The TR-808 Drum Machine Changed the Sound of Pop Music Forever
(via Smithsonian) Sometimes, technology has more impact after it’s obsolete
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Month: July 2020
Meet the College Student With 6,000 Takeout Menus
(via Atlas Obscura) He’s not quite sure what to do with them.
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NASA Scientist Simulates What Sunsets Would Look Like on Venus, Mars, and Beyond
Geronimo Villanueva, a planetary scientist from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, created the sunset simulations while building
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14 Powerful Facts About the Hoover Dam
(via Mental Floss) The hulking Hoover Dam has been holding back the Colorado River and generating power since 1936, but
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Why don’t banana-flavored candies taste like bananas?
(via Massive Science) They do, they just taste like your great-grandfather’s banana (or a pear, depending on who you ask)
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Eau de Space: Former NASA Scientist’s New Perfume Smells Out of This World
(via Mental Floss) Soon, you’ll be able to spritz yourself with perfume that smells like a mixture of gunpowder, seared
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Typhoid Mary Was a Real, Asymptomatic Carrier Who Caused Multiple Outbreaks
(via Discover) In the early 1900s, Mary Mallon worked as a cook — and spread typhoid fever to the families
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Top 10 Bizarre Police Vehicles
(via Listverse) The world is filled with police and paramilitary vehicles that are unbelievably fast, incredibly durable, or just straight-up
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The Mississippi Town Where Elvis Tribute Artists Are Made
(via Atlas Obscura) Tupelo, birthplace of The King, is the global hub for aspiring Jailhouse Rockers
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24 Things You Might Not Have Known About Hamilton
(via Mental Floss) No one could have predicted that a hip-hop-infused musical based on the life of Alexander Hamilton would
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How Fluff Became Famous
(via The Atlantic) Fluff. The sticky sweet marshmallow creme was invented exactly one hundred years ago in Somerville, Massachusetts—at the
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Using Digital Design to Create Physical Art
(via Great Big Story) When the world is your muse, inspiration can strike at any moment. Using digital design tools,
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