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The Most Beautiful Part of a Taiko Drum is Hidden Inside It
The President of Asano Taiko carves the interior of a large nagadō-daiko. (Photo: Asano Taiko)When Katsuji Asano stretches the fresh cowhide over a coffee-colored lacquered taiko drum, he is performing...
View ArticleIndia to Break a Record by Sending 22 Satellites Into Space on a Single Rocket
India plans to put 22 satellites into space on a single rocket https://t.co/pEIiyHB0PSpic.twitter.com/iKvnbiTpyE— Bloomberg (@business) June 16, 2016In four days, India will try to set a new record, by...
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There’s a Huge UFO Archive Hiding in These Swedish Apartment Cellars
A little green alien on Tobias Lindgren's desk at the Archives for the Unexplained. (All Photos: Courtesy Clas Svahn/Archives for the Unexplained)The industrial Swedish town of Norrköping, nestled...
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House of Opium in Tambon Wiang, Thailand
The House of Opium, in the town of Sop Ruak in the Chiang Rai province of Northern Thailand, is everything you ever wanted to know about opium but never dared ask.This small museum is located right on...
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The Hidden Gardens Producing Peaches Outside of Paris
(All photos by Anna Brones)A version of this story was originally published in Makeshift magazine.Before the era of urban sprawl, the outskirts of Paris were ripe with orchards. Hundreds of hectares...
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Shrine of Saints Magnus and Bonosa in Louisville, Kentucky
How did the 1800-year-old bones of two Christian martyrs from ancient Rome come to a city famous for horse racing, basketball, Muhammad Ali, chicken and whiskey?St. Martin of Tours is a Catholic parish...
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Take a Virtual Vacation to the Beaches and Pools of New York City
Tobias Hutzler, McCarren Pool, New York, 2014. (Photo: Courtesy of Tobias Hutzler)A hot summer day in New York City is like no other. The temperature can push towards 100 degrees and there's no words,...
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America's First Woman Baseball Writer Broke Glass Ceilings Without A Bat
Fans at the World Series in 1916. A quarter century earlier, Ella Black opened doors for baseball-loving women everywhere. (Photo: Library of Congress/LC-DIG-ggbain-22957)On May 21, 1890, as she did on...
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10 Adorable Bronze Animal Statues That You Will Want To Hug
Daaaaaaaawwwww... (Photo: Taras Young/CC BY-SA 4.0)Hard bronze statues don't often inspire warm, cuddly feelings, but some of them are just so damn cute, you can't help but want to give them a hug....
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Found: A Sketchbook of Van Gogh’s Drawings
Van Gogh's study of hands. (Image: Vincent Van Gogh/Public domain)A publisher in Paris has announced that it will publish a set of Vincent Van Gogh’s sketches, only recently discovered and never before...
View ArticleA Mysterious Plague Doctor Is Haunting This English Town
My #mission to find this #plague#doctor that been knocking about round #chester and find out #wtf it is hah #human? pic.twitter.com/4NmDcmfix4— Chanelle Star (@ChanelleStar86) June 16, 2016The English...
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Bolivia Doesn't Want Thousands of Chickens from Bill Gates
There's no home for you here. (Photo: Tom Coppen/CC BY 2.0)Earlier this month, the Gates Foundation and Heifer International announced a new antipoverty initiative. The campaign, which they're calling...
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Great Mosque of Kairouan in Kairouan, Tunisia
As you wander the grounds of the Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia you are treading across over a millennia of history. The magnificent structure — the oldest Muslim place of worship in Africa,...
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Dahala Khagrabari in Panchagarh, Bangladesh
Dahala Khagrabari is a geopolitical anomaly. It's a piece of India that until very recently was completely surrounded by a piece of Bangladesh, which itself was completely surrounded by India, which...
View ArticleWatch a Street Food Master Flip Buns in China
Street food vendors around the world are artisans in their own right, becoming masters of the dish that they prepare so many times a day. Often, this means that they pick up technical skills along the...
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Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri
Most people probably don’t associate Missouri, let alone Kansas City, with Spanish architecture. But one of the city’s most iconic landmarks looks to mimic just that.Built by local real estate...
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Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern in Houston, Texas
Parks are beloved places of sanctuary, offering harried urbanites a quiet refuge for relaxation and reflection, whether in the form of a grassy field, a wooded glen or a dusty hiking trail. Buffalo...
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The Weird and Very Long History of State Liquor Laws
(Photo: Tripp/CC BY 2.0)This week, Pennsylvania enacted its biggest liquor law reform since Prohibition, which will soon enable its residents to, among other things, get wine directly shipped to their...
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The Rare, Dangerous Mission to Rescue Workers at the South Pole
A Twin Otter plane flies from the South Pole after a 2003 rescue mission. (Photo: Jason Medley, NSF)The South Pole, this time of year, is in the height of winter. But that doesn't mean operations at...
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