Your Friday Mix: The Duo Who Documented the Birth of NYC's Subway

5 things to kick off your week.

Your Weekly Mix

Read about two brothers who documented subway construction in NYC, and more this weekend.

atlasobscura.com

The Duo Who Documented the Birth of NYC's Subway

For brothers Pierre and Granville Pullis, photographing the sprawling system was intrepid, precise work—not unlike the construction itself.

outsideonline.com

These Bears Have a Job, and It's Destroying Coolers

The ursine inhabitants of the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center test dozens of containers each year to see if they're worthy of bear-proof certification.

publicdomainreview.com

The Art of Whaling: Illustrations from the Logbooks of Nantucket Whaleships

The 19th-century whale hunt was a brutal business, awash with blubber, blood, and the cruel destruction of life.

nasa.gov

Perseverance Snaps Its First Full-Color Image of Mars

This is the first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover after its landing.

mentalfloss.com

21 Phrases You Use Without Realizing You're Quoting Shakespeare

An incredible number of lines from Shakespeare's plays have become so ingrained in modern vernacular that we no longer recognize them as lines from plays at all.