10 Things You May Not Know About the Pony Express
(via History) On this day in 1860, the first Pony Express mail, traveling by horse and rider relay teams, simultaneously
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Innovation
V-Mail: the WWII program that scanned GI letters home onto microfilm
(via Retronaut) Shortly after entering World War II, the US military found that delivering immense volumes of mail to and
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Transforming a Football Stadium Into a Final Four Court
(via Popular Mechanics) University of Phoenix Stadium is no newbie when it comes to hosting a Big Game. It set
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Why Planes Don’t Fly Any Faster Than They Did in the 1960s
(via mental_floss) The airplane experience has changed a lot since the 1960s, when tickets could cost up to five times
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The Controversial Zeppelin Stamps That Enraged 1930s Collectors
(via Atlas Obscura) On May 21, 1930, the world’s biggest airship, the Graf Zeppelin, floated over the Cape Verde Islands
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The First Spacewalker Cheated Death And Crash-Landed In a Forest Full of Wolves
(via Motherboard) March 18, 1965 was an ordinary Thursday for the majority of people located on planet Earth. But for 30-year-old
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This Light Bulb Has Been Burning Since 1901
(via mental_floss) There’s a light bulb in Livermore, California that won’t go out. It hangs on a cord from the ceiling
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How Do NASA’s Apollo Computers Stack Up to an iPhone?
(via Popular Mechanics) Yes, the modern smartphone is powerful than the computer used by NASA during the Apollo mission, but
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7 of the Biggest Ships to Sail the High Seas
(via Popular Mechanics) The science of density—not to mention surface area—has allowed us humans to enormous craft for centuries. But
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Stunning Spacewalk Video Shows An Astronaut-Eye View From The ISS
A video filmed on January 13th, 2017 by the European Space Agency shows two astronauts working on a power upgrade
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IBM has figured out how to store data on a single atom
(via Quartz) IBM announced it has managed to successfully store data on a single atom for the first time. The
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The Tale of the Tommy Gun
(via Popular Mechanics) Bootlegging gangsters firing a barrage of bullets at the G-men in pursuit—that’s picture you might have of
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