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A town of 52,000 people has called the famous bridge its own since 1971. Via Seth Dixon, Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks 
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October 10, 2013 1:22 PM
This odd bit of trivia has always fascinated me and people always look at me like I'm an idiot when I say that London Bridge is in Arizona. Fact can be stranger than ficition, but it is an interesting story about place-making. Lake Havasu as a planned city had not history or iconic features--so they imported one to show that this city belonged on the map.
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Monopoly, nuclear fission, and programming: Ladies did it first. "From computer programming to nuclear fission to the paper bag machine, it's time to stop erasing these women from their great works." Via Douglas Eby, Sharrock
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Adam Price: The future for every Briton is another country – as history shows. Give us all a referendum to find out what those countries are
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Superpedestrian announced Monday that it will being selling the Copenhagen Wheel, which can make any bicycle into a motorized hybrid e-bike.
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Full information about cheetah’s all subspecies - beautiful pictures, amazing facts, info about its speed and other characters. Via Wildlife Defence |
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We rose early in the morning to get things ready for My Lord, and Mr. Sheply going to put up his pistols (which were charged with bullets) into the holsters, one of them flew off, and it pleased God that, the mouth of the gun being downwards, it did us no hurt, but I think I never was in more danger in my life, which put me into a great fright. About eight o’clock my Lord went; and going through the garden my Lord met with Mr. William Montagu, who told him of an estate of land lately come into the King’s hands, that he had a mind my Lord should beg. To which end my Lord writ a letter presently to my Lord Chancellor [Latham & Matthews suggest “Lord Chamberlain” P.G.] to do it for him, which (after leave taken of my Lord atWhite Hall bridge) I did carry to Warwick House to him; and had a fair promise of him, that he would do it this day for my Lord. In my way thither I met the Lord Chancellor and all the judges riding on horseback and going to Westminster Hall, it being the first day of the term, which was the first time I ever saw any such solemnity.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary with information about his life and the 17th century background. Selected extracts are supported by a complete transcription of his shorthand text.
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OldPictureBooks.com: Old story books, brought back as flipbooks with 'real pages' that turn with a click of the mouse. Collected by syndicated columnist Barbara J. Feldman.
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If Magneto decided to attend art school, here's what he might produce: Huge levitating balls of rusty trash and city infrastructure.
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A pictorial history of the experimental oddities dreamed up by aeronautical engineers since the 1950s, many of which were built without the help of the advanced computing technology and sophisticated wind tunnel modelling used today.
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At first glance many might think I might like to have a go at doing that. Then you look down. For most people,might like quickly turns in to would never, ever in a million years. Welcome to Spain's Caminito del Rey, quite possibly the most dangerous pathway in the world.
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In Minnesota, ‘industrial’ operation shows effort to balance economic, environmental sustainability. Via dilaycock 
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February 27, 2014 11:33 AM
The large-scale agricultural practices of modern America tend to lend to the bad image of commercial farming. However, the practices are actually helping feed more people in the US, but they also use genetically modified crops and other highly debated techniques. 
Lauren Sellers's curator insight,
May 20, 2014 11:45 AM
Yes it does because in all large scale endeavors, regardless of what for, the quality is always sacrificed for the quantity because it becomes cheaper to produce and profits are greater. 
BrianCaldwell7's curator insight,
March 16, 2016 3:56 PM
In the long run, a successful farmer needs to find a balance between economic and environmental sustainability. Some big farms are working towards that so the 'big-equals-bad' narrative about agriculture may be easy, but it doesn't tell the whole story about modern agriculture.
Tags: GMOs, sustainability, agriculture, agribusiness.
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Tara Parker-Pope answers a reader’s question about the best way to prepare vegetables. Via Meristemi
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If you think you’ve seen every interspecies friendship, think again. “One Big Happy Family” 1. Via Jocelyn Stoller |
