For Sale: The Entire Spycraft Collection of New York’s KGB Museum
(via Atlas Obscura) If you ever needed a lipstick gun or a heartbeat detector, you could be in luck.
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Month: October 2020
14 Fun Facts About Frightening Animals
(via Smithsonian) From snakes that eat their prey alive to primates that inject their peers with flesh-rotting venom, these are
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9 Horror Movies Inspired by Real-Life Events
(via Mental Floss) While most horror movies are complete works of fiction, the genre occasionally offers up stories that are
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10 Unique Halloween Traditions From Around The World
(via Listverse) For most in the United States, October 31 is associated with trick-or-treating, carving pumpkins, and dressing up in creepy
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10 Coincidences That Helped Shape US History
(via Listverse) Sometimes, it’s better to be lucky than good. Other times, if it weren’t for bad luck, we’d have
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Top 10 Animals You Didn’t Know Could Fly
(via Listverse) When it comes to flying animals, we often think about the endless varieties of birds and perhaps bats,
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How Fireflies’ Dramatic Light Show Might Spark Advances in Robot Communication
(via Smithsonian) Researchers say understanding the brilliant display could help them create groups of drones that operate without human control.
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Top 10 Mind Blowing Facts About Majestic Mountains
(via Listverse) The massive, but slow movement of the earth’s crust is what formed mountains and resulted in majestic spires
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10 Words and Phrases That Came From TV Shows
(via Mental Floss) Television can be a hotbed of creativity (or mediocrity, depending on who you ask). But it’s not
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Friday the 13th’s Real-Life Jason
(via Great Big Story) Kane Hodder has a killer résumé full of credits, but he might be best known for
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Washington, D.C., and the Quest for a Perfectly Square City
(via Atlas Obscura) It all goes back to a rather literal reading of some rather vague instructions in the Constitution.
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This Kentucky College Has Been Making Brooms for 100 Years
(via Smithsonian) Berea College’s broomcraft program carries on an American craft tradition that’s rarely practiced today
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