After 100 Years, Roald Amundsen’s Polar Ship Returns to Norway
(via Smithsonian) Maud, which sunk in Arctic Canada in 1930, was floated across the Atlantic to its new home in
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Science
The Scientists Who Starved to Death Surrounded By Food
(via Amusing Planet) The 900-day Siege of Leningrad during the Second World War was perhaps one of the most gruesome
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10 Human Test Subjects Whose Deaths Left A Lasting Legacy
(via Listverse) Over the centuries, the medical field has seen incredible advancements. Unfortunately, those advancements haven’t come free, and there
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10 Bizarre Forgotten Creations Of Famous Inventors
(via Listverse) Many inventors enjoy a career that spans multiple decades yet are primarily remembered only for their most successful
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The People Keeping Bees on Paris’s Most Famous Landmarks
(via Atlas Obscura) Bees make honey on the rooftops of the Notre Dame and Musée d’Orsay.
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Building the World’s Largest Robot
(via Great Big Story) Inspired by “Mobile Suit Gundam,” one of the most popular anime series in Japan, engineer Masaaki
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London’s Secret Nuclear Reactor
(via Amusing Planet) For more than 30 years, between 1962 and 1996, a nuclear reactor sat at the heart of
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7 Eye-Opening Facts About The Planet Venus
(via mental_floss) For all the efforts to find another inhabitable planet orbiting a distant star, it might surprise you to
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The Chili Cutters of China
(via Great Big Story) Affectionately known as China Chili City, Xiazi is home to the nation’s largest chili market. There,
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10 Bite-Sized Facts About Shark Week
(via Mental Floss) Summer television changed forever in 1988, when Shark Week made its Discovery Channel debut. This week it’s
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10 Bizarre Secrets Behind America’s National Treasures
(via Listverse) Growing up in the United States, you learn about all the big, quintessentially “American” sites and structures from a
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How the Humble Pencil Conquered the World
(via Popular Mechanics) Pencils aren’t just for the SATs. It is the go-to drawing tool of the carpenter and the
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