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The Sculptor Who Designed the Earliest Space and Aviation Helmets

(via Atlas Obscura) During the height of 1960s space and flight exploration in the United States, Alice King Chatham worked behind

(via mental_floss) First pressings by big acts like The Beatles or Bruce Springsteen, and finds like misprints and pressings with

(via Great Big Story) Who knew that your favorite elementary school pastime had such noble origins? In the 16th century,

(via Atlas Obscura) The new book: Master Works: Rare and Beautiful Chess Sets shows, shows that even with the apparent

(via mental_floss) our passport is the one thing you always have with you when you travel around the world, so

(via Atlas Obscura) In China’s Jiangxi province, in the country’s southeast, a hydropower renovation project has revealed a centuries-old statue

(via Great Big Story) One of the largest producers of beer tap handles in the United States doesn’t outsource its

(via mental_floss) Claude Monet’s Water Lilies is beloved around the world, a radiant example of French Impressionism and the glory

(via The Atlantic) In the late 19th century, filmmakers had a problem they couldn’t have anticipated: how to make a

(via digg) These days, you can do pretty much anything with CGI . But back in the early days of

(via Amusing Planet) The Museum of Bad Art is the only museum in the world “dedicated to bringing the worst

(via Great Big Story) Kristin Finley had a comfortable life in Los Angeles with a stable job, a decent salary