Built Roller Coaster For Grandfather
The roller coaster grandpa story is too adorable.
To Protect Themselves From Lions, Cattle In Botswana Have Eyes On Their Backsides (Cool Weird Awesome 359)
"Ambush predators" like lions go after livestock while those animals aren't looking. So scientists at the University of New South Wales tested a theory in Botswana: what if we painted eyes on the back ends of cattle so the lions thought they were watching?
Hurricanes Can Be Named After Anybody Now, Thanks To Roxcy Bolton (Cool Weird Awesome 311)
For a time the powers that be only named hurricanes after women. Roxcy Bolton spoke out for years to change that policy, arguing that women “deeply resent being arbitrarily associated with disaster.”
The Ups and Downs Of Rollercoaster History (Cool Weird Awesome 107)
It’s National Rollercoaster Day. The history of the rollercoaster is even longer than the tracks they use to get around.