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Found: A Black Box, Missing for 31 Years, High on a Mountain
Mount Illimani, where the recorder sat for 31 years. (Photo: Hernan Payrumani/CC BY-SA 3.0)Last year, Dan Futrell fell down an internet hole that started with search for MH370 and landed him on the...
View ArticleYou Can Soon Buy a Melon With Hello Kitty's Face Grown Onto The Surface
Hello Kitty de melón de #Furano en #Hokkaido (キティちゃんの富良野メロン) pic.twitter.com/8To36ZilG9— tofulu (@tofulu) July 25, 2015What's better than a cantaloupe? A cantaloupe with Hello Kitty's face branded into...
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Delhi Tobacco Museum and Heritage Centre in Delhi, Canada
If you live in North America, chances are you’ve heard of the Corn Belt, the Bible Belt, and maybe even the Rust Belt. The Delhi Tobacco Museum and Heritage Centre in Canada’s Norfolk County wants to...
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Koalas are Australia's Most Effective Diplomats
President Obama holds a koala at the 2014 G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo: Pete Souza/Public Domain)In 1943 a young Australian politician by the name of Winston set out to visit the United...
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Mole National Park in Damongo, Ghana
As you walk around the restaurant and visitor’s center at Mole National Park, you’ll pass by warthogs wandering along on their way, possibly even an elephant that has strayed from the group. At Ghana’s...
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Stonehenge Was Probably Built in Wales and Moved 160 Miles
(Photo: Diego Delso/CC BY-SA 3.0)Stonehenge, in Wiltshire, England, has long posed a problem for archaeologists. Namely: what is it? A place of worship? A burial ground? An ancient site of healing? Or...
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Paperclip Cottage Cafe in Kipling, Canada
In 2005, Kyle MacDonald was working at his desk when he saw a little red paperclip. He was reminded of a game he played as a child called “bigger and better,” where each player starts with a small...
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Red Ruin in Budapest, Hungary
More than most other Eastern European cities that were once part of the Soviet Bloc, Budapest seems to have a sense of humor about its political past. The décor of Red Ruin, the city's only communism...
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The Incredible Coincidence of a Poisonous Tree Growing Next to Its Antidote
Chechem and Chaka trees connected at the roots. (Photo: Leonora (Ellie) Enking/cropped from original/CC BY-SA 2.0)Explorers take heed: The jungles of Southern Mexico and Central America are ruled by a...
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Port Dover Harbour Museum in Port Dover, Canada
The perilous Long Point of Lake Erie has claimed countless ships over the generations. Among them is the famous passenger liner Atlantic wreck, a palace steamer that sunk in 1852 and now lies, along...
View ArticleWatch Muhammad Ali Doing Magic Tricks in an Airport
The late Muhammad Ali will always be remembered as one of the world's most extraordinary boxers, as one of the most iconic sporting figures of the 20th century, and as a champion in the fight for black...
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Toto Canine Movie Star Memorial Marker in Los Angeles, California
As we all know from the classic line in the Wizard of Oz, "There is no place like home." Unfortunately for the film's beloved pooch, Toto's own puppyhood home was bulldozed by the state of California...
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Scientists Are Trying to Grow Human Organs Inside of Pigs
(Photo: National Rural Knowledge Exchange/CC BY 2.0)California scientists have lately been working on something that has both alarmed the scientific community and provided others with great hope:...
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Burlesque, Boneyards, and Bombs: The Other Wonders of Las Vegas
All photos by Dylan Thuras / Michelle EnemarkWestern outsiders first traveled through what is now Las Vegas in 1829, when Mexican scout Rafael Rivera wandered away from the rest of his traveling party...
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The Old Prison in Victoria (Rabat) , Malta
The nation of Malta is an archipelago of 21 islands, the second largest being Gozo, home to the Citadel, an ancient fortified city within a city. Inside the walls you’ll find the Old Prison, where you...
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How Unions and Regulators Made Clothing Tags an Annoying Fact of Life
Icons for clothing care on a label. (Photo: aotaro/CC BY 2.0)A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, a twice-weekly newsletter that hunts for the end of the long tail. Recently, there was...
View ArticleWatch a Kitten Get Rescued After Becoming Stuck in a Sunflower
This time curiosity almost did kill the cat.If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like when an adorable animal lodges itself in a flower, this video is for you. This cat is quite literally just hanging...
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How a Siege in Algeria Sold France on Iced Coffee
Iced coffee. (Photo: zeus/CC0)There’s no definitive answer to who we can thank for the miracle of cold-brewed coffee. New Orleans was onto cold brew decades before the rest of America caught on. The...
View ArticleHeavy Rains Expose Rarely-Seen Aquifer in Texas Cave
.@NBCavernsTX hosting rarely offered tour of 'amazing' aquifer after flooding in area https://t.co/GOmeZ9KGiy#satxpic.twitter.com/c2JJoFJqOU— mySA (@mySA) June 2, 2016You’d think that when heavy rains...
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Found: Secretly Glowing Sharks
Above, the sharks as they glow. Below, the sharks as we see them. (Photo: Gruber et al.) There’s a group of underwater creatures that, to our human eyes, look pretty dull, but that to other sea life,...
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