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How Bubble Wrap is Made

(via YouTube) It protects. It entertains… but how is bubble wrap actually made? Check this video out and be amazed.

(via Mental Floss) Radio might not be quite the media force it once was, but there are still thousands of

(via Atlas Obscura) To save bygone software, files, and more, researchers are working to emulate decades-old technology in the cloud.

(via Popular Mechanics) Bigger isn’t always better in the world of monster machines. Sometimes big means too cumbersome to accomplish

(via Smithsonian) From jackets heated with electronic ink to personal airbags for skiers, these are some of the most innovative wearables

(via Atlas Obscura) The Mid-America Windmill Museum, in Kendallville, Indiana, exists almost entirely outdoors. Its 53 specimens, most of them

(via Useless Daily) On this day in 2007, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone—a touchscreen mobile phone with

(via Smithsonian) An increasing number of food companies are using food normally destined for the dumpster, and a new study shows

(via Grunge) Telegrams were essentially the precursor to the text message, except it was harder to respond with an emoji.

(via NPR) Astronomers in California are building the largest digital camera in the world. It will go on a giant telescope

(via Popular Mechanics) The current Jeep Wrangler is way more high-tech than its WWII-era forefather, but there’s a direct link

(via Great Big Story) It turns out that supertankers and cruise ships have valets. They’re called maritime pilots, and they’re