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Did You Catch Bill Clinton in a Hot Tub in This '90s Arcade Game?
The White House in Nintendo 64's Cruis'n USA. (Photo: rusha/YouTube)Have you ever completed the Nintendo 64 version of Cruis’n USA? If you have, or if you saw a friend beat it sometime in the late...
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Smokey the Bear Has Nothing on These Forgotten Forest Mascots
You know Smokey the Bear—but have you met Woody the Smiling, Animated Log? (Image: Forest History Society)Earlier this month, as wildfires blazed up and down the West Coast of the United States, Smokey...
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San Francisco BART Tackles Urine Problem With Bacteria-Eating Mist
The Civic Center BART station is working on its pee problem. (Photo: Franco Folini/CC BY-SA 2.0)Taking an elevator is a distinct sensory experience. There's the gleam of the metal, the "ding" of the...
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Shipka Pass in Shipka, Bulgaria
In the summer of 1877, in this mountain pass within Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains, the Russian and Ottoman Empires came head to head in four fierce battles over Bulgaria's independence.Part of the...
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Found: The World's Oldest Sewing Needle
Not a new invention. (Photo: Dmeranda/CC BY-SA 3.0)The world’s oldest sewing needle has been discovered in Siberia’s Denisova Cave, and it doesn’t look like it was made by Homo sapiens. According to...
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The Old Mill of Vernon in Vernon, France
With its quaint half-timbered facade hovering surprisingly above the waters of the Seine below, the Old Mill of Vernon is at once enchanting and incongruous, inviting curiosity how in the world it got...
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Snake Island of Borneo in Kuala Penyu, Malaysia
Pulau Tiga Park encompasses 158 square kilometers of open ocean containing three islands that were formed by mud volcano eruptions in the late 19th century. While the largest island (Tiga) is known for...
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Why Doctors Once Treated Fevers and Hysteria With Mashed-Up Bedbugs
A bed bug at different stages, as depicted in the 1902 book The Bedbug. (Photo: Internet Archive/Public Domain)Getting sick in the first century was only tolerable if you were not a picky eater. The...
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The Macaroni in 'Yankee Doodle' is Not What You Think
An engraving of a "macaroni's dressing room," from 1772. (Photo: Wellcome Images, London/CC BY 4.0)Generations of American kids forced to sing “Yankee Doodle” have grown up justifiably puzzled by its...
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Sarajevo Spite House in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
In 1878, Austria-Hungary gained control of Bosnia and Herzegovina via the Treaty of Berlin, and promptly set to work occupying the country and expanding Habsburg influence in the Balkans (which —...
View ArticleWatch the Great British Sport of Wellie Wanging
The sausages are nicely burnt, there's a fly drowning in a cup of tea and it's clouding over. How could this vision of the British summertime get any better? Simple: with a game of Wellie...
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Razzouk Ink in Jerusalem, Israel
In Jerusalem’s Old City today, you can find a uniquely obscure historical relic—the sole surviving pilgrimage tattoo business, Razzouk Ink. It’s a place where ancient artifacts meet contemporary...
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Tančící dům - Dancing House of Prague in Prague, Czech Republic
When this seven-story building first went up in central Prague, its co-architect, the world-renowned Frank Gehry, dubbed it “Fred and Ginger,” calling to mind the elegance and wit of the famous film...
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Meet One of the World's Few Female Clock Whisperers
Lili von Baeyer carefully examines an old timepiece. (Photo: Lili von Baeyer)The making, restoring, and repairing of clocks is an endangered trade, still held somewhat captive by an old boy’s club. But...
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Found: A Nearby Exoplanet That Could be Habitable
Scientists have discovered an exoplanet that may be habitable. (Photo: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/Public domain)Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have made a stunning discovery 20...
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Gypsy Hill in Soroca, Moldova
Across the Nistru River from Ukraine sits the Moldovan town of Soroca, known as the country’s Gypsy Capital.In a country with few tourist attractions, Soroca is comparatively overflowing with them,...
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Leonardo da Vinci's Tomb in Amboise, France
In the gardens of the Château d'Amboise overlooking the Loire, a small, intricate chapel houses the tomb of the "Renaissance Man," Leonardo da Vinci.In Da Vinci's final years, the Italian painter,...
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Temples Inside Caves Are What Remains of an Ancient Buddhist Society
The entrance to the Bhaja caves in Maharashtra state, India. (All Photos Courtesy of David Efurd)Two thousand years ago, merchants traversed the monumental Western Ghats to reach India’s busiest ports....
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Found: A Century-Old Train At The Bottom of Lake Superior
Steam engines don't work underwater. (Photo: Terry Irvine/YouTube)When we think of sunken wrecks, we usually flash on some downed Spanish galleon waiting to be discovered in the murky depths. But...
View ArticleA Legendary 650-Pound Fish Named 'Pig Nose' Was Finally Caught (And Released)...
Deep in the waters of British Columbia's Fraser River lurks a creature straight out of myth. He's longer than a tall man, and wider around than a curbside mailbox. His nose is totally flat, from some...
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