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See the Pixelated Desert That Powers Your Phone Battery

(via Atlas Obscura) A lithium lakebed in Chile from above.

(via PetaPixel) Check out this incredible photo of the moon. It may look like it was captured using some ultra-advanced

(via Amusing Planet) An architectural oddity found only in the US state of Vermont is the so-called “witch window”. These

(via Listverse) When we think of sunken cities, most of us think of Atlantis. According to Plato, it was a city

(via NPR) They came covered in blue paint, donning red and white hats, nearly 3,000 in all. Their goal was

(via Listverse) Whenever you create something new, patent it as soon as possible, or others might take advantage of your

(via Popular Mechanics) Are witnesses ever relocated somewhere cool? Or just the middle of nowhere?

(via Great Big Story) For over a thousand years, the island of Murano—just outside Venice, Italy—has been known throughout the

(via Atlas Obscura) The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx gives us a startlingly clear view of space rock that probably won’t hit us.

(via Mental Floss) While today we can get machines to write for us, for most of human history, writing was

(via Smithsonian) Two inventors turned a failed experiment into an irresistibly poppable product that revolutionized the shipping industry.

(via Atlas Obscura) At least until the British Empire turned its attention to India.