The necktie originates from Croatia. During the Thirty Years’ War, the Croatian Light Cavalry reached all the way to Paris wearing their typical brightly colored neck scarves, a national uniform. The Parisians adopted this fashion trend, and the necktie became famous. Fun fact from Crota (the first neck tie establishment in Zagreb, Croatia) postcard, postcard […]

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Hummingbirds’ feathers are extra colorful and shiny because of the way the light reflects off of their feathers. The feather cells have structures within them called melanosomes which, unlike in other birds’ feathers, are flat like pancakes, and packed with air bubbles that reflect light in interesting ways. The hummingbird family owes its stunning diversity […]

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Muni Metro is one of the surviving first-generation streetcar systems in North America. The San Francisco Municipal Railway was created in 1909 and opened its first streetcar lines in 1912.

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