Did you know that in 1947, kids could mail 15 cents and a Kix cereal box top for a Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb Ring?
Hidden inside the ring was a trace amount of radioactive polonium-210. In a dark room, a tiny lens revealed flashes, much to the delight of the youngsters.
Ads… pic.twitter.com/XU3WjvJr5e
— Pecan (@PecanC8) October 7, 2026
The weather is gorgeous in Michigan right now!
Lovely evening up topside 🌊🌊 pic.twitter.com/tvExAPoJ62
— Lake Michigan (@LakeMichigan13) October 7, 2026
— Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken (@woofknight) October 7, 2026
— Rod Taylor 🇨🇦 (@raetay1yahoo) October 7, 2026
— The Charming Cad (@Manderskat) October 7, 2026
Did you know?
Benjamin Franklin’s glass armonica used to be banned in some German towns, amid fears that its ethereal sound could cause illness or madness.
Before those bans, its sound inspired Mozart to write Adagio in C, K. 356 (K. 617a), in 1791.
Its ethereal sound later… pic.twitter.com/EkjldeaKuk
— 🌸🎵 Beautiful Melody 🎶💖 (@Ducnghia16) October 7, 2026
— COUNTER-COINCIDISM 1 (@MarkAGirard1) October 6, 2026
This breathtakingly beautiful melody was actually created by Rachmaninoff from Paganini’s own Caprice No. 24—by inverting its melodic line.
One of the most ingenious transformations in the history of music.
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 — Variation 18 |… pic.twitter.com/yTNv5ApQQi
— 🌸🎵 Beautiful Melody 🎶💖 (@Ducnghia16) October 7, 2026
In Tokyo, fruit is sold inside velvet-lined wooden boxes. A single melon costs two hundred dollars and comes with a certificate of lineage.
In Kentucky, on a Saturday morning in August, fruit is sold off the tailgate of a 1994 Chevy pickup truck.
The bed of the truck was loaded…
— NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 (@japan_nobunaga) October 6, 2026
Bring back the Art Deco bath. pic.twitter.com/h4fNpPpUPR
— Elle Lookbook (@EvaLovesDesign) October 2, 2026
Hector went down with colic on Thursday night, and Nelson, who has never hurried in his life, walked the yard with him for an hour and a half.
The farmer found him at ten, pawing, looking round at his own flank, dropping down and getting up again, which in a horse means his gut… pic.twitter.com/ECBv7aaF6C
— Sama Hoole (@SamaHoole) October 3, 2026
Have you ever heard the sound of a Bandura? It's a perfect combination of elegance and beauty. pic.twitter.com/dtV1Rkm9kI
— Music over time🎻 (@Peal8888) October 6, 2026
It’s really important to pay attention to lawn signs during an election season. Last election, I wasn’t and I voted for a realtor and a roof guy.
— Swedish Canary 🇺🇸🇸🇪 (@SwedishCanary) October 3, 2026
I don’t know how you feel about it, but I love to watch these.
This is… Really really good.
Sound up! pic.twitter.com/xKkXmVWrUg
— L A R R Y (@LarryOConnor) October 3, 2026
Have a great day!
