Your Friday Mix: The Little-Known Reason Pencils are Yellow

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Your Weekly Mix Read about the origins of yellow pencils, and more this weekend. artsy.net The Little-Known Reason Pencils are Yellow Pencils weren't always yellow. We have the marketing genius of a 19th-century Czech manufacturer to thank for their now-ubiquitous hue. Mixed by 2 people 1843magazine.com How Keith Haring's art forced us to talk about AIDS Though his work is supremely alive, it is also fearless in confronting death, explains Tim Smith-Laing. Mixed by 5 people mentalfloss.com Match the Victorian Slang Term to Its Meaning Test how well you would have understood people in the 19th century (and maybe find new favorite slang terms along the way). Mixed by 9 people inverse.com Scientists pinpoint how brain activity could be manipulated to slow aging New research reveals an anti-aging secret sauce. Mixed by 5872 people technologyreview.com Astronomers have found a planet like Earth orbiting a star like the sun The discovery of the exoplanet KOI-456.04 orbiting the star Kepler-160 suggests we should more aggressively look for habitable planets around sun-like stars. Mixed by 4 people

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Your Friday Mix: Who Invented Father's Day?

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Your Weekly Mix Read about the origins of Father's Day, and more this weekend. sciencealert.com Ocean Creatures Have Been Protecting Us From Millions of Viruses This Entire Time It's fair to say that the world has had more than enough of viruses right now. Unfortunately, the converse is not necessarily true. Mixed by 2 people wellandgood.com The Importance of Black Wellness and Health Spaces As the wellness industry begins to look more closely at ways to affect real change, we can start with access to safe spaces for Black people. Mixed by 2 people mentalfloss.com Who Invented Father's Day? Father's Day started with a loving daughter in 1910, but it wouldn't become a holiday for more than half a century. Mixed by 2 people inverse.com How do you read people's emotions? Scientists point to 2 clues It's vital to possess the ability to read others' emotions. But according to two studies, it's not nearly as simple as looking to people's facial expressions. Mixed by 12 people mentalfloss.com When People Held 'Plague Weddings' in Cemetaries to Try to Ward Off Disease One obscure ritual for fighting pandemics before coronavirus involved holding massive weddings in graveyards. Mixed by 2 people

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