Plastic Was Almost Never Used Commercially
Plastic—it’s everywhere now, right? From your coffee cup lid to the car dash to the packaging on almost everything you buy. Yet, it wasn’t always
Dinosaurs Were Almost Thought to Be Mammals
Long before we envisioned dinosaurs as the scaly, gigantic reptiles stomping across prehistoric Earth, some early scientists seriously considered they might have been mammals. It
Bitcoin Nearly Died in Its First Year
It’s almost hard to believe today, as Bitcoin stands tall among digital currencies, that it once teetered so precariously on the brink of irrelevance. Imagine
Harvard Almost Shut Down in the 1800s
There was a time, way back in the 1800s, when Harvard University—an institution synonymous with prestige, intellect, and longevity—was teetering on the brink of closure.
The SAT Almost Didn’t Include Math
The story behind the SAT’s math section is far from what most people assume. You’d think math, with its numbers and formulas, has always been
The Nobel Prize Was Almost Named Something Else
When you hear the word “Nobel Prize,” you probably picture the glitzy ceremony in Stockholm, the famous golden medals, and the world’s brightest minds rewarded