Meet the Voice of the Early Internet
(via Great Big Story) If you logged onto the internet circa 1997, chances are you heard this guy, Elwood Edwards,
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The Uncertain Future of Saving the Past
(via Popular Mechanics) The people tasked with protecting objects that make up the backbone of our culture use a lot
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NASA’s Next Great Spacecraft Will Arrive at Jupiter in a Week
(via Popular Mechanics) At about 9 p.m. Eastern on the Fourth of July, the Juno spacecraft will conclude a five-year
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Reporter takes terrifying trip down LA’s Skyslide
(via WJLA) The Skyslide in open to the public. It spans 45 feet from the 70th to the 69th floor
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Warning! These 1950s Movie Gimmicks Will Shock You
(via Collectors Weekly) Over 60 years ago, creative individuals like William Castle pushed the boundaries of the movie-going experience to
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The Last Authentic Steam Railroad
(via Great Big Story) The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, in Chama, N.M., operates one of America’s last steam trains.
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How a B-52 Stratofortress Holds a 35-Ton Load of Weaponry
(via Popular Mechanics and Smithsonian) The B-52 has been around for ages, and for good reason. Ever since its inception during
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These guys built the ‘World’s Largest Nerf Gun’
(via Tech Crunch) Bigger isn’t necessarily better when it comes to Nerf battles — but… well, this one wins. It’s
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Time-Lapse Footage of a Cruise Ship’s Construction
(via mental_floss) The footage shows cranes and pulleys assembling the AIDAprima—the new flagship of German cruise line AIDA Cruises—at the Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki,
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Where Dollars Die and are Reborn
(via Great Big Story) Turns out, your old dollars have a very green afterlife. When money gets too old and
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The Strange History of Microfilm, Which Will Be With Us for Centuries
(via Atlas Obscura) Microfiche, the plasticky film used to archive old print content, has a surprisingly diverse history—one that starts
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Ancient Greek Astronomy Computer may be 1,000 years Ahead of its Time
(via Motherboard) Since it was discovered in 1900 by divers off the Greek island of Antikythera, a complex clockwork device
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