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How the Band-Aid was invented

(via TED-Ed) It is estimated that Johnson & Johnson have made an astounding 100 billion Band-Aids since they were invented

(via TED-Ed) In the third act of “Swan Lake”, the Black Swan pulls off a seemingly endless series of turns,

(via Popular Mechanics) Suffering is better when you can put a number on it. Hence the wind chill, that index

(via First We Feast) From January 17th, 1920 until December 5th, 1933, the 18th Amendment (a.k.a the Volstead Act) to

(via mental_floss) In 1902, Scotland sent explorers on an official national expedition to Antarctica, headed up by polar scientist and

(via Atlas Obscura) These maps would need to be thin enough to be snuck into a boot or coat lining,

(via Atlas Obscura) In the very early years of the Internet, back when it was the secret and very small

(via How Stuff Works) Not much in this world is quite as amusing as watching a cat freak out over

(via Great Big Story) Welcome to Holiday Tree Farms—the largest Christmas tree farm in the world. Located in Corvallis, Oregon,

(via Neatorama) Ordinarily, when someone describes another person as “artificial,” they’re referring to a real person who only seems fake.

(via Amusing Planet) A small coastal plain, some 30 kilometers southwest of the city of Almeria, Spain, has developed the

(via Amusing Planet) The dazzling white sand of “Spiagge Bianche”, or “white beaches”, in the town of Rosignano Solvay, in