Tim Wong Became The Best Friend A Rare Butterfly Ever Had
It's National Learn About Butterflies Day, so here’s the story of a guy who turned his backyard into a habitat for a rare type of butterfly, and it worked out pretty well.
Pennies Were First Used Back When A Penny Was Worth Something, By Golly
Today in 1793, the U.S. Mint issued its first circulating coins, which were one-cent pieces. Here's a little bit about how we got the penny and some of its most memorable designs.
Clara MacBeth, The Queen Of Cruise Ships, Spent Decades At Sea
Today is Take A Cruise Day. Cruise ships aren’t for everybody, but some of us really take to them, especially Clara MacBeth, who spent entire decades on cruise ships sailing around the world.
The Time Chicago Had To Be Raised Fourteen Feet
Today in 1837 an act to incorporate the city of Chicago passed. A decade or two later, thousands of workers helped raise many of its buildings up 14 feet to make way for a badly needed wastewater and stormwater system.
The Muffler Men And Uniroyal Gals Of Route 66
The interstate highway may not be the only one of its kind, but it's certainly the one with the most memorable roadside attractions - including the giant fiberglass sculptures known as Muffler Men and Uniroyal Gals.
Running The Mars Rover From Home Is The Coolest Remote Work Ever
Like people in other industries who have the means to do so, the scientists who operate the Curiosity Rover are working away from their office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in southern California. Though technically when you run a craft that's on another planet, you're always working remotely.
Will Kryptos, The Unsolvable CIA Puzzle Sculpture, Finally Be Solved?
Kryptos is a puzzle sculpture that’s been on the grounds of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia since 1990. Three of its four coded messages have been solved - and now we have a clue that might reveal the fourth.