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The Delightful Perversity of Québec's Catholic Swears
Graffiti in Québec which roughly translates to "We don't give a fuck about the special law (Bill 78)". (Photo: Gates of Ale/CC BY-SA 3.0)Québec is bilingual, but reluctantly. As a French province with...
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Net Guns Don’t Just Capture Animals, They Take Down Drones
This drone has been outfitted with an anti-drone net gun. (Photo: FliteTest/Youtube)Though they look like something out of a superhero comic book, net launchers and net guns are devices that exist in...
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Archaeologists in Greece Think They Found Aristotle's Tomb
Aristotle. (Photo: Ludovisi Collection/Public Domain)A group of archaeologists in Greece say they have found the lost tomb of Aristotle, the Greek philosopher and likely world's first true scientist....
View ArticleWatch This Elevated Bus Swallow Cars and Straddle Roads
Imagine hovering over city streets at 40 miles per hour, zooming past congested traffic and sidewalks filled with pedestrians. That’s how engineering company, Transit Explore Bus, wants to transport...
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Drakelow Tunnels in Cookley, England
Beneath Kingsford Country Park, north of Kidderminster in Worcestershire, England, the Drakelow Tunnels are a former underground military complex. Make that a “top secret” underground military...
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Chamberí Ghost Station in Madrid, Spain
Travellers on the Madrid Metro's line 1 (the "blue" line) have probably noticed an old station flashing through the train car's windows for a few seconds between the Bilbao and Iglesia stops. This is...
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Public Museum of the Moscow Metro in Moskva, Russia
Opening its first line in 1935, the Moscow Metro was a big deal from the start, representing not only a feat of engineering, architecture and construction, but also a PR tool for communism at a time...
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A Bunch of Stoned Sheep Might Have Rampaged Through This Village
(Photo: Michael Palmer/CC BY-SA 4.0)Rhydypandy, a village in south Wales, has a sheep problem. The grazers have been running amok in the village, eating people's gardens and breaking into homes,...
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Champ de Mars Racecourse in Port Louis, Mauritius
Founded in 1812, the Champ de Mars Racecourse is the oldest racecourse in the Southern Hemisphere and the second oldest in the world. Located in Mauritius’ capital of Port Louis, the track held its...
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Letelier-Moffitt Monument in Washington, District of Columbia
On September 21, 1976, a car driving around Sheridan Circle — in the heart of Washington, D.C.'s Embassy Row — exploded. The car was being driven by Orlando Letelier, an outspoken opponent of Chilean...
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The Herbivorous Butcher in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whether for the purpose of health, animal welfare, or for environmental preservation, vegetarianism and veganism are surging in popularity nationwide. From 2009 to 2015, the number of vegetarians and...
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Musket Balls, Fake Teeth and More Found Beneath Malcolm X's Childhood Home
Joseph Bagley with a handful of 18th and 19th century ceramic shards, unexpectedly unearthed at the Malcolm X House in Roxbury, Massachusetts. (Photo: Joseph Bagley/City of Boston Archaeology...
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Found: Bacteria Resistant to the Drug of Last Resort
E.coli. (Photo: NIAID)In Pennsylvania, in April, a 49-year-old woman came into an clinic complaining of a urinary tract infection. But what was ailing her was much scarier than a basic UTI. Her urine...
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Exploring the Secrets of Soothing Spaceship Sound
You can almost hear the ship just looking at it. (Photo: Property of Paramount Pictures/Screencap by Eric Grundhauser)You would think, with the decades of Star Trek film, movies, books, websites,...
View ArticleThe TSA's Instagram Features Highly Bizarre Confiscated Items
Talk about deadheading... This crusty ol' chap is actually a prop from the #TexasChainsawMassacre movie. He was brought through a checkpoint at the Atlanta (#ATL) International Airport, where as you...
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Why the Future of America's Clearest Lake Is Murky
Cliff jumping at Crater Lake. (Photo: Andy Spearing/CC BY 2.0)Oregon's Crater Lake is, essentially, a giant, clear-blue puddle, 1,984 feet deep. It's the deepest lake in America, and the seventh...
View ArticleWatch Men Dressed as Devils Jump Over Babies
Men in devilish yellow-and-red jumpsuits leaping over tiny, supine babies? If you're in the Spanish village of Castrillo de Murcia this Sunday, you can see this happen live.Baby-jumping is the main...
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No More Seal Selfies, Says NOAA
Do not be tempted by this photogenic grey seal. (Photo: Mateusz Wlodarczyk/CC BY-SA 4.0)Imagine: it's the tail end of Memorial Day Weekend. All your friends have been posting pictures of themselves...
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Psychiatrie-Museum Bern in Ostermundigen, Šveits
On the beautiful grounds of the University of Psychiatric Services, at the location of the former Waldau Insane Asylum stands a small museum displaying the history of psychiatric care.The museum was...
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Murals of Maxo Vanka in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tucked away in the gritty working-class Pittsburgh suburb of Millvale and hidden behind the walls of an unprepossessing Catholic church are some of the most extraordinary and overlooked murals of the...
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