stuffmomnevertoldyou: Patti McGee, the world’s first female professional skateboarder.

stuffmomnevertoldyou: Patti McGee, the world’s first female professional skateboarder.

Midcenturymodernfreak: 1970S Future…From 1961 Tv Viewers Of The 1970S Will See Their Programs On Sets Quite Different From Today’s, If Designs Now Being Worked Out Are Developed. At The Home Furnishings Market In Chicago, Illinois, On June 21, 1961,

Oldworldinventions: 1890: “This Is The First Known Photograph Ever Taken Of A Surfer. Surfing Was Banned In Hawaii By Missionaries In The 1700S For Its “Ungodliness,” But Fortunately The Natives Didn’t Pay Much Heed To That Decree.”

Did-You-Kno: Barack Obama Is The First Sitting Us President To Publish A Scientific Paper. The Paper, Titled “United States Health Care Reform: Progress To Date And Next Steps,” Was Published In The Journal Of The American Medical Association

V-Ersacrum: Frederic Leighton, Bacchante (Detail), 1895

Museum-Of-Artifacts: Greek Coin From Eretria, C. 500-465 Bc With Octopus

Historical-Nonfiction: The Steppe Geoglyphs Of Kazakhstan Were Accidentally Discovered By Dmitriy Dey, An Archaeology Enthusiast, While He Was Using Google Earth To Look For Pyramids. The Steppe Geoglyphs Consist Of More Than 200 Rings, Squares, And

Did-You-Kno: The Building Blocks Of Life Might Be Hanging Out On Titan, One Of Saturn’s Moons. Cornell University Scientists Believe They Have Proven That Life Only Requires The Existence Of One Chemical: Hydrogen Cyanide, Which Can Be Found

Mexico Finds Water Tunnels Under Pakal Tomb In Palenque

Starrynightstarz: Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (1852-1929), “Orpheus’s Sorrow”

Compoundchem: This Week In Chemistry: How Pigeons Can Help Track Lead Pollution, A New Antibiotic Found In The Human Nose, And More! Links To Articles + Studies: Http://Wp.me/P4Aplt-1Xy

Fyeahastropics: A Huge Solar Filament Erupts(Via Apod; Video Credit: Nasa’s Gsfc, Sdo Aia Team ) Filaments Sometimes Explode Off The Sun. Featured, A Huge Filament Had Been Seen Hovering Over The Sun’s Surface For Over A Week Before It

Theverge: This Little Sentry Robot Can Patrol Your Home.

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