Mastodawn

Legion of Doom Scrollers Jan 20, 2023

Open Culture (Official)Jan 20, 2023

The Mystery Finally Solved: Why Has Roman Concrete Been So Durable?

https://www.openculture.com/2023/01/the-mystery-finally-solved-why-has-roman-concrete-been-so-durable.html via @openculture

The Mystery Finally Solved: Why Has Roman Concrete Been So Durable?

Image by Benjaminec, via Wikimedia Commons Rome may not have been built in a day, but it was built to last — or at least its concrete was, given that the pieces of the Roman Empire that have stood to our time, in one form or another, tend to have been built with it.

Open Culture

Legion of Doom Scrollers Jan 20, 2023

Open Culture (Official)Jan 20, 2023

Behold Colorful Geologic Maps of Mars Released by The United States Geological Survey

https://www.openculture.com/2023/01/behold-colorful-geologic-maps-of-mars-released-by-the-united-states-geological-survey.html via @openculture

Behold Colorful Geologic Maps of Mars Released by The United States Geological Survey

The USGS Astrogeology Science Center has recently released a series of colorful and intricately-detailed maps of Mars.

Open Culture

Legion of Doom Scrollers Jan 2, 2023

Open Culture (Official)Jan 2, 2023

How the Ancient Romans Built Their Roads, the Lifelines of Their Vast Empire

https://www.openculture.com/2023/01/how-the-ancient-romans-built-their-roads-the-lifelines-of-their-vast-empire.html

How the Ancient Romans Built Their Roads, the Lifelines of Their Vast Empire

At its peak in the second century, the Roman Empire dominated nearly two million square miles of the world. As with most such grand achievements, it couldn't have happened without the development of certain technologies.

Open Culture

Legion of Doom Scrollers Jan 1, 2023

So I have to sign up for a gym membership AND go to the gym? Well, this is some bullshit. #newyearsresolutions

Legion of Doom Scrollers Dec 30, 2022

Open Culture (Official)Dec 30, 2022

75 Post-Punk and Hardcore Concerts from the 1980s Have Been Digitized & Put Online: Fugazi, GWAR, Lemonheads, Dain Bramage (with Dave Grohl) & More

https://www.openculture.com/2022/01/75-post-punk-and-hardcore-concerts-from-the-1980s-have-digitized-put-online.html

75 Post-Punk and Hardcore Concerts from the 1980s Have Been Digitized & Put Online: Fugazi, GWAR, Lemonheads, Dain Bramage (with Dave Grohl) & More

Between 1985 and 1988, a teenager by the name of Sohrab Habibion was attending punk and post-punk shows around the Washington, DC area. What set him apart was the bulky video camera he’d bring to the show and let roll, documenting entire gigs in all their low-rez, lo-fi glory.

Open Culture

Legion of Doom Scrollers Dec 30, 2022

Open Culture (Official)Dec 29, 2022

Watch "You Suck at Cooking," a Hilarious Source for Tasty Recipes and Food Hacks of Questionable Veracity

https://www.openculture.com/2022/12/watch-you-suck-at-cooking-a-hilarious-source-for-tasty-recipes-and-food-hacks-of-questionable-veracity.html

Watch You Suck at Cooking, a Hilarious Source for Tasty Recipes and Food Hacks of Questionable Veracity

Is it just us, or did half of Gen Z teach themselves how to cook on TikTok during the height of the pandemic? The recipes that go viral have more in common with gonzo science experiments than Julia Child’s Coq au Vin.

Open Culture

Legion of Doom Scrollers Dec 30, 2022

lovablenerd Dec 30, 2022

December 31st, buying the perfect notebook with the most lovely picture of a swan with gold lining and tiffany blue background: this is the year I will learn to journal.

January 1s, messing up the first word I wrote: The entire book, nay year, is ruined.

Legion of Doom Scrollers Dec 27, 2022

Open Culture (Official)Dec 26, 2022

The Roman Roads and Bridges You Can Still Travel Today

https://www.openculture.com/2022/12/the-roman-roads-and-bridges-you-can-still-travel-today.html

Legion of Doom Scrollers Dec 24, 2022

Village Person Dec 17, 2022

*ad for swiss army knife*

do you need to open your wine and keep others away from your wine?

Legion of Doom Scrollers Dec 24, 2022

Uncle Duke

Dec 23, 2022

when your Amazon order arrives and you think to yourself “this is some real bullshit right here”