How a Rain-Soaked Seattle Bookstore Helped Invent the School Backpack
(via Mental Floss) A leather belt. That’s what kids in the early 1900s often used to cart their school books
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The Forgotten History of the Neapolitan ‘Kindergarten Ship’
(via Atlas Obscura) The educational experiment in Naples Harbor that turned street children into sailors and students.
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Hanging With the Spider-Man of the Science Department
(via Great Big Story) Like most superheroes, Moises Vazquez prefers to keep his identity hidden—however, unlike most other costumed crusaders,
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This Way to ‘Conjunction Junction’
(via Great Big Story) Bob Dorough composed the beloved “Schoolhouse Rock!” songs that taught us elementary school math and grammar.
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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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