The Sun Would Be Very Loud If You Could Hear In Space
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has revealed some new details about our solar system’s top star, including that it’s very loud (!)
The Iowa State Fair Has A Husband Calling Contest
If you find yourself at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, you may come across one of its most unusual attractions: the husband calling contest.
George Sutton Made His Name Playing Billiards After Losing His Hands
For National Billiards and Pool Day, the story of an accomplished billiards player who made his name by playing the game after losing his hands.
Two Countries Showed Up At The 1936 Olympics Flying Identical Flags
At the 1936 Summer Games, Liechtenstein and Haiti showed up flying identical blue and red striped flags. Fortunately they found a solution.
There’s A Far-Off Planet Sometimes Called Earth’s Evil Twin
Scientists have found that Exoplanet HD 189733b looks blue with white wispy clouds, but the similarities between that far-off world and this one stop right about there.
William Rankin Fell Through A Thundercloud And Lived
Today in 1959, Marine Corps pilot William Rankin passed through the middle of a thundercloud after having to eject from his plane. And despite the storm’s best efforts, he made it through in one piece.
Tom Stuker Used His Lifetime Airline Ticket To Travel More Than 24 Million Miles
Summer travel comes and goes for most of us, but Tom Stuker, the "world's most frequent flyer," bought a lifetime plane ticket in 1990 and has been up in the air a lot since then.
It Took Researchers Twenty Years To Figure Out The Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone unlocked a huge amount of knowledge about the ancient world. Or at least it would after scholars spent like two decades figuring out what it said.
New York Once Built Artificial Reefs Out Of Old Ice Cream Trucks
For National Ice Cream Day this Sunday, the story of how New York state once upcycled some ice cream trucks into artificial reefs around Long Island.
There Was Almost A Scary Sequel To “E.T.”
This day in 1982 was the date at the top of a movie treatment for “E.T. 2: Nocturnal Fears." And as the title suggests, the sequel would have been a lot creepier than the first movie.