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Month: February 2020

Inspiration 

The Incredible Mountain City of La Paz, Bolivia

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 0 Comments

(via Amusing Planet)  La Paz whose full name is Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia

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Et Cetera History 

How Two 1950s Kids Playing on the Railroad Tracks Found a National Treasure

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 0 Comments

(via Smithsonian) Sixty years later, curators at the National Museum of American History talked to the brothers who found a

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Photography 

17 of the World’s Oldest Films, Captured by Thomas Edison

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 0 Comments

(via Mental Floss) Thomas Edison was a man of firsts. It shouldn’t be a surprise, then, that he built the

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Cultures Food 

This Turkish Ice Cream Doesn’t Melt

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 0 Comments

(via Great Big Story) Ankara might be the capital city, but Kahramanmaraş is Turkey’s undisputed ice cream capital. Atilla Kanbur

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Beauty Character Cultures 

11 Old-Fashioned Terms to Bring Back for Valentine’s Day

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 0 Comments

(via Mental Floss)  Valentine’s Day is the opportune holiday to express all the lovey-dovey feelings you may not usually take

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Cultures 

Japan’s Lost-and-Found System Is Insanely Good

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 0 Comments

(via City Lab) If you misplace your phone or wallet in Tokyo, chances are very good that you’ll get it

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Cultures 

London’s Only Lighthouse

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 0 Comments

(via Amusing Planet) On the north bank of River Thames, just across the iconic O2 arena (formerly known as the

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Cultures 

How Dried Cod Became a Norwegian Staple and an Italian Delicacy

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 0 Comments

(via Atlas Obscura) The lucrative stockfish trade dates back to the Viking days.

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Environment 

Nine Deep Facts About the Dead Sea

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 0 Comments

(via Mental Floss) The Dead Sea is one of the most unusual lakes in the world. Located at the lowest

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Art Character Cultures Humor Inspiration 

The Myth of the Damsel on the Railroad Tracks

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 0 Comments art, cinema, movies

(via Atlas Obscura) Most people are familiar with that most clichéd of old cinema tropes: the damsel-in-distress, tied to the railroad tracks by

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History 

Top 10 Rare Facts About Stone Age People

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 0 Comments history

(via Listverse) Citizens of the Stone Age do not often get their due. Popular misconceptions paint them as cave dwellers who

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Inspiration 

10 Facts About The Beatles’s ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ Debut

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 0 Comments

(via Mental Floss) In 1964, Beatlemania officially reached America. On February 7, 1964, the Fab Four—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo

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