How a Canadian Beekeeper Breeds New Queens
(via Atlas Obscura) Honeybees aren’t your typical livestock.
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Eight Fun Facts About Black Widows
(via Smithsonian) The venomous spiders are nimble, secretive and dangerous
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11 Things You Didn’t Know About Sunscreen
(via Mental Floss)Using sunscreen is one of the most important ways you can care for your body. Yet most of
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Top 10 Inventions That Changed The World
(via Listverse) You’re reading this on your desktop/laptop/tablet/phone, most likely in a durable building, wearing insulating clothing (I hope), maybe
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The Flying Tanks of World War 2
(via Amusing Planet) Dropping supplies including combat vehicles to troops on the ground was one of the biggest achievements of
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The First Mobile Phone Call Was Made 75 Years Ago
(via Smithsonian) The evolution of the cell phone illustrates what it takes for technologies to go from breakthrough to big
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11 Fast Facts About Amtrak
(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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The Deep Roots of the Vegetable That ‘Took Over the World’
(via Atlas Obscura) A study digs up the origin of the single species that gives us turnips, bok choy, broccoli
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Bingham Canyon Mine Landslide
(via Amusing Planet) On April 10, 2013, a gigantic chunk of earth and rocks gave away and crashed into the
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Remembering the Spitfire
(via Smithsonian) Spit’ pilots flew their first combat missions over Dunkirk during the Battle of France
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Italian Art Restorers Used Bacteria to Clean Michelangelo Masterpieces
(via Smithsonian) Researchers deployed microbes to remove stains and grime from the marble sculptures in Florence’s Medici Chapels
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Aliens Might Never Appreciate How Cool Voyager’s Golden Record Is
(via Atlas Obscura) In the late summer of 1977, NASA launched a pair of interstellar probes, Voyager 1 and 2.
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