Friday, March 16, 2018

Miss Cellania's Links

The Lincoln Highway. The first nationwide road is still visible in places.

Neo-Nazi Group Implodes Over Love Triangle Turned Trailer Brawl. You can't make this stuff up; I checked plenty of other sources. (via reddit)

How St. Patrick's Day Works. Learn the origins and customs of the holiday.

NASA Twins Study Verifies Long-Term Health Effects of Space Travel. We now have more to consider before we send people to Mars.

Stephen Hawking's final words to the internet: robots aren't the problem, capitalism is.

15 Things You Should Know About Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Healthcare in US costs 2x as much as other rich nations. That doesn't mean it's better.

13 Little Bedroom Hacks That Will Actually Help You Get More Sleep. Even if you're not an insomniac, a better night's rest will improve your mood and performance.

The Long Linguistic Journey to "Dagnabbit." It's a taboo deformation, which is also how we got the words "bear' and "wolf."

All the New Things We Learned From the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Blu-Ray. The movie could have been more than three hours long.

2 comments:

  1. For some reason I can't get posting privileges at Neatorama, so I'll have to comment here. The Lincoln Highway bridge shown in the article was located in Tama, Iowa. It was built in 1914 and is still in service today.

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  2. I live three blocks from a Lincoln hwy marker in San Francisco.

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