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The Battle Over Net Neutrality Started With the 1920s-Era ‘Hush-A-Phone’

(via Atlas Obscura) It’s not unusual today to overhear strangers’ intimate phone conversations while commuting to work on public transit,

(via Popular Mechanics) Pencils aren’t just for the SATs. It is the go-to drawing tool of the carpenter and the

(via Atlas Obscura) During the Cold War, the U.S. and the USSR fought for dominion over the coveted title of World’s

(via Popular Mechanics) Gluing a car together might seem like a dangerous way to reduce weight, but it turns out

(via Popular Mechanics) The year was 1967, the middle of the Cold War. America and Russia were locked in a

(via Retronaut) Commissioned in December 1896, the USS Brooklyn was the Navy’s third armored cruiser, after the New York and

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(via Popular Mechanics) Have you had to write a rent check lately? Or maybe fax some important documents? Despite things

(via History Things) In 1893, Chicago held a world’s fair called the World’s Columbian Exposition. The purpose was to celebrate

(via FlowingData) Different camera lenses cause images to do different things. This animation illustrates the weight adding phenomenon.

(via Popular Mechanics) A new gel could revolutionize pain treatment by going where it needs to go when it needs

(via JSTOR Daily) The space race of the Sixties now seems a distant memory: all those moonwalks, Cold War rivalries,

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(via Popular Mechanics) We can’t go back in time to sample the oxygen content of prehistoric air. But now it