Popular Mechanics) Residents of the German town of Limberg woke up to a startling sight Monday morning: a crater

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(via Mental Floss) For more than a century, people have considered the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! franchise synonymous with