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Pizza Boxes: The Most-Seen Artwork in America

(via Great Big Story) Freeport Paper manufactures some of the most widely seen graphic art in America: the pizza box.

(via Popular Mechanics) The U.S. military speaks many languages. From the markings on tanks to the classification of aircraft, the

(via Smithsonian) First introduced 150 years ago, the device was meant to prevent accidents—but then it caused one.

(via Atlas Obscura) The strange truth about leftovers is that they often taste better the next day. It seems counter-intuitive:

(via Mental Floss) Mark Twain is widely considered the author of the first great American novel—The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—but

(via Mental Floss) The Mall of America is more than just a shopping mall—it’s a bona fide tourist attraction. For

(via Atlas Obscura) The garage is a symbol of suburbia, a site of rebellion, and a very strange room.

(via Messy Nessy Chic) From Andy Warhol to Adolf Hitler, some of these doubles were showmen (and women) who willingly

(via Amusing Planet) The controversial Statue of Unity dedicated to India’s first deputy prime minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was unveiled

(via Popular Mechanics) The weapon has archaeologists rethinking America’s earliest settlers.

(via Mental Floss) In Japan, a broken bowl or mug isn’t necessarily destined for the nearest trash bin. Through the

(via Atlas Obscura) Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto, and then hitched a ride toward it.