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My Pet Chicken, a full-service chicken-raising site, has seen a spike in sales. – By Mallory Hughes, CNN Updated 2020 Jul 25 – At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the food supply in America was in question. Images of barren grocery store …
The Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries Yaupon tea, a botanical cousin to yerba maté, is now almost unknown. At a council, the chief sits at the place of honor surrounded by his advisors. Cassina is prepared by women in the …
One of the most extreme and remarkable supercars ever built, the Gordon Murray T.50 pushes boundaries in many directions. Gordon Murray Design – By Loz Blain 2020 Jul 21 – If you haven’t been following, Formula One wizard Gordon Murray is designing …
We’re safeguarding the world’s seeds in the Arctic, why not our most precious data? – Image source: Hans-Jurgen Mager/Everyday basics/Unsplash/Big Think – By Robby Berman, 2020 Jul 23 – Buried underground near the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is the Arctic World Archive …
A man who did not want his name released found the chest and Fenn says he promised the finder that he wouldn’t reveal who found it or where. This undated photo provided by Forrest Fenn shows an estimated $2 million dollars of gold …
Our Sun. ‘Total Solar Eclipse, Venus and the Red Giant Betelgeuse’. In a very long process, the photographer calibrated, aligned and stacked 96 frames together, revealing the streamers and the faint corona. Sebastian Voltmer – By Rich Haridy 2020 Jul 25 – The Insight …
By reinventing herself as Indian, Lillian Smith became a wild west sensation—and escaped an unhappy past – Lillian as Princess Wenona, with beloved horse “Rabbit.” This was probably taken around 1915, while she was contracted with the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West. …
Silly names like “grand wizard” lost all of their silliness amid the murder, terror, and destruction this group has caused. KKK gathering – Shutterstock – By Nicholas Vrchoticky 2020 Jun 17 – It might not be surprising that a white supremacist group …
Did Betelgeuse eat a star? That could help explain some of its more puzzling attributes. Chatzopoulos et al. 2020 – By Jennifer Leman 2020 Jul 21 – A team of researchers have proposed that the star Betelgeuse may have been part of a …
In a controversial new study, scientists cite artifacts dating the event to more than 26,000 years ago – A stone point from Chiquihuite cave (Ciprian Ardelean) – By Brian Handwerk, SmithsonianMag.Com 2020 Jul 22 – Surprisingly old stone points found in a Mexican …
