Breathing New Life Into Pipes of the Past
(via Great Big Story) For the past 175 years, organ builders Henry Willis & Sons have been preserving sacred sounds.
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What 10 Classic Books Were Almost Called
(via Mental Floss) Remember when your high school summer reading list included Atticus, Fiesta, and The Last Man in Europe?
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25 of the New Words Merriam-Webster Is Adding to the Dictionary in 2018
(via Mental Floss) If you don’t spend most of your time on the internet, it can be hard to keep
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10 Weird Facts About Teeth
(via Listverse) Despite interacting with them many times a day, we really don’t give all that much thought to our
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10 Lesser-Known Weird Facts About The Avocado
(via Listverse) The avocado is potentially both the most loved and the most hated fruit of our time. Technically, it’s a
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A Brief History of the RV
(via Smithsonian) In 1915, technology merged with the “back to nature” movement, leading to the invention of the motorhome.
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Found: A Coin That Stopped the Tsar’s Police From Shaving You
(via Atlas Obscura) They might be scratching their chins in surprise. Archaeologists in Russia have recently stumbled upon a 1699 coin
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11 Ready-to-Digest Tidbits About TV Dinners
(via Mental Floss) Happy National TV Dinner Day! September 10th holds a special spot on the calendar for the iconic,
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In 1900, Photographing an Entire Train Required the World’s Biggest Camera
(via Atlas Obscura) It’s the year 1900 and you need a photograph 8 feet long. Impossible? Not to photographer George
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Charles Kellogg Sang Like a Bird and Drove a Giant Tree
(via Atlas Obscura) The vaudeville entertainer turned a California redwood into a mobile “Travel Log.”
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How Scotland’s 35-Year Kilt Ban Backfired in Spectacular Fashion
(via Mental Floss) At the behest of England’s national Anglican church, 1688’s Glorious Revolution—also called the Bloodless Revolution—deposed the country’s
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Ice Volcanoes of The Great Lakes
(via Amusing Planet) During the winter months, Great Lakes in North America freezes over, a unique feature called “ice volcanoes”
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