Watch These Human Slinkies Dance in a Neon Disco
If you have ever sent a coiled Slinky somersaulting down a flight of stairs, the moves in this dance performance will look familiar. Veniamin Shows Inc.’s“Human Slinky” mimics the movement of the...
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The Haphazard History of the U.S. Open's Best and Worst Venues, Soon to Be...
Louis Armstrong Stadium, with CitiField to the left and, in the distance, the Whitestone Bridge. (Photo: Kai Brinker/CC BY-SA 2.0)Fans attending the U.S. Open for the first time always find it curious...
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When the FBI Grilled Julia Child Over Her Alleged Communist Ties
A version of this story originally appeared on Muckrock.com.Anyone with Google, a passing interest in espionage, or a love of Amy Adams knows by now that the life of television personality and French...
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Buckhorn Saloon and Museum in San Antonio, Texas
Drink a beer whilst you admire stuffed cougars and shrunken heads.Albert Friedrich was just a 17-year-old bellhop in 1881 when he purchased the building across the street from the hotel he worked at...
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Artist's Bridge in Newry, Maine
Maine is home to several of America’s most charming bridges, from the Wire Bridge in New Portland to the Wiggly Bridge in York (which may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge). Maine also boasts...
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The Bendlerblock in Berlin, Germany
Many attempts were made to take Adolf Hitler's life, and those that got closest were part of his inner circle. One such attempt was Operation Valkyrie, undertaken in 1944 by a group of high-ranking...
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The Delicate Glass Sea Creatures of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka
Specimen of Blaschka Marine Life: Synapta maculata– sea cucumber. Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, Dresden Germany, 1885. Lent by Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. at the...
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Found: The First Identical Twin Puppies Ever Discovered
A dog has given birth to the first identical twin puppies https://t.co/KQswvWOc0kpic.twitter.com/a7L3ACV2nd— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) August 31, 2016Kurt de Cramer, a vet working in a suburb of...
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Is Carbonated Milk Coming To A Store Near You?
The milk... it's missing something... (Photo: Carsten Schertzer/CC BY 2.0)Sure, milk is pretty cool. It's got calcium. Celebs love it, and your mom probably gave you some with cookies at least once in...
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Earhart Airfield in Harbour Grace, Canada
In 1932, flying across the Atlantic, alone and all in one go, was still risky. The first nonstop Atlantic flight had been completed less than 15 years earlier, in 1919. It began in St. John's,...
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What's So Endearing About Snakes and Toads? Ask a Herper
A San Francisco garter snake. One of the most beautiful snakes in the world. (Photo: Brian Gratwicke/CC BY 2.0)Birding might be the most well-known animal watching pastime, but to herpers, the really...
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Library of Congress Film Archives in a Former Nuclear Bunker in Culpeper,...
Dug into a hillside in rural Virginia, the Packard Campus of the Library of Congress is a massive sprawl, mostly underground. Millions of items, including film, video and sound recordings, are...
View ArticleThis 84-Year-Old Retiree Wants 'the Internet' to See a Massive Mushroom He Found
You may not be able to tell from the photo, but, as his granddaughter wrote on Facebook, Don Smith is a very happy man. That's a mushroom he's got on his lap, a 15-pound mushroom, which he found on his...
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North Inch Park in Perth, Scotland
You know your side lost the battle when no one even remembers who exactly "you" were. Two Scottish clans had been violently feuding for centuries, and it came to a head in 1396. In September of that...
View ArticleWatch A '60s Magician Play The Mellotron
Inside the reception room of a large house somewhere in London is Eric Robinson; a musical composer and BBC television personality. A slow instrumental plays in the background. But, as Robinson tells...
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Why Northerners Think All Southerners Have One Accent
The Southern states contain many micro-accents and dialects. (Photo: hans.slegers/shutterstock.com)The tiny island of Ocracoke, off the coast of North Carolina, is unimpeachably Southern. The most...
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Modoc's Market in Wabash, Indiana
In November of 1942, Great American Circus was in Wabash, Indiana with its star performers: Judy, Empress, and Modoc, three Indian Elephants.It was a big affair. The circus was there as part of an...
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Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in San Bernardino County, California
Driving down I-15 on the California-Nevada border, just 50 miles southwest of Las Vegas, you'll see three tall, brightly glowing towers rising from the Mojave Desert, surrounded by an intimidating...
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Chloride Ghost Town in Chloride, Arizona
Located just a short drive from the deteriorating town of Santa Claus, Chloride seems to resemble any kitschy Wild West village turned tourist trap. But if you look a little deeper, you’ll find...
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