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1920s library sticker told kids to wash their hands before touching
This amazing old sticker was found inside the cover of a book from the Pasadena City Schools Library in the 1920s.
 • Popkin
Pomiferous: database featuring more than 7,000 apple varieties
Pomiferous is the world’s most extensive database of apples, containing information regarding more than 7,000 varieties.
 • Rob Beschizza
Roomba inventor builds robots designed to bond with you
The inventor behind the world-famous Roomba is now working on something far more personal and strange: robots designed to emotionally connect with their…
 • Popkin
Digitizing vintage proportional typewriter fonts
IBM’s Selectric Composer was a special edition of the famed business-class typewriter that used proportional type instead of fixed-width characters…
 • Rob Beschizza
Trump’s Justice Department rediscovers its enthusiasm for intimidating the press
Nothing says “freedom of the press” quite like the government treating investigative reporting as an annoying security vulnerability.
 • Jason Weisberger
An incredible lineup at San Diego’s ImprovCon
This August 20th through the 23rd, San Diego plays host to ImprovCon, and their announced lineup is pretty spectacular.
 • Jason Weisberger
Would you sleep in a 1,000-year-old cliff dwelling?
Atlas Obscura put together a fantastic collection of buildings balanced on cliffsides. If you’re afraid of heights, this is probably not a list you’d…
 • Popkin
‘The hood is off’: Virginia Republican steps onto America’s most obvious rhetorical landmine
Some dog whistles are subtle frequencies only specialists can hear, while others are more like an airhorn.
 • Jason Weisberger
Don’t fall for AI-generated sob stories
Would you pay a hundred dollars for a tote bag?
 • Grant St. Clair
Entering a cat in a dog show
At this point, nothing Max Fosh does can surprise me.
 • Grant St. Clair
Aaron Paul enters the Wasteland for season 3 of Fallout
Of course, we knew season 3 of the Fallout TV show was greenlit before season 2 even released.
 • Grant St. Clair
This geography game is a worthy addition to your daily puzzle lineup
MapTap is a daily game that tests geographical knowledge and provides tools to improve it.
 • Gail P Sherman
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