Illustrator Lisa Congdon and writer Maria Popova of Brain Pickings teamed up to form The Reconstructionists, a web project which pays homage to great women throughout history. Congdon creates a portrait for each, and Popova writes a summary in her classically compelling voice, about what makes them great. Subjects so far have included Frida Kahlo, Billie Holiday, Joan Didion, Marie Curie, and other luminaries.

I remember the early days of widely-available internet, the dial-up tone, and the chunky desktops. So it's strange to consider that something like the GIF (graphics interchange format, or what you would recognize as the repeating clips of movie shots on Tumblr) already has a history. Watch this short, adorably animated film, created for Moving The Still: The GIF Festival. 

In 1914, the men of New York climbed the wires of the Brooklyn Bridge without a care in the world. Nowadays, there better be a microbrew or apple device up there because that's all they care about. See more incredible historic photos of New York City like this one below...

"Oreo was first introduced by Nabisco in 1912, it used a much more organic wreath for its emboss, later augmented with two pairs of turtledoves in a 1924 redesign. The contemporary Oreo stamp was introduced in 1952, and it has remained unchanged. Oreo enthusiasts have studied the logos extensively, searching for their meanings:

The circle topped with a two-bar cross in which the word 'OREO' resides is a variant of the Nabisco logo, and is either 'an early European symbol for quality' (according to Nabisco's promotional materials) or a Cross of Lorraine, as carried by the Knights Templar into the Crusades. Continuing the Da Vinci Code-theme, the Oreo's geometric pattern of a dot with four triangles radiating outward is either a schematic drawing of a four-leaf clover or — cue the cliffhanger music from Jaws — the cross pattée, also associated with the Knights Templar, as well as with the German military and today's Freemasons."

Read the article here.

Audrey Hepburn and Mr. Famous ride a bike.

Shirley Temple rides a bike. 1936

A satellite survey of Egypt has discovered 17 lost pyramids amongst thousands of tombs and ancient settlements.

"Time Machine- Pick a year, click refresh, and TRAVEL THROUGH TIME."

"These remarkable hand-colored images from the early 20th century, unearthed from Oregon State University's public domain archive, offer a rare look at Japan's rich cultural legacy."