Snack Food That Was Developed By A Livestock Feed Producer

What ever you call them – cheese curls, cheese puffs, corn curls, or whatever, this snack favorite was developed by a company that produced animal feed in the 1930s. [insert your own joke here]

Read all about it at AtlasObscura.

More details at MadeHow.com.

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9 Holiday Characters From Around the World

From mental_floss –

Most American four-year-olds can tell you all about beloved holiday characters like Santa Claus and Frosty the Snowman. But in other countries, talking about Rudolph and his ilk might earn you little more than a blank stare. Here’s a look at some holiday characters who might not be familiar to Americans, but who play a big role in celebrations around the world.

Continue on to mental_floss.

Paraguay’s National Flag Is Two-Sided

Paraguay is currently the only nation to have different designs on front and back of its flag.

See Wikipedia page HERE.

It seems that a few other countries have had two-sided flags in the past, and a few states and smaller jurisdictions currently do.

Two-Sided Flags on Wikipedia HERE.

Photographs of Shattered Mirrors

According to ThisIsColossal.com –

Broken Mirror/Evening Sky is a series of images by New York photographer Bing Wright who captured the reflections of sunsets on shattered mirrors. The final prints are displayed quite large, measuring nearly 4′ across by 6′ tall, creating what I can only imagine to be the appearance of stained glass windows.

This post is 3 years old, and sadly, the photographer’s website is no more.

See the images at ThisIsColossal.com

90 Years Of Wedded Bliss

BBC reported in October 2016 –

A man who was one half of what is believed to be the longest-married couple in the UK has died aged 110. Karam Chand, of Bradford, died on Friday after 90 years of marriage to his wife Kartari. The pair, who tied the knot in India in 1925 during the British Raj and moved to England 40 years later, have eight children and 27 grandchildren.

Continue reading HERE.

A little more background info is available HERE.

7 Christmas Cards You Should Never Send

Shoebox Cards presents 7 cards definitely lacking Christmas spirit.

See the cards HERE.

Radio Garden – Cool Site

Listen to radio stations around the world simply by navigating the globe. Stations are represented by green dots on a map. Simply drag the map around to listen to stations all over the world.

Check out Radio Garden HERE.