Posts Tagged ‘history’
Holy Grail of Baseball Cards: The T-206 Honus Wagner
By Ben | amazing tales, history, sportshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_3BtIUSmbk "Starting from January 1909, the [American Tabacco Company] sought authorization from baseball players for [&hellip
How Fast Could You Travel Across the U.S. in the 1800s?
By Ben | history, mapsA flight from New York to San Francisco can be an all day affair including [&hellip
The Pitch Drop Experiment (the longest continuously running experiment)
By Ben | science"In 1927 Professor Parnell heated a sample of pitch and poured it into a glass [&hellip
Paws, Pee and Mice: Cats & Medieval Manuscripts
By Ben | animals, funny, historyIt turns out cats have a long history among those who wrote and cared for [&hellip
The (Secret) City of London: A History
By Ben | historyThe history of the world (according to the History Channel)
By Ben | funny, historyvia humor-image.com via @rjallain
Benjamin Franklin’s 220 Expressions for “Drunk”
By Ben | Uncategorizedvia neatorama.com I wonder what would happen if a prominent political figure put out a [&hellip
The Story of the Keep Calm and Carry On Poster
By Ben | Uncategorizedvia neatorama.com Features one of the coolest book stores evar. Maybe even as cool as [&hellip
The proposed 38 United States of America
By Ben | economics, history, maps"If George Etzel Pearcy had his way, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s famous song would have been called [&hellip
11 Sounds That Your Kids Have Probably Never Heard
By Ben | Uncategorizedvia mentalfloss.com I can remember hearing all of these sounds live and in person except [&hellip
Historically Hardcore- 50 Cent vs. Teddy Roosevelt (h/t @damian613 )
By Ben | UncategorizedGoing for a run leads to local history investigation
By Ben | Uncategorizedvia flickr.com Oh, the wonders of the internet! All the maps say "Barnes Reservoir," but [&hellip