10 Places That Plants Took Back
(via Listverse) If there is one thing you can say about plants, it’s that they look interesting. They are beautiful, colorful,
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Found: A Pair of Boxing Gloves From 2,000 Years Ago
(via Atlas Obscura) The leather items are considered to be the only surviving examples from the Roman era.
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The Animal Sculptures Giving New Life to Recycled Paper
(via Great Big Story) For Japanese artist Chie Hitotsuyama, paper is in her blood. In her grandfather’s old paper-braiding factory,
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Found: A Hidden Painting Underneath a Picasso
(via Atlas Obscura) Pablo Picasso was one of the most prolific painters of the 20th century. Perhaps as a result of
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The Most Unusual Menus From Libraries Around the World
(via Atlas Obscura) The history of the menu isn’t all that long, and its origins are murky. Menus were needed
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How many calories Olympians eat
(via Vox) With every Olympic Games come tales of athletes’ favorite junk foods: the ice cream, Chinese food, and burgers they
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Why Do Olympians Bite Their Medals?
(via Mental Floss) Watch the Olympics and you might notice a number of medalists gnawing on their gold or silver
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Where Old, Unreadable Documents Go to Be Understood
(via Atlas Obscura) Linda Watson’s company, Transcription Services, has a rare specialty—transcribing historical documents that stump average readers. Once, while
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A Peek at Famous Readers’ Borrowing Records From a Private New York Library
(via Atlas Obscura) The New York Society Library, a subscription library now located in a prim townhouse on East 79th
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10 Inventions That Earned Their Creators Nothing
(via Listverse) Whenever you create something new, patent it as soon as possible, or others might take advantage of your
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Secrets only one living person knows
(via Grunge) These days, you can barely whisper a secret in somebody’s ear before every little detail spreads across Facebook like
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The Incredible Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany
(via Amusing Planet) The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aqueduct in Germany that connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland
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