#InterestingThings
We have a 3-4 month growing season usually ruined by a random hail storm in July or August. YET...we grew the first cantaloupe in America! #InterestingThings #Colorado
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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On February 19, 1914, 5 yr old Charlotte May Pierstorff’s parents in Grangeville, Idaho, mailed her via parcel post to her grandma in Lewiston, about 73 miles away. It beat the $1.55 train fare, costing just 53 cents in stamps pinned to her coat. 😱 #InterestingThings
November 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Hmm. An unusual accumulation of trains noon at Canberra station. What is going on? #trains #railways #interestingthings
June 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The elegance of a 16th century letter fold. ✉️✒️✨

#interestingthings #letter #folding #elegant #oldfashioned #poetic #poetry #reading #bookworm
May 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A minor leak in the Redwood Water Pipe, Toketee Falls, Oregon.

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#Oddities
April 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This did not turn out to be what I thought it was going to be 🤩 #InterestingThings
April 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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April 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The studio notes for Back to the Future sent to Steven Spielberg in 1984. #InterestingThings #BehindTheScenes
March 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Shaquille O'Neal, at 7’1”, stands next to a wax figure of Robert Wadlow, the tallest man who ever lived at 8’11” #InterestingThings
February 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Shooting locations from the movie Stand By Me — then and now 🤩 #Movies #InterestingThings
February 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Topographical map of North America #InterestingThings
February 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
An early version of roller skates powered by pedals and wheels — 1910 #VintagePhotos #InterestingThings
January 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The oldest sunglasses ever found, these snow goggles, made of bone, leather, and wood, date back 2,000 years to the ancestors of the modern Inuit who lived along Alaska’s west coast. They were crafted to shield the eyes from snow blindness caused by the intense spring sunlight. #InterestingThings
January 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Did you know — The song “Mah Nà Mah Nà" was written by Italian composer Piero Umiliani. It originally appeared in the film Sweden: Heaven and Hell. It was only a minor radio hit, but became better known internationally after it was used by The Muppets and on The Benny Hill Show. #InterestingThings
January 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Disney’s Haunted Mansion ghost bride through the years 🤩 #InterestingThings
January 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A great opportunity to learn about Rinodina. Workshop organised by Italian Lichen Society. Some places left, join us !

#Rinodina #lichen #workshop #interestingthings
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