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11 Fast Facts About Amtrak

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(via Mental Floss) It’s been 50 years since Congress established the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to salvage the nation’s struggling

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(via Smithsonian) Secured under Ingenuity’s solar panels is a stamp-sized swatch of fabric from the Wright Flyer

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(via Smithsonian) After winning a state science fair and becoming a finalist in a national competition, Dasia Taylor now has

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(via Amusing Planet) Orson Fowler wanted to design the best house, but he detested the traditional boxy shapes. Too many

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(via Smithsonian) Then as now, machines preceded the humans.

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(via Mental Floss) Spend enough time in your car, and you’ll eventually begin to consider the seeming absurdity of the

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(via Smithsonian) If the craft succeeds, it will provide crucial information for exploring the other planets by air

(via Amusing Planet) Far off the east coast of New Zealand, about 3,300 kilometers out in the Pacific Ocean, lies

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(via Smithsonian) The device was part of an elaborate plan on behalf of Union Pacific Railroad to boost passenger rail

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(via Atlas Obscura) On February 18, 2021, if all goes to plan, NASA’s Perseverance rover will land on Mars. While

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(via Smithsonian) Designed by Grumman Iron Works, the tough little fighter kept America in the fight during those early dark

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(via Mental Floss) Ada Lovelace has been called the world’s first computer programmer. What she did was write the world’s