Museums Ask People To Recreate Famous Paintings With Anything They Can Find At Home
(via Bored Panda) Even though most of us are stuck at home and can’t go out and enjoy art in
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Month: March 2020
He’s Filled 600 Potholes in Memory of His Son
(via Great Big Story) There are over 10,000 potholes in Mumbai’s streets, and if Dadarao Bilhore could fill them all,
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7 Historic Dishes Born From Tough Times That You Can Make at Home
(via Atlas Obscura) Use every last crumb with these feats of culinary creativity.
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A Brief History of Hand-washing: How a Basic Hygienic Practice Took Decades to Catch On
(via flashbak.com) The history of hand washing involves far more than a change in personal habits over time, but a
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How ‘Shoebox Lunches’ Made Black Travel Possible During Jim Crow
(via Atlas Obscura) Humble shoeboxes allowed African-Americans to dine with dignity.
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America’s 10 Most Hated Easter Candies
(via Mental Floss) Whether you celebrate Easter as a religious holiday or not, it’s an opportune time to welcome the
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24 Pictures Of Deep Cleaning Around The World
(via BuzzFeed News) Around the world, nations are enacting unprecedented sanitation measures to help combat the spread of the coronavirus.
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Inside One Distillery’s Pivot to Hand Sanitizer
(via Atlas Obscura) The small Massachusetts outfit supplies local police, firefighters, and hospitals.
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New Feathered Carnivorous Dinosaur Found in New Mexico
(via Smithsonian) Dineobellator was a formidable predator and boasts the battle scars to prove it.
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This Rare ‘Caviar’ Comes From Lemons
(via Great Big Story) On a farm in Eus, France, where the sun shines 320 days out of the year,
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The Birth of Avalanche Forecasting in North America
(via Atlas Obscura) In 1910, the deadliest snowslides in U.S. and Canadian history occurred just days apart.
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How a Few Sick Tobacco Plants Led Scientists to Unravel the Truth About Viruses
(via Smithsonian) With the COVID-19 coronavirus causing a global pandemic, a look back at the scientists who figured out viruses
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