Fascinating Things You Didn’t Know About Salt
(via Ranker) You might think you know a little something about salt. It comes in grains, it’s the only rock
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Month: June 2021
At Pizza Pacaya, the Oven Is an Active Volcano
(via Atlas Obscura) Chef David García’s secret ingredient is lava.
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Remembering the Spitfire
(via Smithsonian) Spit’ pilots flew their first combat missions over Dunkirk during the Battle of France
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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 no
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When Pop Rocks Exploded In the 1970s
(via Mental Floss) In order to get Pop Rocks on the shelves, someone had to lose a finger.
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Meet the Appalachian Apple Hunter Who Rescued 1,000 ‘Lost’ Varieties
(via Atlas Obscura) Tom Brown’s retirement hobby is a godsend for chefs, conservationists, and cider.
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Clarence E. Willard: The Man of Could Grow at Will
(via Amusing Planet) In 1913, while in England, Clarence E. Willard had to renew his passport in order to travel,
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Italian Art Restorers Used Bacteria to Clean Michelangelo Masterpieces
(via Smithsonian) Researchers deployed microbes to remove stains and grime from the marble sculptures in Florence’s Medici Chapels
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10 of the World’s Oldest Temples
(via Mental Floss) Visiting one of the world’s oldest temples is like stepping into the distant past: Humans have been
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How a Giant, Stinky, Delightful Corpse Flower Got to an Abandoned Gas Station
(via Atlas Obscura) It was all thanks to a gardener, a wagon, and a sense of pandemic-era camaraderie.
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Althea Gibson’s Momentous Achievement
(via Smithsonian) She was the first Black athlete—man or woman—to win any major national tennis championship
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The 10 Most Photographed Gardens Around the World
(via Mental Floss) ’Tis the season to take your allergy medicine and then go admire a world abloom with technicolor
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