The Guy Who Makes the World’s Best Paper Airplanes.

The Theater That Shakespeare Stole.

The Invention of the Baby Carrot

Phrases commonly used today which are derived from obsolete technologies.

This device was used to resuscitate canaries in coal mines.


The Surprisingly Complex Design of the Ziploc Bag.

ICYMI, Friday’s links are here, and include medieval fitness programs, an interactive map showing all of the roads leading to Rome, lost survival tips from 100 years ago (with illustrations), and the Great Sperm Race, scaled up to human size (plus bonus Monty Python).