This spiral bridge on the Macclesfield canal in England is a brilliant piece of engineering from the 19th century, nicknamed the "Snake Bridge" or "Roving Bridge" it was designed to allow horses pulling canal boats to easily change banks without having to be unhitched.

DID YOU KNOW Jeff Bezos' grandfather founded DARPA in the 1950's.

In 1752 Great Britain transitioned from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian calendar. Because there was an eleven-day difference in the two calendars, it was necessary for the British to skip eleven days in order to “catch up.” So, by act of Parliament, in Great Britain and the

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Some scientists now suggest that domestic cats may be among the most biologically refined creatures on Earth. Unlike animals that rely on a narrow range of adaptations, cats exhibit a rare balance of strength, agility, intelligence, and sensory precision.

Karl Bushby has been walking from Chile to England for 27 years

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IN LOCAL NEWS — Food truck owner sets new record for largest number of peaches eaten in 90 seconds

🥔✨ Let's give it up for the humble potato! This versatile veggie has been around for nearly 10,000 years, thanks to the Inca people of Peru. 🌎 Now grown in all 50 states and 125 countries, potatoes even made it to space in 1995! 🚀 💪 Potatoes are a nutritional powerhouse:

I trace my alcoholism back to the day I lost a patient on the table during what should’ve been a routine spare ribs procedure ...

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@DudespostingWs This guy built the most incredible treehouse I've ever seen

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Incredible. Roland Reisley is 101 years old, the last original client of Frank Lloyd Wright. He still lives in the 3,200 square foot home that Wright built for him in 1952. The price? $40,000. Or a little less than half a million in today's money.

A San Francisco company has unveiled salmon that wasn’t caught in the ocean or raised on a farm—it was grown entirely in a lab. The fillets come from the forefront of an emerging technology called cell-cultured seafood. The FDA has approved the product, declaring it as safe as

Molding pumpkins. https://t.co/IITCL0l25F

Aug. 5, 1949, record heat and high winds fuel Mann Gulch fire on MT’s Helena National Forest, killing12 U.S. Forest Service smokejumpers and a forest ranger. Almost 5,000 acres of timber, grasslands burned. Hat tip to former AP staffer Len Iwanski, who covered 50th anniversary.

A medieval tavern from 1293 looks like it would have been fun

Nearly 70 years after making his Hollywood debut, the legendary composer and conductor John Williams has a new musical composition to his name.