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The Immigrant Story Behind the Classic “Greetings From” Postcards

November 29, 2018November 28, 2018 0 Comments

(via Smithsonian) Long before Instagram, Americans showed off their travels using Curt Teich’s cheery linen postcards.

(via Great Big Story) When basketball courts end up with cracks, dips and divots, Dan Peterson and company step in.

(via Mental Floss) At no point during Casablanca does any character say, “Play it again, Sam.” Oh, you knew that

(via Listverse) Since movies in the old days weren’t heavily reliant on CGI, the majority of film sets were actual

(via Mental Floss) Don’t be fooled by their reputation for being thoughtless. These roly-poly birds have a few tricks up

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(via Atlas Obscura) Although it might look simple, cooking fried rice with a wok is a subtle art and an

(via Listverse) A picture is worth a thousand words—or the life of its photographer. Obviously, photographers will often go to

(via Great Big Story) In Japan, one company is taking paper thinner than it’s ever been before. Hidaka Washi Ltd.

(via Atlas Obscura) Feast your peepers on these artistic interpretations of a colonized cosmos.

(via Mental Floss) Comic book legend Stan Lee’s life was always an open book. The co-creator of some of the

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018 0 Comments

(via Atlas Obscura) In 1955, Deben Bhattacharya traveled from London to Calcutta in a milk van and recorded over 40 hours

(via Amusing Planet) The controversial Statue of Unity dedicated to India’s first deputy prime minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was unveiled