The Reason Why Hotels Don’t Provide Toothpaste
(via Mental Floss) In recent years, hotels have stepped up their amenities by offering guests fancy soaps, shampoos, and even
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Environment
9 Monumental Facts About Chimney Rock
(via Mental Floss) Standing around 325 feet tall from peak to base, Chimney Rock looms like a lighthouse on the
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What’s in a Name? Meet the Government Employees Who Make the Call
(via Smithsonian) A little-known patchwork of bureaucratic boards are tasked with deciding when to change the names of geographic places.
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When New Yorkers Were Menaced By Banana Peels
(via Atlas Obscura) They slipped and fell. Really!
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15 of the World’s Most Famous Trees
(via Mental Floss) With their imposing size and universal symbolism, trees are the celebrities of the plant world. But some
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Beautiful Siberian Lake is Actually a Toxic Waste Dump
(via Amusing Planet) The electric blue waters of this pond in the Russian city of Novosibirsk has become the backdrop
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How the Escalator Forever Changed Our Sense of Space
(via Smithsonian) Sure, the 19th-century invention transformed shopping. But it also revolutionized how we think about the built environment.
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The Mystery of Florida’s Cannonball-Eating Spanish Fort
(via Atlas Obscura) The secret is inside the walls themselves.
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The Journey to the World’s Most Remote Teahouse
(via Great Big Story) If you want to drink a cup of tea at the Huashan Teahouse on Mount Hua,
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7 Ships That Disappeared Without a Trace
(via Mental Floss) There’s something ghoulishly fascinating about a mysterious disappearance, and our vast oceans offer seemingly endless space in
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10 Creepy-Crawly Facts About Spiders
(via Mental Floss) You don’t have to love ‘em, but there’s no denying that we’d all be a lot worse
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10 Fascinating Facts About The Continents
(via Listverse) We probably pay less attention than we should to the continents on Earth. How many are there anyway?
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