The Accidental Invention of the Slip ‘N Slide
(via Smithsonian) A young boy’s summer antics 60 years ago inspired his father to create the timeless backyard water toy
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Month: July 2020
A Submerged 7,000-Year-Old Discovery Shows the Great Potential of Underwater Archaeology
(via Smithsonian) Stone tools scattered on the seafloor mark the oldest underwater site ever found on the continent.
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How Students Built a 16th-Century Engineer’s Book-Reading Machine
(via Atlas Obscura) The bookwheel helps readers browse eight texts at once. The only problem? It weighs 600 pounds.
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The Show Must Not Go On: 14 Times Broadway Went Dark
(via Mental Floss) On Monday, June 29, the Broadway League announced that all Broadway shows have been canceled for the
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How a Long-Lost Perfume Got a Second Life After 150 Years Underwater
(via Atlas Obscura) A team of divers and archaeologists discovered the 19th-century fragrance in a shipwreck off the coast of
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See the Face of a Man Whose Skull Was Mounted on a Stake 8,000 Years Ago
(via Smithsonian) A forensic artist used 3-D scans of the hunter-gatherer’s cranium to envision what he may have looked like
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35 Offbeat Holidays You Can Celebrate in July
(via Mental Floss) The big fireworks show may come at the beginning of the month, but there are plenty more
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