Barns Are Painted Red Because of the Physics of Dying Stars
(via Smithsonian) Have you ever noticed that almost every barn you have ever seen is red? The simple answer to
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Point Nemo: The Spacecraft Cemetery
(via Amusing Planet) Far off the east coast of New Zealand, about 3,300 kilometers out in the Pacific Ocean, lies
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The Serendipitous History of Superglue
(via TED Ed) Some of the innovations that emerged out of World War II are well-documented, ranging from the microwave
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Six Freeway Removals That Changed Their Cities Forever
(via Gizmodo) It seems counterintuitive, right? Rip out eight lanes of freeway through the middle of your metropolis and you’ll
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11 African American Inventors Who Changed the World
(via mental_floss) Can you imagine life without blood banks, personal computers, or touch-tone telephones? These innovative creations—and more—wouldn’t exist today
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Cozy fallout shelters were perfect for the 1950s nuclear family
(via Timeline) Commercially produced family-size fallout shelters were a feature of many suburban backyards of the 1950’s. These apocalypse-ready rooms
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14 Facts About ‘Where’s Waldo?’
(via mental_floss) The objective of each Where’s Waldo? book is simple enough: comb through the crowds of people to find
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Comic Sans: The Man Behind the World’s Most Contentious Font
(via Great Big Story) You remember Comic Sans. You know, that irreverent, off-kilter font that came pre-programmed on 90s versions
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15 Things You Might Not Know About ‘American Gothic’
(via mental_floss) Few paintings are as iconic as Grant Wood’s American Gothic. The piece’s staging is so embedded into American
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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
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A History of Pepsi-Cola
(via Neatorama) Pepsi Cola was originally called “Brad’s Drink” and marketed in Bern, North Carolina in the early 1890’s by
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15 of the World’s Most Beautiful Passports
(via mental_floss) our passport is the one thing you always have with you when you travel around the world, so
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