Device used in Nazi coding machine found for sale on eBay
(via The Guardian) The Lorenz teleprinter was used to send coded messages between Adolf Hitler and his generals. But after
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The Forgotten Firsts: 10 Vintage Versions of Modern Technology
(via Messy Nessy Chic) In this age of mobile, wireless, digital and whatchamacallit technology, nothing seems to surprise us nowadays. Unless they’re
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Inside America’s Lethal New Stealth Destroyer
(via The National Interest) The U.S. Navy is preparing to fire long-range precision guns and missiles from its lethal, stealthy
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Taking Airline Reservations before Computers, 1945
(via SFO Museum) Back before computers, airlines took reservations manually. Centered around a large board that displayed the next thirty
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The Invention that Tamed America, and the Town Obsessed with It
(via Atlas Obscura) Could anything be less friendly than barbed wire? Its whole purpose is to deter, to turn back,
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New Hubble Portrait of Mars
(via NASA) Bright, frosty polar caps, and clouds above a vivid, rust-colored landscape reveal Mars as a dynamic seasonal planet
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Five Men Agree To Stand Directly Under An Exploding Nuclear Bomb
(via NPR) On July 19, 1957, five men stood at Ground Zero of an atomic test that was being conducted
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Edible Six-Pack Rings Feed Marine Life If They End Up In The Ocean
(via Huffington Post) Saltwater Brewery in Delray Beach, Florida, has created edible six-pack rings that feed, rather than kill, marine
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Broken Wagon Wheels on the “Oregon Trail”
(via Great Big Story) One of the most iconic computer games of your youth was actually created before computers existed.
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Car crashes, curses, and carousing—the story of the second Soviet in space
(via Ars Technica) The recklessness and bravado of the first seven Mercury astronauts are immortalized in the 1979 Tom Wolfe
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Returning Home From Life In Space
(via Great Big Story) What’s it like to readjust to life on earth after spending time in zero gravity? Astronaut
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The History of Social Networking
(via Digital Trends) Are you wondering why you’re looking at this right now? Did a link come up in your
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