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Curious SouthCoast: How a New Bedford soap manufacturer expanded to sell fertilizer
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoThere was also a water tower with a capacity of 30,000 gallons. Hersom reportedly maintained an...
Roger Corman, US producer behind beloved B-movies like ‘Little Shop of Horrors’, dies at 98
Euronews via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe producer and director behind low-budget classics like “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of...
See inside Kykuit, a 40-room mansion in New York that once belonged to the richest man in the world
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 days agoRockefeller Jr., hung in the Alcove with standing lamps designed by 20th-century Swiss...Giacometti...
11 Unusual Interests Of John Kellogg That Went Beyond Breakfast Cereal
Mashed via Yahoo News· 3 days agoKellogg, the story goes, was on a safari when he...
Once-Beloved World Tourist Attractions That Don't Exist Anymore
Cheapism via AOL· 3 days agoSacred sites, breathtaking landscapes, and manmade wonders are disappearing, leaving little more...
Extraordinary Eads: 150th anniversary of the bridge that wowed the world
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 3 days agoSt. Louisans may take the Eads Bridge for granted. The man who gave St. Louis its first bridge over...
Benjamin Franklin Was the Nation’s First Newsman
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 days agoBenjamin Franklin was, in his own words, “the youngest son of the youngest son for five Generations back.” Born to a Boston candlemaker who had emigrated...
Experience plunging into a black hole without being spaghettified (NASA video)
Boing Boing· 5 days agoNow you can dive into the event horizon—a black hole's point of no return—without, y'know, being...
Local Entertainment Roundup: May 16-23
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star· 4 days agoSketch History, James Monroe Museum, 908 Charles St. 6 p.m. Free; pre-registration preferred. Music Evolution in the African Diaspora, Fredericksburg...
I found $9 sneakers in thrift store - ‘unusual’ detail means they retail at $1k
The US Sun· 7 days agoThe Reddit user snapped the eyesore Roger Vivier Viv' Run Sneakers collecting dust in their local...