The New York Times Used To Have A Period In Its Logo
The newspaper business has changed a lot since the peak of print, like how the New York Times took a very small but important punctuation mark out of its logo.
A Writer In 1870 Couldn’t Figure Out What All The Fuss Over Yosemite Was About
This month in 1870, a magazine called The Galaxy published a puzzling article that essentially asks, what's the big deal about Yosemite?
When The Supreme Court Kind Of Ruled That An Airplane Wasn’t A Motor Vehicle
Today in 1931, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling that seems to say that a guy who stole an airplane was not guilty of breaking the law against stealing motor vehicles. It’s actually a little more complicated than that.
The Time Millions Of Legos Fell Into The Ocean And Washed Up On Beaches
Today in 1997, a container ship ran into a massive wave off the coast of Cornwall, in southwest England. Close to 4.8 million Legos went overboard, and ever since that day, they've been washing up on beaches all over.
How The Beatles Stitched Two Takes Of “Strawberry Fields Forever” Into A Rock Classic
Today in 1966, the Beatles were trying to make one great take of their new song “Strawberry Fields Forever,” and with help from producer George Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick, they ended up making that one great take out of two half takes.
Meet The High-Tech Stoplight Of The Future
We've had stoplights to direct us and our vehicles through intersections for around a century now. A design studio in Moscow has a concept for a high-tech refresh of stoplight technology.
Reckless Drivers
The kids have used their LEGOs to create the Reckless Driver family.
How The Cheese Curl Was Invented (Partly By Accident)
It was today in 1932 that the makers of the cheese curl (or one of them, there are several origin stories) applied for a patent for their creation. Only their creation was supposed to be something entirely different.
A Strike (Or A “Sensitivity Session”) Aboard A Space Station
On this day in 1973, something happened aboard the Skylab space station. Depending on who you talk to, it was somewhere between a "sensitivity session" between astronauts and ground crew, and a full-on space mutiny.
The Hubble Telescope’s First Space Photo Was Kind Of Blurry
It was on this day in 1990 that the Hubble Space Telescope took its first photo from space. Unfortunately the telescope had a problem with one of its mirrors that required astronauts to go up and fix.