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How the World’s First Movie Star Changed Cars Forever

(via Great Big Story) In the early 1900s, Florence Lawrence was one of the most recognizable women in America. She

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(via Mental Floss) Situated on a rocky outcrop above Athens, Greece, the Acropolis is a citadel featuring some of the

(via Listverse) Today, Vikings are known mostly for their ferocity as barbaric raiders who lived to loot, pillage, and burn.

(via Popular Mechanics) The .45 caliber pistol, also known as the M1911A1, is one of the most iconic handguns ever

(via Atlas Obscura) The tower went 187 feet up into the sky. The base was framed with wood, but the

(via Great Big Story) For the past 175 years, organ builders Henry Willis & Sons have been preserving sacred sounds.

(via Atlas Obscura) Underwater combat dates back to the American Revolution.

(via Atlas Obscura) It’s the year 1900 and you need a photograph 8 feet long. Impossible? Not to photographer George

(via Popular Mechanics) One of the dangers of floating in a space station is that you really have to worry

(via Mental Floss)You may have snaked through a long line of fellow tourists to trek to the observation deck for

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(via The Week) You go to the coffee shop and take your coffee to go. You enjoy your drink, then

(via Great Big Story) While many in history lay claim to inventing the first “self-propelled vehicle,” Beijing’s Forbidden City may