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Scotch Tape Can Create X-Rays, and More You Didn't Know About The Sticky Stuff

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By Kat Eschner Verified
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People have used it to repair everything from curtains to ceilings Depending on who you ask, Scotch tape was first marketed on this day either in 1928 or 1930. What’s safe to say is that the sticky-but-not-too-sticky substance has been helping us hold our lives together for most of a century. But you might not know everything about the roll in your kitchen drawer. 1.
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The First Cryonic Preservation Took Place Fifty Years Ago Today

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By Kat Eschner Verified
| Smithsonian Magazine Verified
Today, we still have no idea if the process will ever produce results To some, it’s the possibility of another life for themselves or a loved one. To others, it’s science fiction. Whatever it is, cryonics—defined by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation as “the science of using ultra-cold temperatures to preserve human life with the intent of restoring good health when technology becomes available to do so”— has now been around for 60 years, since the death of retired psychology professor James H.
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How 1950s America Shaped ‘The Nutcracker’

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By Kat Eschner Verified
| Smithsonian Magazine Verified
It took the marketing insight of a Russian choreographer to make it all happen The Nutcracker made its world premiere in St. Petersburg, Russia, on this day in 1892. It wasn’t a huge success, although Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite,” a 20-minute selection of music from the score he wrote for it did become popular. But the ballet’s big success still lay in the future–during the Cold War, when the Russian ballet, thanks to a Russian choreographer, became an American Christmas tradition.
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