The Camera Technology That Turned Films Into Stories
(via The Atlantic) In the late 19th century, filmmakers had a problem they couldn’t have anticipated: how to make a
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Semaphore: The World’s First Telegraph
(via Amusing Planet) Smoke signals and beacons have been used to relay messages over short distances since ancient times, but
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How do solar panels work?
(via TED Ed) The Earth intercepts a lot of solar power: 173,000 terawatts. That’s 10,000 times more power than the
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What causes cavities?
(via TED Ed) When a team of archeologists recently came across some 15,000-year-old human remains, they made an interesting discovery:
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Why doesn’t anything stick to Teflon?
(via TED Ed) Teflon was in the spacesuits the Apollo crew wore for the moon landing, in pipes and valves
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A Journey To The Bottom Of The Internet
(via Nat and Lo) The internet is powered by over 300 heavy duty underwater cables that carry 99% of all
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5 Ways Breweries, Distilleries, and Wineries Outsmarted Prohibition
(via First We Feast) From January 17th, 1920 until December 5th, 1933, the 18th Amendment (a.k.a the Volstead Act) to
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How Millions Of Secret Silk Maps Helped POWs Escape Their Captors in WWII
(via Atlas Obscura) These maps would need to be thin enough to be snuck into a boot or coat lining,
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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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Early computer-generated personalities that left their mark
(via Neatorama) Ordinarily, when someone describes another person as “artificial,” they’re referring to a real person who only seems fake.
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The First Time Humans Crashed a Probe on Mars
(via Motherboard) In October, the European/Russian-built Schiaparelli lander crashed headlong into Mars after suffering a software glitch mere minutes before
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Silent Film Shows How Motorcycles Were Built Before the Assembly Line
Have you ever wondered what manufacturing was like back when vehicles were truly hand-assembled? Even before Henry Ford popularized the
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