Interesting Thing of the Day

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ITotD on Summer Break Joe Kissell - June 3, 2019 My attempts at building a time machine having failed thus far, I find myself with too few hours in the day. So ITotD will be on a (hopefully brief) hiatus while I take care of business. Read more Killer Snails And you thought they were just garden pests or a French delicacy Joe Kissell - May 31, 2019 When you think of deadly animals, you may picture lions, hippos, or even mosquitos. But watch out for the real killer: snails. Read more Cruise Ship Condos Making your home on the high seas Joe Kissell - May 30, 2019 If you love to travel and have a few million spare dollars, you can buy a condo on any of several luxury cruise ships and live there year-round, taking your home with you as you sail around the world. Read more The Sinking City of Venice Atlantis redux Joe Kissell - May 29, 2019 The water level is rising in Venice, while the buildings are sinking. An ambitious plan is underway to save the ancient city from an untimely demise. Read more Winds with Names More than just a bunch of hot air Joe Kissell - May 28, 2019 It's one thing to give a storm like a hurricane or typhoon a name, but it's another to assign a proper name to wind of a certain type in a certain season and location. Read more Solar Sails The next big thing in space travel Joe Kissell - May 27, 2019 Outfit a spacecraft with a huge but incredibly lightweight mirror, and it can travel indefinitely, without fuel, at speeds that eventually exceed those of conventional rocket-powered craft. Read more ___-of-the-Month Clubs Old marketing gimmicks never die Joe Kissell - May 24, 2019 The Book-of-the-Month Club is still going strong after more than 90 years, despite the rise and fall of mega-bookstores (and the advent of Amazon.com). But that's not all: you can get a monthly subscription to just about anything. Read more Oil from Garbage Modern-day alchemy Joe Kissell - May 23, 2019 As long as we have garbage, we'll never run out of oil, thanks to a technology called thermal depolymerization process (TDP). Read more Ischigualasto Triassic Park in Argentina Joe Kissell - May 22, 2019 A park in northwestern Argentina earned the nickname Valley of the Moon for its stark landscape and weird rock formations, but its real claim to fame is an extensive cache of rare fossils that help to show the origins of both dinosaurs and mammals. Read more Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Engineering marvel of the Canal Age Morgen Jahnke - May 21, 2019 A Welsh aqueduct completed in the early 19th century was constructed right over a river; instead of being used to transport water, it used water to transport cargo. Read more The Fata Morgana Effect Fairy castles in the air Morgen Jahnke - May 20, 2019 A mirage in which a building, ship, or other structure appears to hover above the ground was named after the legendary half-sister of King Arthur. Read more Hubbert s Peak The controversial theory of Peak Oil Joe Kissell - May 17, 2019 A theory proposed in the 1950s says that the world's production of oil has already peaked and is heading toward a rapid decline. Is it truth, fiction, or merely optimism? Read more Llívia A little piece of Spain in France Joe Kissell - May 16, 2019 Situated entirely within France, though quite close to the Spanish border, is a town that's considered part of Spain. Both countries go to considerable (if sometimes silly) lengths to protect their turf. Read more Carbon Sequestration Greenhouse gas disposal techniques Joe Kissell - May 15, 2019 The world is having trouble reducing its production of carbon dioxide, which increases global warming. But there's a way to make the problem less bad, at least temporarily: storing excess greenhouse gases in a safe place. Read more The Crypt of Civilization Museum in a time capsule Joe Kissell - May 14, 2019 There are time capsules, and then there are time capsules. A vault sealed in 1940 in Atlanta contains a huge stash of artifacts that should be unearthed in 8113. Read more Load more Save Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete.

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