The Great Seal Bug: How The Soviets Spied The US For 7 Years Via a Children’s Gift
(via Amusing Planet) In 1946, a group of Soviet school children from the Young Pioneer organization presented to the American
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Month: May 2021
11 of the Most Intense Spicy Food Challenges From Around the World
(via Mental Floss) While some people avoid excessively spicy food, others seek it out. For heat fanatics looking to prove
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16 Priceless Things We’ve Lost Forever
(via Mental Floss) From natural wonders like Guairá Falls to literary works from Hemingway and Byron to paintings by Picasso
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The Beached German Submarine U-118 at Hastings, England
(via Amusing Planet) In the morning of 15 April, 1919, the townsfolk of Hastings, in Sussex, on the south coast
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For Sale: A $1 Million Bottle of Bordeaux Aged in Space
(via Atlas Obscura) After 14 months on the International Space Station, the vintage Petrus could be yours.
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11 Facts About Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven”
(via Mental Floss) In the pantheon of classic rock songs, there’s arguably no tune more classic than “Stairway to Heaven.”
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118 Years Later, Japan’s Earliest Sound Recordings Still Resonate
(via Atlas Obscura) Sessions in a Tokyo hotel room with a sound engineering pioneer captured a nation in transition.
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Star Wars X-Wing at the Smithsonian
(via Smithsonian) The famous but fictional spacecraft of the blockbuster Star Wars film franchise is on long-term loan to the
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11 Actors Who Played Their Own Relatives
(via Mental Floss) Actors sometimes go to great lengths to make sure their depictions of real-life people are accurate. Most
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14 Latin Words Hiding in Plain Sight
(via mental_floss) According to some estimates, 60 percent of its vocabulary ultimately comes from the Latin language. English’s Latin derivatives come
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Is the Red Sea Really the Red Ocean?
(via Atlas Obscura) It’s complicated.
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8 Misconceptions About Dreams
(via Mental Floss) From the dangers of a late-night cheese binge to that recurring nightmare you have about taking the
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