Locally Famous Foods Are Now Getting Plaques Like Historical Sites
(via Atlas Obscura) Syracuse got one for salt potatoes—could your hometown be next?
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Month: July 2021
World’s First 3-D-Printed Steel Bridge Debuts in Amsterdam
(via Smithsonian) The newly opened overpass measures 40 feet long and weighs 6 tons
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The Reason Why a Standard Piece of Paper Is 8.5 Inches by 11 Inches
(via Mental Floss) Whether you’re printing documents at home or the office, you know it’s wise to keep reams of
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Meet the Italian Brothers Who Grew the World’s Biggest Cherry
(via Atlas Obscura) The winning fruit was as large as an apricot.
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10 Court Jesters And Their Japes
(via Listverse)Court jesters were powerful figures in the courts of monarchs around the world. Often kitted out in distinctive outfits
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35 Things You Might Not Know About Harry Potter
(via Mental Floss) Think you know all there is to know about the Boy Who Lived? Think again. Click here
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21 Words We Owe to Shakespeare (And 4 We Don’t)
(via Mental Floss) No high school English curriculum is complete without a mandatory dose of William Shakespeare. As contemporary speakers
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The Strangely Scientific Endeavor of Making Ice Cream
(via Smithsonian) When you think about ice cream, you might marvel at the plethora of available flavors. But there’s more
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Top 10 Most Important Video Games Of The 1980s
(via Listverse) For many people around the world, the golden age of video games didn’t come in the ’70s; it
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Why is it so hard to design a better paper cup?
(via The Week) You go to the coffee shop and take your coffee to go. You enjoy your drink, then
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Nearly 30 Football-Sized Goldfish Caught in Minnesota Lake
(via Smithsonian) When tiny fish are released in large bodies of water, they can grow to prodigious sizes, officials warn
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7 Pro Tips for How to Improve Your Skee-Ball Game
(via Mental Floss) On December 8, 1908, a little more than a year after submitting his application, Joseph Fourestier Simpson
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