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7 of the Longest U.S. Interstates

(via Popular Mechanics) Seattle to Boston. San Francisco to Teaneck, New Jersey. Even Miami to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The

(via Popular Mechanics) Just because a gadget is technically obsolete doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. The latest example can be

(via Popular Mechanics) Aluminum has been around for thousands of years, but until fairly recently, it was very expensive and

(via Quora) This is a good question with an interesting answer. The crushed stones are what is known as ballast.

(via The Science Channel) When it was built, Big Ben was the largest clock in the world. Over 150 years

(via Popular Mechanics) The idea of turning the Golden Gate Bridge into a double-decker has been around almost since the

(via Great Big Story) One-hundred-fifty feet below Kansas City, in a 270-million-year-old limestone deposit, more than 1600 people work in

(via Popular Mechanics) When a fresh crew blasts off toward the International Space Station this week, their first task will

(via Tech Crunch) Bigger isn’t necessarily better when it comes to Nerf battles — but… well, this one wins. It’s

(via Amusing Planet) When architect Solomon Willard arrived in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1825, and discovered a granite ledge in a

May 13, 2016May 12, 2016 0 Comments engineering

(via Retronaut) At the start of the 20th century, engineers for New York City determined that in order to accommodate

Alfred Ely Beach, a wealthy engineer and businessman designed the first subway in New York City. His 95 meter pneumatic