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Computer Programming Used To Be Women’s Work
Computer programmers are expected to be male and antisocial - an self-fulfilling prophecy that forgets the women that the entire field was built upon
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Before JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald Tried to Kill an Army Major General
Seven months before he shot President Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald tried to kill Major General Edwin Walker
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Early Agriculture Nearly Tanked Ancient Europe’s Population
While the rise of agriculture allowed human populations to blossom, it also opened the door for catastrophic collapses
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Hear Stories Read in Proto Indo-European, a 6000-Year-Old Language
Proto Indo-European is thought to be the precursor to many Indian, Asian and European languages
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The Case of the Mysterious, Thirteenth-Century Eruption Might Finally be Solved
In A.D. 1257 a massive volcano erupted, spreading ash all over the world. The problem is that scientists have no idea where the eruption happened
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Lysol’s Vintage Ads Subtly Pushed Women to Use Its Disinfectant as Birth Control
As if that wasn’t bad enough, Lysol isn’t even an effective contraceptive
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Funding Gaps Have Only Forced Government Shutdowns Since the 1980s
Funding gaps didn’t always bring a shut down of the federal government
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There Used to Be an Entire Museum Full of Weird, Old Robots, And You Can Still Take a Video Tour
Today, people can get their old creepy robot fix on the internet. But there was once a whole museum devoted to old bots
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Archaeologists Looking for a Sultan’s Buried Heart Found a Whole Town Instead
Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent’s missing heart still has not been found, but archeologists searching for it did discover a lost, ancient Ottoman town
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Be Careful When Taking Pictures of Other People’s Art
The U.S. Postal Service owes the man who sculpted the Korean War memorial nearly $685,000
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China Claims to Have Bought a Huge Chunk of Ukraine
China says it’s purchased 3 million hectares of Ukrainian farming land, but Ukraine says it has no intention of selling land to China
The U.S. Nearly Nuked North Carolina
North Carolina was saved from nuclear devastation by one little switch
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Kenya in Context: Malls Around the World That Terrorists Have Attacked
Lots of people, lots of exits, lots of packages—a few of the reasons why shopping malls are targeted
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Bagels And Lox Are a Uniquely American Creation
Lox didn’t originate in New York City. Nor did bagels. But putting them together, that is a distinctly New York Creation
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The Muslim Brotherhood’s Short History as an Officially Recognized Political Party Is Over
Amidst an ongoing military crackdown, Egypt bans the Muslim Brotherhood
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This Engraved Infographic of the Revolutionary War Is From 1871
This engraved infographic from 1871 shows the major events of the Revolutionary War, and some beautiful subtle additions
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Legos Helped Restore a 3,000-Year-Old Sarcophagus
Lego platforms propped the sarcophagus in place from the inside, allowing the researchers to work on the ancient materials without fear of collapse
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Google Earth Is Lending a Hand with Land Mine Clearing in Kosovo
Google has teemed with the Halo Trust, a non-profit that works to remove land mines and other unexploded ordinances that often linger after a conflict ends
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This Map Is a Crash Course in European History, 1 A.D. to Today
A three minute video shows 1000 years of European conquest
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Three Ancient Rivers, Long Buried by the Sahara, Created a Passage to the Mediterranean
One river system, called the Irharhar, appears to have been a particularly popular travel route, corroborated by both model simulations and artifacts
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