At NPSC we know that one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy is to learn new things. Unfortunately, with all of the information available to us, it can feel almost impossible to find the time to sift through the web to find the gems.
So, we’ve decided to do it for you! Every Friday, you can find five new articles or videos from the week that will stretch your mind, fuel your spirit, and feed your brain.
“THIS COLLEGE DROPOUT WAS BEDRIDDEN FOR 11 YEARS. THEN HE INVENTED A SURGERY AND CURED HIMSELF” by Ryan Prior, cnn.com
“Lindsay suspected there might be something in his adrenal gland that acted like a tumor, but wasn’t one.”
“THE PIRATE WHO PENNED THE FIRST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE GUACAMOLE RECIPE” by Luke Fater, atlasobscura.com
“Willam Dampier’s food-writing first included the use of the words ‘barbecue’ and ‘chopsticks.'”
“MEET THE MAN WHO WON $24K BETTING ON THE MOON LANDING” by Darren Rovell, actionnetwork.com
“In April 1964, a 21-year-old English man wrote a letter to William Hill asking the sports book what odds it will give him for man to land on the moon.”
“10 BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS AUGUST” by Literary Hub, lithub.com
Recommended reading from Lit Hub staff and contributors
“THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NEEDS YOUR HELP TRANSCRIBING SUFFRAGIST PAPERS” by Brigit Katz, smithsonianmag.com
“Nearly 16,000 pages of diaries, letters, speeches and other documents are available on the library’s crowdsourcing platform.”
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