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WikipediaYour bookshelf might not seem interesting at first glance, but it has a strange history that might surprise you.Ever since books began phasing out scrolls… -
WikipediaAmerica's highways are littered with loose ends. In Houston, relics of an incomplete inner city project loom on the east and west ends with nothing…
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If there's a pilgrimage for the industrialized world, it probably ends in the Amazon Rainforest, at the center of a abandoned town called Fordlandia.By… -
Back in the seventies, Sesame Street’s Ernie sang to us about his favorite bath time buddy. But the rubber ducky has seen adventures far beyond the tub.In… -
The lesser water boatman is an insect usually found feeding on ponds and lakes across Europe. Only a few millimeters long, they look a bit like a… -
A year before cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the earth, American Joe Kittenger took a lift below a two-hundred-foot helium balloon. The ride took an hour… -
Christmas celebrations are not all light and warm as we travel around the world.Christmas in America is warm and fuzzy, stuffed with Santa, reindeer and… -
Since the Apollo missions of the sixties, the Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been home to an odd couple: a pair of crawler-transporters. Weighing in… -
Given the infinite access we’re afforded to color, it’s hard to imagine the importance its been given throughout history and the passion that has gone… -
Kellogg’s rushed Pop-Tarts onto the market in 1964, shortly after their competitor announcement a similar toaster snack release called Country Squares.… -
Recycling audio has allowed directors to more easily create the worlds of their films. Just like in life, the sounds that influence the mood of a moment… -
Andrew Bales continues with part three of his four-part look at iconic stock sound effects.The scream might be the glue that holds together horror films,…
