The Olympic Diving Pool Turned Green For Some Reason
Ermmm...what happened?! pic.twitter.com/pdta7EpP2k— Tom Daley (@TomDaley1994) August 9, 2016Most Olympic attention goes, deservedly, to the athletes. No matter how strange or dramatic a stadium design,...
View ArticleWatch a Mongolian Throat Singer Perform on a Mountain
Sitting in the foreground of an enormous mountain vista, a solitary man named Batzorig Vaanchig does some soothing Mongolian throat singing. Throat singing has been a part of Mongolian culture for...
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Museum of Broken Relationships - Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California
Two Croatian artists, Olinka Vistina and Drazen Grubisic, broke up. But rather than tossing the material effects of their lost love, they decided to open a museum dedicated to housing the runoff of...
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The First American Woman to Win an Olympic Championship Didn't Even Know It
Margaret Abbott, the first American female Olympic champion. (Photo: Public Domain)The first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal wasn’t aware of what she’d won. In fact, records suggest she...
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When Ancient Greece Banned Women From Olympics, They Started Their Own
An artist's interpretation of ancient Olympia. [Photo: Public Domain]Much like their modern counterpart, the Olympic Games in ancient Greece wasn't exactly a level playing field for women. It's true...
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The Flying “V” Cabin in Phoenix, Arizona
Even the architecture of this small, humble structure hints at violence. This Flying “V” Cabin, built in 1880 seems to lack windows, but on closer inspection you see that there are small slits...
View ArticleThese Crows Were Discovered Crafting Tools to Reach Food
Wild New Caledonian crows possess tool-craft talent https://t.co/Nvk4dC8fTLpic.twitter.com/mAX0ZnmwbL— BBC Science News (@BBCScienceNews) August 10, 2016New Caledonian crows, which are native to New...
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Regulator-Moderator War Centennial Marker in Linden, Texas
In 1839 when Texas was still its own Republic, on its border with Louisiana, in a lawless patch of land, all hell broke loose. In Shelby County, a small memorial marker tells the tale.Running along the...
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Fort Peck Dam in Glasgow, Montana
Fort Peck is not your average dam. Over 20,000 feet long and 250 feet high, it is capable of disgorging 250,000 cubic feet of water per second, withstanding the water pressure from a 135-mile...
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They Also Ran Gallery in Norton, Kansas
In the early 1960s, the town of Norton, Kansas was looking for a way to boost local tourism. Local businessman and president of the First State Bank, William Walter Rouse, came up with an idea to...
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The Lion House in Sofala, Mozambique
The Gorongosa region, located in Great African Rift Valley in central Mozambique, is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, and it has made efforts to preserve its unique ecosystems since the...
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Rose Kennedy Rose Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
A rose garden in June is an indulgence of sight and scent, a beautiful retreat in which only the bees work while human visitors can breathe deeply and relax. A rose garden that’s near the ocean is that...
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How Cuba's Greatest Cartoonist Fled From Castro and Created 'Spy vs. Spy'
Spy vs. Spy cover by Peter Kuper. (Photo: Courtesy of Peter Kuper/Spy vs Spy © E.C. Publications Inc.)One of the greatest rivalries of all time has been raging since 1961 between two figures who don’t...
View ArticleShifting Sands in Britain Reveal a 100-Year-Old Shipwreck
Norwegian shipwreck from 1916 uncovered at Blakeney as sands shift https://t.co/qCDraHRNeC— carole (@Carolewhy) August 11, 2016As the sands off the coast of Blakeney Harbour in Norfolk, England...
View ArticleForest Burns After Man Set Used Toilet Paper Ablaze
Lit toilet paper sparks forest fire in Spain https://t.co/05sNHU0cfjpic.twitter.com/9u2IPQS0n9— Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) August 7, 2016Last week, an expat living in La Palma, one of Spain's...
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How Racism Kept The World's Fastest Swim Stroke Out Of The Pool
Swimming at the 1904 Olympics. (Photo: Public domain)On April 20, 1844, two men from North America jumped into the Bath in High Holborn, a 130-foot pool in London. They were there to show how fast they...
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The Kruševo Makedonium in Kruševo, Macedonia
In 1903, a group of brave Macedonians charged into battle against the Ottoman Empire, sparking a movement that led to the creation of a free Macedonia. In honor of the uprising, a bizarre space-age...
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The Bloody Histories and Remaining Relics of 5 Violent Feuds
"Le Combat" (Photo: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art / NYPL Public Domain)In honor of Rivals Week this week, here are five relics of the bloodiest family feuds in the Atlas.Tewksbury vs....
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Endurance Starvation Was Once a Crowd-Pleasing Sport
David Blaine suspended in a box by the Thames, London, in 2003. (Photo: james.spector/CC BY 2.0)On September 5, 2003, magician David Blaine stepped into a clear acrylic box and was hoisted into...
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French Azilum in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania
Despite France's crucial role in helping America win independence from Britain during the Revolutionary War, the newly born United States did not return the favor when France's own political revolution...
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