How The Atomic Tests Looked Like From Los Angeles
(via Amusing Planet) Between 1951 and 1992, the United States conducted 928 atomic tests at the Nevada Test Site about
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Technology
Woman Breaks World Speed Record by Riding a Bicycle at 147 Mph
(via Popular Mechanics) American cyclist Denise Mueller recently set a new woman’s bicycle land speed record of 147 mph at
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The Untold Story of the Man Who Called Himself the “Black Edison”
(via Popular Mechanics) It’s 3 AM on July 25, 1916, and Garrett Morgan’s phone rings. The voice on the other
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The First Mass Produced and Best-Selling Chair in the World
(via The Vintage News) The chair that you have definitely seen gazillion times and mostly likely reminds us to a nice
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The Painstaking, Secretive Process Of Designing New Money
(via Fast.co Design) Australia has a new $5 banknote, and it looks expensive. Bend the note, and a printed bird
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What did Manhattan look like in 1609?
(via JSTOR) Humans and wilderness maintain a binary separation. We’re saturated with images of species gone extinct, acres of ancient
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Before Alarm Clocks in Britain
(via Retronaut) Though designs for alarm clocks date back to the ancient Greeks, they were still not particularly widespread well
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The First Ever Stethoscope Was a Simple Wooden Tube
(via Atlas Obscura) At the Necker Hospital in Paris, Dr. René Laennec stood at the bedside of a female patient
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How Aluminum Changed Engineering Forever
(via Popular Mechanics) Aluminum has been around for thousands of years, but until fairly recently, it was very expensive and
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This Man Rocketed Over A Canyon To Honor Evel Knievel
(via AP) Professional stuntman Eddie Braun successfully jumped over the Snake River Canyon Friday, September 16, in an ode to
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Why Are There Crushed Stones Alongside Railroad Tracks?
(via Quora) This is a good question with an interesting answer. The crushed stones are what is known as ballast.
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7 Nuclear Test Sites You Can Visit Today
(via Atlas Obscura) The atomic age began on July 16, 1945, when the Manhattan Project detonated its first successful nuclear weapon
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