Paul Revere was made famous by the eponymous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: “Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere…”

You probably already know that Paul Revere could ride a horse. His Midnight Ride from Boston through Lexington and Concord, to alert colonists to oncoming British troops, has become an emblem of early American patriotism. You probably didn’t know that he was a silversmith, making all things metal from belt buckles to 900 lb bells for the townspeople of Boston in the late 1700s. As was common for silversmiths of that era, Revere also worked as a dentist.

Revere made engravings, too, an unusual skill for a silversmith, as such work was usually reserved for expert engravers. But his engraving of the Boston Massacre detailed exactly where citizens were shot in the square, and was intended to be used as a court document against the British soldiers.

Incidentally, his house is the oldest remaining building in downtown Boston - quite the historical coincidence. In the late 1800s, a century after his ride and the birth of the nation, his house was going to be demolished. To save it, Revere’s great-grandson helped found the Paul Revere Memorial Association and opened the house to the public in 1908 (making it one of the earliest historic house museums in the United States).

The house is representative of colonial architecture with no interior hallways and today features period furnishings and a Colonial-era garden. One of Revere’s bells sits in the courtyard. (source)

Often times, the simplest objects that we frequently use in our day to day lives are left behind by modernization. Take for example the standard nail cutters or nail clippers. Their design has hardly changed ever since their inception.

"Why redesign so mundane?" - This is the question that the creators of Klhip answered when they reinvented the nail clipper. Though the average nail clippers have done a fairly good job in clipping nails, it has come to a point wherein its design and its look no longer fit the modern times.

So what's so great about this nail clipper by Klhip? It defines the word efficiency, which is already becoming a common word nowadays and comparing this reinvented nail clipper with your average nail clipper, you'll definitely agree with me that it definitely is efficient in a lot of ways.

They use a single blade that cuts your nails neatly which will not need any filing after wards. And because of its unique blade design, the nails don't just fly across the room, it stays on board and gathering the clippings is just a breeze.

The cutting action has also been redesigned to be more ergonomic. Pressure is applied directly on top of the nail which makes cutting easier. Using a matte stainless steel finish for its overall body will make this nail clipper definitely last for a very long time.

Klhip has claimed to be the ultimate nail clipper and it definitely is because of its efficiency and sleek design. (Source)

You might be surprised to learn that virgin births are found in nature, not just religious tradition and mythology. That said, virgin birth is something not normally seen in vertebrates (animals with backbones). Some insects and other invertebrates commonly reproduce by the cloning process called parthenogenesis. Vertebrates, on the other hand, reproduce sexually, with a male contributing genetic material to the female during the mating process, which combines to form offspring. At least usually.

Lizard All Female A newly described lizard species from Vietnam demonstrates that it's possible for vertebrate animals to reproduce asexually, with females giving birth to offspring without mating with a male.

Named Leiolepis ngovantrii, it is a kind of butterfly lizard. The first odd thing about it is the story of its recent discovery by scientists. It is fairly common in the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province in Vietnam and is well-known to the locals, who have made it a regular part of their diet and commonly serve it in rural restaurants. In fact, a restaurant is where the lizard first piqued the interest of a scientist who saw it on the menu.

He took photos of several of the lizards that were in a holding tank at the diner and sent them to his colleagues at La Sierra University in California, who quickly made plans to travel to Vietnam to investigate. Unfortunately, by the time they were able to reach that particular restaurant to get specimens of the lizard for study, the owner had cooked and served them all. Luckily, with the help of local kids and other restaurants, they were able to collect several dozen species on their own.

Upon investigation, the scientists made a bizarre discovery: all of these lizards are female. Even odder, they suspect that the lizards are actually hybrids of two other species and, rather than being sterile like most hybrids, evolved the ability to develop offspring without requiring fertilzation from males. (Source)

The American artist Nils Nova has made some impressive art work that locates between optical illusion and curious perception of space. The explanation lies in printing photographs in large format. He is simply taping the printed photos on walls in a room to give the perfect optical illusion. The rooms appear to be much bigger than they are because the photos are showing extra space in such a convincing way. It looks so realistic that you would be fooled to believe that the house or apartment is a lot bigger than it really is.

Something similar has been done by another artist that has made “invisible packages, billboard and street signs” that are also printed photos wrapped around the mentioned to give the illusion of invisibility. (Source)