Chevrolet’s Misguided 1940 Attempt to Appeal to 'Fair and Weak' Women
"The homemaker walks miles every day, from sink to icebox, from cupboard to stove," explains the male narrator of the short film above, entitled Easy Does It.The 1940 video, produced by Chevrolet,...
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Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library in Indianapolis, Indiana
Since 2011 the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library has been keeping the flame of the famed author, war veteran, pacifist, free-speech advocate, critic, counter-culture icon and Indianapolis' favorite son.If...
View ArticleA U.K. Official Probably Just Killed Any Hopes for 'Boaty McBoatface'
Submit your suggestions for a name https://t.co/6feXAM3qXV@BAS_News#NameOurShippic.twitter.com/GNLVgck7Yi— NERC (@NERCscience) March 17, 2016The public has spoken, but even after weeks of polling and...
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Buffalo City Hall in Buffalo, New York
This Art Deco gem from 1931 features an almost 360-degree view of the Queen City.In 1801, the city of Buffalo was just a small village. By 1901, it was the host of the infamous Pan-American Exposition,...
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The Controversial History of Letterboxing for Movies on Your TV
Letterboxing. (Photo: Todd Baker/CC BY2.0)A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, a twice-weekly newsletter that hunts for the end of the long tail. Taking an experience like going to the...
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Pointe du Hoc in Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France
Jutting out off the coast of Normandy, Pointe du Hoc is a dramatic promontory peninsula that offers commanding views of Omaha Beach to the east and Utah Beach to the west. It’d be a pretty good place...
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The Last Flight of Germany's Glider King, Who Inspired the Wright Brothers
Go, Glider King, Go! (Photo: Library of Congress/ppmsca.02546/Public Domain)When we talk about human flight the first names to come up are inevitably Orville and Wilbur Wright, who piloted the first...
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How One Cougar Can Plant 94,000 Seeds a Year
A cougar. (Photo: enciktat/shutterstock.com)Cougars are great gardeners. You won’t see them carefully pruning bonsai trees with their claws or paging through a Burpee seed catalog, but scientists say...
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Did a Coded Message Lead an American to a Lost Civilization in China?
(Illustration: Michael Tunk)When Sheldon Gosline was living in China in 2013 to study the country’s lesser-used languages, a colleague at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences showed him a mysterious...
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Found: An Unusually Pristine, 400-Year-Old Shipwrecked Dress
A detail of the dress. (Photo: Kaap Skil Museum)Telex Island is part of an archipelago that starts just north of Amsterdam and curves along the coast of the North Sea. Since the 17th century, a parcel...
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Why Modern Meteorologists Use a 19th-Century Crystal Ball
Crystal balls at the South Pole. (Photo: Eli Duke/CC BY-SA 2.0)It sounds like the premise for a riddle: At the South Pole are two crystal balls that provides unfailingly accurate information—not about...
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Shocking Before-and-After Photos of the World’s Coral Bleaching Catastrophe
Coral bleaching. (Photo: acro_phuket/shutterstock.com)It’s a beautifully clear day in the tropics. The water is warm and still; there’s no wind, no clouds to block the bright sunshine. It looks like a...
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For Sale: An Entire Band of India's Electromagnetic Spectrum
A cell tower in Pondicherry, India. (Photo: Ken Banks/CC BY 2.0)Everything has its price, including the electromagnetic spectrum. In India, that will soon mean an entire band of the spectrum, as the...
View ArticleWatch a Calligrapher Turn Shopping Lists Into Art
Note to self: Seb Lester's handwriting makes even the most mundane scribbles look like royal decrees.Lester is a British calligrapher who shares video snippets of his impeccable penmanship on YouTube...
View ArticleGlastonbury Festival Orders Thousands of Cups to Help the British Steel Industry
Glastonbury has launched reusable stainless steel pint cups to help the UK steel industry https://t.co/P0MJlFYZQHpic.twitter.com/eH3l2uiod7— Indy Business (@TheIndyBusiness) April 19, 2016When a music...
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El Foro Antiguo Palacio Jai Alai in Tijuana, Mexico
In 1947 Tijuana, Mexico huge crowds gathered downtown, all eager to witness jai alai, or "pelota vasca" (Basque ball). El Foro Antiguo Palacio Jai Alai was constructed to quench the thirst of the...
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Dinosaurs Were Probably in Decline Well Before Massive Asteroid Strike
(Photo: ssr ist4u/CC BY-SA 3.0)Dinosaurs might have been dying out long before a massive asteroid struck Earth millions of years ago, killing them for good, scientists said recently. The new theory...
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Who Invented Eggs Benedict–a Traitor, a Pope, or a Hungover Dude?
Eggs Benedict. (Photo: Magdanatka/shutterstock.com)The most important thing to know about eggs Benedict is that they have nothing to do with the famed traitor Benedict Arnold.In fact, some give credit...
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Underground Forest of Fossilized Bald Cypress Trees in Washington, District...
The area around 17th and M Streets in Northwest Washington, DC marks the northern edge of an ancient swamp. where stands of enormous bald cypress trees once lived to be 1,700 years old. Just twenty...
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Paisley Witches Memorial in Paisley, Renfrewshire
In the middle of a busy intersection in Paisley sits a largely unremarkable circle of cobblestones surrounding a steel horseshoe centered within a modest circular bronze plaque. A person almost...
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