The story of “blue being invisible in history” begins in 1858 when William Gladstone who was mystified as to why the color blue was never referred to in ancient Greek writing. Further explorations have revealed an absence of the mention of the color blue in writing from many other ancient cultures. It was as if […]
The miners of Renaissance Europe, digging ever deeper into the earth in the search of ore, invariably found another, less welcome substance – water. Everywhere they dug, it found them, seeping into tunnels and shafts. If it could not be removed at least as quickly as it entered, it would flood the mine and make […]
This position is very effective in stabilizing high blood pressure, normalizing thyroid function and very good if you just want to relax.
The birth of the music video is often credited to MTV. It was 1981 when the first 24-hour music channel launched on our screens with “Video Killed the Radio Star”. Oh the irony, right? Wrong. Video and the radio star actually go way back. Get comfortable, because we’re about to have some fun getting to […]
Ever wanted to skip the marital problems and jump straight to the cookie recipe on your favorite food blog? This Chrome extension detects recipes and will prompt you with a button which replaces everything on the page with just the recipe.
Imagine tiny little nuclear powered batteries, made from nuclear waste, capable of easily and safely providing nanowatt to microwatt power levels, with a 20 year lifespan, used to power tiny little microscopic machines. Via Wikipedia
They use it to travel back in time and kidnap themself as an infant, then take the baby back to their present day to provide it with a better childhood. (yes, there’s all kinds of logic issues with this, but time travel itself is already a major logic issue)
This London home, currently on sale for £950k, was once a Victorian hat shop. Some parts of the house are no wider than a bathtub. Via My London
yelling at each other with bullhorns, all at the same time.
What other animals and plants are invasive to the point of being environmentally destructive–and can be pretty damned tasty if cooked up? Read on. Via PBS
