Time to change up your look to reflect that bobbed-hair, Charleston-doing self? Prices have changed a bit since 1926 when Scott Pierce did the math behind the flapper fad, so plan on opening your wallet a bit wider unless Grandma’s been hiding a treasure trove in the attic. Full story at Retronaut. The good old …

Not every mouse is meant to be a Mickey Mouse, as the Disney animator who Walt Disney himself called a “genius,” shows in this sketch from 1985. Ward Kimball was responsible for the creation of such memorable characters as Jiminy Cricket and the Cheshire Cat during his most unique career at Disney. Full story at …

We’ll never know exactly what Vincent Van Gogh saw that inspired him to paint “The Starry Night,” but Alex Ruiz takes a delightful stab at guessing in his digital interpretation of the night that famous work was born. According to the digital concept artist: This is an homage to him, and to his painting, one …

It takes only seconds to send a text. That might not seem like a long time, but when your eyes are off the road and focused on your phone, the consequences can be deadly. Via Car Insurance. (H/T Muhammad Saleem) Drive your car safely.

When the mercury creeps into dangerous zones, the freedom of summer becomes absolutely stifling, but if you’re on the hunt for some really cool projects for kids to do this summer, why not throw them J.R.R. Tolkien’s way to satisfy the reading itch and whip up an Eye of Sauron to cover science? These LED …

When Mick Jagger approached Shepard Fairey to redesign the Rolling Stones’ iconic mouth logo, the American artist and designer, known best for his “OBEY” and Obama “HOPE” works, happily obliged. In my opinion, the Stones’ tongue logo is the most iconic, potent and enduring logo in rock & roll history. I think the logo not …

If you’re old enough to rent a car, then you’re probably past your trampoline prime. The Washington Post dashes Average Joe’s Olympic dreams with a graph detailing the age range of summer athletes representing Team USA. Via WashPo. You’re never too old to watch the Olympics.

Whoever thought getting a bag of Funyuns would be so difficult? Via Bite.ca. Fun with food.

Royal portraits don’t often contain a lot of wide grinning poses, but in 1887, a photographer captured a rare shot of Queen Victoria with a smile on her face. Via Retronaut. Say cheese, royals.

Standardized tests are now the fashion for holding a struggling public education system “accountable” for the work being done in the nation’s classrooms, but when veteran teacher Marion Brady spoke with graduates of the class of ’61 last fall, particularly those who had happily spent their careers teaching, they uniformly said they would never recommend …

Though states in the southern United States often lean red with a vengeance, a river of blue runs through the region when it comes to presidential elections. But why? Questions of modern politics don’t often look to ancient geology for their answers, but Dr. M at Deep Sea News has done just that and come …

In 1898, the Winton Motor Carriage Company took out an ad in Scientific American for its horse-free, hydrocarbon motored Winton Motor Carriage. The ad was the first of its kind and even brought in a customer. Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania became first person to purchase a Winton automobile after seeing the world’s first …