Many people hope humans will eventually walk on Mars. But there's a lot to sort out before that can happen, including this question: how does the way we tell time change when we have humans on more than one planet? Plus: today in Boulder, Colorado, it’s Tube To Work Day.

A meander through Martian minutes and the meaning of local time (Interconnected)

Tube To Work Day 

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Summer is usually shorts weather, but there’s some new research on pants that’s worth a look, especially when you know that the pants at the center of this work are from 3,000 years ago. Plus: the South Carolina Peach Festival is getting underway this week in the community of Gaffney.

The world’s oldest pants are a 3,000-year-old engineering marvel (Ars Technica)

South Carolina Peach Festival

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This month in 1918, two photographers took a picture of the Statue of Liberty. Except this wasn’t the giant statue that sits in the harbor in New York, it was a living Statue of Liberty formed with help from 18,000 members of the US military. Plus: today in 1939 Frank Sinatra made his first record, which reminds us of a great story from when Frank was making the original "Ocean's Eleven." 

Human Statue of Liberty (Snopes)

History, Military, Mole & Thomas, Woodrow Wilson, Antique Photograph, 1918 (GeorgeGlazer.com)

The Rat Pack Photographer (Los Angeles Times)

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Today is Cow Appreciation Day, so here's the story of some very unusual cows in Latvia and a playwright who helped save them from disappearing for good. Plus: a medical mystery caused by too much disco? It happened. 

Herd the moos? Latvia's symbolic blue cow back from the brink (Phys.org)

Disco Felon (Weird Universe)

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Today in 1918, the birthday of Venetia Burney, who at age eleven, did something few people have done: she named a planet! Plus: on this day in 1992 the people of Ripon, Wisconsin made what was then the world’s largest chocolate chip cookie.

Venetia Burney Phair (1918-2009) (NASA)

Ripon's signature Cookie Daze has been discontinued, chamber cites closure of cookie factory (Ripon Press)

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It's National Motorcycle Day, so it's a perfect day to tell the story of one of the most legendary riders of all time: Bessie Stringfield, whose cross country trips and daring won her the name "Motorcycle Queen of Miami." Plus: today in Lisbon, Maine, the three day Moxie Festival is getting underway.

Overlooked No More: Bessie B. Stringfield, the ‘Motorcycle Queen of Miami’ (New York Times)

Moxie Festival

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It's National Ice Cream Month, and here's the story of a guy who tasted hundreds of millions of gallons of the sweet stuff: John Harrison, longtime ice cream tester. Plus: a kitten in Brooklyn got stuck in a car, until it heard a smartphone playing the sounds of other kittens. 

The ice cream man whose taste buds are insured for $1m (The Hustle)

Woman Coaxes Kitten Out of a Car Engine by Playing Kitten Sounds on Her Phone (Laughing Squid)

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Today in 1785, the US Congress decided that the name of our country’s currency would be the dollar. Getting to that point was kind of a trek. Plus: today in 1957, a Black sports heroine won herself some gold.

The Almighty Dollar (AdamSmith.org)

Althea Gibson: Tennis Turmoil and Triumph (Library of Congress)

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Today in 1854, the end of one of the great hoaxes of its day: a fire in a Philadelphia museum destroyed what people of that time thought was a super-intelligent chess robot. Plus: today in 2011, people in a skyscraper in Seoul, South Korea, reported the building shaking like it'd been in an earthquake. The real cause was a lot more down to earth. 

How a Phony 18th Century Chess Robot Fooled the World (History.com)

Korea solves mystery of shaking skyscraper (SF Gate)

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Back in 1926, Poland wanted to thank the US for its aid during World War I, but instead of sending the usual diplomatic letter, they sent papers all around their country and got one out of every six Polish people to sign. Plus: today was the birthday of Bill Withers, who got an unusual going-away present from his employer when he switched to singing full time. 

Poland Once Gave America a Birthday Card That Was Signed By 5.5 Million Polish People (Good News Network)

Soul man: Bill Withers (M Magazine)