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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

(via Amusing Planet) Smoke signals and beacons have been used to relay messages over short distances since ancient times, but

(via TED Ed) The Earth intercepts a lot of solar power: 173,000 terawatts. That’s 10,000 times more power than the

(via Neatorama) On the evening of October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, into

(via Popular Mechanics) Technology has always pushed up against preconceived ideas about how we live. Since the law is ostensibly

(via TED Ed) Teflon was in the spacesuits the Apollo crew wore for the moon landing, in pipes and valves

(via Nat and Lo) The internet is powered by over 300 heavy duty underwater cables that carry 99% of all

(via Great Big Story) The video game ‘E.T, The Extraterrestrial’ for Atari 2600 is considered one of the biggest flops

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

(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