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 Fun Facts About the Science of Motherhood
(via Smithsonian) A short list of the amazing changes and behaviors that transform both humans and animals on the journey
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A Brief History of Guitar Smashing, From Pete Townshend to Phoebe Bridgers
(via Mental Floss) One Tuesday night in September 1964, The Who—then performing as “The High Numbers”—arrived at London’s Railway Hotel
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A Brief History of Chocolate
(via Mental Floss) Chocolate’s worldwide popularity streak has lasted centuries, but it wasn’t always the sweet, easily accessible treat we
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Celebrating America’s Oldest Family-Run Stained Glass Studio
(via Smithsonian) A new exhibition spotlights Judson Studios, the Los Angeles group that’s been creating iconic pieces of art for
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7 Common Food Myths, Debunked
(via Mental Floss) If you spend a lot of time scrolling through social media, you’ve probably grown used to the
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The L.A. Alley That’s a Subtle Silent-Film Landmark
(via Atlas Obscura) With a proposal to rename the space Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley, one of silent Hollywood’s hardest-working locations could finally
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10 Pieces of Playground Equipment that Nearly Killed Your Grandparents
(via Mental Floss) With equipment that made a mockery of the universal conditions of gravity and physics, the schoolyards of
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Why Italian Apple Farmers Are Coating Their Orchards in Ice
(via Atlas Obscura) Freezing the trees, blossoms and all, may be the only way to save the crop.
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Illustration Students Were Asked To Create A ‘Post-Pandemic’ New Yorker Magazine Cover, And The Results Are Beautiful
(via Digg) Recently, professor Tomer Hanuka at the School of Visual Arts in New York asked his third-year illustration students
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10 of the Most Valuable Modern Sports Rookie Cards
(via Mental Floss) As a possible consequence of an uncertain economy and a global pandemic, the collectibles market had a
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What’s the Longest Novel Ever Published?
(via Mental Floss) Unlike most commercial songs or movies, popular novels vary greatly in length. The list of the best-selling
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