The Leaning Buildings of Santos, Brazil
(via Amusing Planet) The coastline along the city of Santos, some 80 km from Sao Paulo, in Brazil, offers a
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8 Explorers Who Mysteriously Disappeared (and Some Who’ve Been Found)
(via mental_floss) By their very nature, explorers often push the boundaries of survival in the name of glory, so it’s
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The Origins of All 30 NBA Team Names
(via Mental Floss) The Hornets were supposed to be the Spirit, while the Grizzlies were almost named the Mounties. Why
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10 Rocket Launch Failures That Changed History
(via Popular Mechanics) Everyone’s heard the mantra “space is hard.” These 10 launch disasters show how many things can go
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The 10 Hardest Math Problems That Remain Unsolved
(via Popular Mechanics) The smartest people in the world can’t crack them. Maybe you’ll have better luck.
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15 Astonishing Facts About Bats
(via Mental Floss) Roughly one in five mammal species is a bat. You may have heard of the famous vampire
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Lost Renaissance Masterpiece Worth $6 Million Found Hanging Above Woman’s Hotplate
(via Smithsonian) Experts say the panel painting was created by Florentine artist Cimabue around 1280
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The First Personality Test Was Developed During World War I
(via Smithsonian) Long before online quizzes and Myers-Briggs, Robert Woodworth’s “Psychoneurotic Inventory” tried to assess recruits’ susceptibility to shell shock.
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The Milky Way: Back in the Day, Milk Cans Delivered Dairy From Cow to Consumer
(via Collectors Weekly) Lots of people collect milk bottles, even more collect milk glass, and among the legions who collect
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Bronze Age Baby Bottles Reveal How Some Ancient Infants Were Fed
(via Smithsonian) Drinking vessels found in Bronze and Iron Age children’s graves contained proteins from animal milk.
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How Two Oz-Obsessed Midwesterners Made Judy Garland’s Birthplace a Museum
(via Atlas Obscura) On a cold and snowy March day in 1938, Judy Garland took a train from Chicago to
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How a Newspaper Article Saved Thousands of Black Gospel Records From Obscurity
(via Atlas Obscura) A professor in Texas collects and digitizes rare recordings from across the country.
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