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10 Skillful Forgers Who Totally Conned The Art World

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 0 Comments

(via Listverse) Police have estimated that up to half of the art sold on the international market may be forged. Major

(via Atlas Obscura) The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx gives us a startlingly clear view of space rock that probably won’t hit us.

(via Mental Floss) It’s hard enough to get nominated for an Academy Award if you’re a living, breathing person. It’s

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 0 Comments

(via Amusing Planet) Located in central Washington, on the opposite side of the Upper Grand Coulee from the Columbia River,

(via Mental Floss) While today we can get machines to write for us, for most of human history, writing was

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019 0 Comments

(via Great Big Story) Kashmiri saffron is the most expensive spice in the world, and for good reason. Found only

(via Smithsonian) Two inventors turned a failed experiment into an irresistibly poppable product that revolutionized the shipping industry.

(via Listverse) Arguably the most famous shipwreck in history, the Titanic continues to fascinate those of all ages 107 years

(via Atlas Obscura) Though NIagara Falls rarely freeze completely, it’s not uncommon, on frigid days, for the vista to look

(via Atlas Obscura) At least until the British Empire turned its attention to India.

January 18, 2019January 16, 2019 0 Comments

(via Mental Floss) In the late 1740s, John Wesley—a British evangelist and the co-founder of Methodism—published Primitive Physick, or, An

(via Atlas Obscura) The Mid-America Windmill Museum, in Kendallville, Indiana, exists almost entirely outdoors. Its 53 specimens, most of them