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What School Lunch Looked Like Each Decade for the Past Century

(via mental_floss) A hundred years ago, school lunch as we know it didn’t exist. Most children went home for their meal,

(via Amusing Planet) The Netherlands has a problem with prisons and prisoners, just like any other country. But while the

(via mental_floss) Earth only has so much space. Over time, the continents have merged and divided on countless occasions. Accordingly,

(via Listverse) We consider a lot of what we see around us to be immutable facts of life. But now

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(via Amusing Planet) Devil’s Marbles or Karlu Karlu, as they are known by the local Warumungu Aboriginals, are a collection

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(via Atlas Obscura) It was precious enough for King Tut’s tomb.

(via Mental Floss) Today is Election Day in the U.S. There have been some really narrow wins in our history.

(via Atlas Obscura) On paper, Vic Clinco is an assistant manager at US Foods, the food service distributor. But in his

(via Amusing Planet) The story of Sir Isaac Newton and the falling apple is one of the most famous anecdotes

(via Mental Floss) It may not be the cutest, cuddliest, or the most exotic animal to have in your home,

(via Mental Floss) If you stick cotton swabs inside your ears, you’re using them wrong. Despite being perfectly-sized to slide

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(via Smithsonian) Before astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962, scientists thought a weightless