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#SuperBowls of American history

Isn’t it great that we have a whole day set aside to honor the super bowls of our nation’s heritage? 

Julia Child whisked eggs for an omelet in this French copper bowl on the first test episode of The French Chef in 1963.

This Hamilton Beach stand mixer was one of the appliances Louisan Mamer used to demonstrate the convenience and proper use of electrical kitchen appliances to farm women in rural areas that were newly connected to the electrical grid. Mamer worked for the Rural Electrification Administration, which was part of the New Deal. 

This large Chinese export bowl features a panoramic view of the hongs—the office, warehouse, and living spaces for foreign merchants in Canton, China, in the late 18th century.

This 1917 cut glass bowl with sterling silver (newly fashionable at the time) was made by T. G. Hawkes & Company of Corning, New York.

Thanks for joining us to spend some time appreciating these historic bowls. If you’d like to see more examples as you continue Super Bowl Sunday, check out these superb examples on our blog.

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Our @amhistorymuseum is getting into the Super Bowl spirit…in their own way. 

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7 Sports Astronauts Love Without Gravity (Including Football)

Astronauts onboard the International Space Station spend most of their time doing science, exercising and maintaining the station. But they still have time to shoot hoops and toss around a football.

From chess to soccer, there’s a zero-gravity spin to everything.

1. Baseball

Baseball: America’s favorite pastime. JAXA astronaut, Satoshi Furukawa shows us how microgravity makes it possible to be a one-man team. It would be a lot harder to hit home runs if the players could jump that high to catch the ball.

2. Chess

Yes, it’s a sport, and one time NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff (right) played Earth on a Velcro chess board. An elementary school chess team would pick moves that everyone could vote for online. The winning move would be Earth’s play, and then Chamitoff would respond. About every two days, a move would be made. But who won the historic Earth vs. Space match? Earth! Chamitoff resigned after Earth turned its pawn into a queen, but it was game well played.

3. Soccer

NASA astronaut Steve Swanson put a new spin on soccer by juggling the ball upside down. However, he might not have considered himself upside down. On the space station, up and down are relative.

4. Gymnastics

NASA astronauts usually sign off their videos with a zero-gravity somersault (either forwards or backwards). But astronauts are also proficient in handstands, flips and twists. The predecessor to the International Space Station, the Skylab, had the best space for the moves. The current space station is a bit tight in comparison.

5. Basketball

Objects that aren’t heavy don’t move very well on the space station. They kind of just float. It’s like Earth, but exaggerated. For example, on Earth a beach ball wouldn’t go as far as a basketball. The same is true in space, which is why playing with a basketball in space is more fun than playing with a beach ball.

6. Golf

People talk about hitting golf balls off skyscrapers, but what about off the International Space Station? While golf isn’t a normal occurrence on the station, it’s been there. One golf company even sent an experiment to the station to find out how to make better golf clubs.

7. Football

Zero gravity doesn’t make everything easier. Astronauts need to relearn how to throw things because their brains need to relearn how to interpret sensory information. A bowling ball on the space station no longer feels as heavy as a bowling ball on Earth. When astronauts first throw things on the space station, everything keeps going too high. That would put a wrench in your spiral for a couple of months. But once you adjust, the perfect spiral will just keep spiraling!

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com

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The fans are out in full, fabulous force as the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers square off for Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, Calif.

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Ready for kickoff.

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Beyoncé in ‘Formation’: Entertainer, Activist, Both?

In one of her most political videos yet, the singer comments on police brutality and black financial power, one day before taking the Super Bowl stage.

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10 Asian Dishes to Celebrate Chinese New Year in NYC

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Year of the Monkey starts Monday and festivities last for 15 days.

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Astonishing, rare images of the Vietnam War from the winning side

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Paleo Recipes That You Probably Never Realized Were Paleo

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Glowing sea turtle is the first biofluorescent reptile ever found

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meet the family

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Across the globe, people of ‪African descent‬ are among the poorest and most marginalized, and may experience discrimination in their access to justice and human rights. The ‪Global Goals‬ aim to reduce these inequalities.

A new art exhibit at the United Nations shares some stories of the African diaspora – check out the photos and see more details at: http://www.un.org/en/events/africandescentdecade/ 

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‘Hijabis Of New York’ Gives Muslim Women The Attention They Deserve

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young Hillary Clinton. if she was this age right now, I bet she would've joined Taylor Swift's 1989 squad. I mean, look at her. She's meant to be the future president of the United States tho. source: Sygma/Corbis (left), Lee Balterman/Life Picture Collection via Getty (right), Jill Abramson/The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2016/jan/24/hillary-clinton-young-women-voters-jill-abramson

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Bellerophon isn’t feeling your energy

Bellerophon is sent to campaign against the Chimera (1829), Alexander Ivanov / Real Friends, Kanye West ft. Ty Dolla $ign

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Me as a wife! 💁🏾💛

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23 Emotions people feel, but can’t explain

Sonder: The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own.

Opia: The ambiguous intensity of Looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable.

Monachopsis: The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.

Énouement: The bittersweetness of having arrived in the future, seeing how things turn out, but not being able to tell your past self.

Vellichor: The strange wistfulness of used bookshops.

Rubatosis: The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat.

Kenopsia: The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet.

Mauerbauertraurigkeit: The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who you really like.

Jouska: A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head.

Chrysalism: The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.

Vemödalen: The frustration of photographic something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist.

Anecdoche: A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening

Ellipsism: A sadness that you’ll never be able to know how history will turn out.

Kuebiko: A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence.

Lachesism: The desire to be struck by disaster – to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire.

Exulansis: The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it.

Adronitis: Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone.

Rückkehrunruhe: The feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness.

Nodus Tollens: The realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore.

Onism: The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time.

Liberosis: The desire to care less about things.

Altschmerz: Weariness with the same old issues that you’ve always had – the same boring flaws and anxieties that you’ve been gnawing on for years.

Occhiolism: The awareness of the smallness of your perspective.

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