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An Incredible Move: The Indiana Bell Telephone Building

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(via Amusing Planet) The relocation of the headquarters building of Indiana Bell Telephone Company in Indianapolis remains one of the

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(via Atlas Obscura) The same machine that popularized “The Oregon Trail” was secretly imported just a few years before the

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(via Popular Mechanics) It’s the size of an iPad. And it’s ready to unlock the power of AI.

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(via Popular Science) How powerful algorithms decide when that elevator car is finally going to come pick you up.

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(via The Week) You go to the coffee shop and take your coffee to go. You enjoy your drink, then

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(via Smithsonian) Within the Smithsonian’s collections exists a telltale trace of the weapon that would change the world forever.

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(via Great Big Story) Dial-up, floppy disks, Listservs. If you don’t know what any of these terms mean, you weren’t

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(via Smithsonian) In the 1930s, a forgotten federal bureau experimented with ways to make soy and other products more popular

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(via Listverse) The dangers of space travel are well understood. The business of space travel is a risky one. Since

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(via Atlas Obscura) Made in the former East Germany, Trabants have inspired many a mean joke—and a devoted community.

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(via Listverse) We rely on computers for an ever-increasing proportion of our day-to-day lives. As such, it can sometimes be

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(via Mental Floss) On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins launched from Florida’s