9 Secrets of Ghostwriters
(via mental_floss) Admit it: You’ve read at least one book written by a celebrity, politician, or business tycoon in the
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Language
Language is how we think. That’s scary.
Mark Twain’s Study at Elmira College
(via Amusing Planet) On the campus of Elmira College in upstate New York sits a small octagonal wooden cabin with
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14 Articles of Clothing Named After Places
(via mental_floss) When we throw on an old pair of jeans or dress up in a tux, we’re not just
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The Writer Of ‘Groundhog Day’ Has Been Living His Movie For The Past 24 Years
(via Vulture) For Danny Rubin, who wrote the beloved movie and the new musical, every day is Groundhog Day. “I’m
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The Unpublished Manuscripts of 7 Famous Authors
(via mental_floss) Not every work by a great author ends up topping bestseller lists. Some never make it onto the
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Hanging With the Spider-Man of the Science Department
(via Great Big Story) Like most superheroes, Moises Vazquez prefers to keep his identity hidden—however, unlike most other costumed crusaders,
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Library Hand, the Fastidiously Neat Penmanship Style Made for Card Catalogs
(via Atlas Obscura) Toward the end of the 19th century libraries were faced with a myriad of issues. As libraries
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Why Is the Sea Salty?
(via Hakai Magazine) Thousands of years ago, the answer to the question of why the sea is salty would elicit
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Why Is It ‘Eleven, Twelve’ Instead of ‘Oneteen, Twoteen’?
(via mental_floss) English number words are pretty logical after a point. From twenty-one to ninety-nine, the same principle applies: you
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This Way to ‘Conjunction Junction’
(via Great Big Story) Bob Dorough composed the beloved “Schoolhouse Rock!” songs that taught us elementary school math and grammar.
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Found: A Map of the Entire Internet, As of 1973
(via Atlas Obscura) In the very early years of the Internet, back when it was the secret and very small
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“Rocky” The Movie Turns 40; Rocky The Boxer Wouldn’t Have Made 30
(via Den of Geek) Rocky, the scrappy strip of celluloid, has endured with the same stamina that drove the upstart
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