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Former Boy Scout Mails 500 Pieces Of Garbage To Boy Scout Bullies

Shigeta Miura really hated Boy Scouts. Now 40 years old, the Tokyo resident was bullied by his fellow troop members. But Miura has had his revenge—for over a year, he's been sending anonymous boxes to...

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Discover the Perfect Sundial Motto to Describe Your Mortality

Few things have inspired more poetry and flowery philosophizing than the passage of time. It’s no wonder that the sundial, one of our most ancient and widely used timekeepers, would be the perfect...

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The Hidden Signs That Mark Britain's Ghost Forests

It's always nice to come across a bluebell. With their dainty dangling heads and curved petals, they're a welcome pop up in gardens, brighten highway verges, and form purple carpets over otherwise...

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Listen to the Story of Tenzing Norgay, Who Stood on Top of the World

If asked to give an example of a great adventure, how many of us would immediately think of Everest? Without question, this tallest of mountains holds a special place in the explorer's psyche. For...

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Central Park Was Once Seneca Village, Home to a Thriving Free Black Community

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Young, Lost, and Hopeless? This Map Will Show You the Way to Happiness

It is a truth universally acknowledged (by adults) that youth is irrevocably lost and in need of guidance. Auguste-Jacques Lemiere-d’Ary, an 18th-century French writer and translator, was no exception...

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Found: A River Humans Started Polluting 7,000 Years Ago

In the Wadi Faynan region of southern Jordan, thousands of years ago, people were starting to play with metal. In this area, there’s one of the earliest documented centers of metal extraction in the...

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Muzeum Betlémů Karlštejn (Museum of Nativity Scenes) in Karlštejn, Czech...

Nestled on the main castle road, this museum is devoted to classical depictions of Jesus' birth, including the Czech Republic's largest mechanical nativity scene. The museum houses dozens of nativity...

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Something Called 'Trump Fish' Apparently Just Opened In Kurdistan

Since he began his campaign in 2015, President-Elect Donald Trump has drawn scrutiny for his many ties with international developers. In recent days, as his attempts at diplomacy begin, concerns have...

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The Unlikely Italian Roots and Curious Afterlives of Power Wheels

A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, a twice-weekly newsletter that hunts for the end of the long tail.With Black Friday past us, this is about the time of year when gift lists start...

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Torre Sant'Andrea in Melendugno, Italy

The Adriatic Sea boasts many highly touted beaches featuring clear water, white sand, and gorgeously rugged landscapes. However, the looming rocky towers of Torre Sant'Andrea make the waterfront of...

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Growing Up in a Library Is Exactly As Magical As You'd Imagine

For a certain type of bookish kid (or, let’s be honest, adult), living in the library sounds like a dream. But when the Clark family moved into the Washington Heights branch of the New York Public...

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Fusterlandia in Havana, Cuba

Cuban artist José Fuster's art is "naïve," meaning he uses childlike crude shapes and bright colors in his untrained composition. His work has been compared to that of Picasso, a comparison that...

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Ruby Falls in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Ruby Falls Cave has all the geological features one would expect (stalactites, stalagmites, etc.) with one magical addition: an underground waterfall. Until humans tunneled into the cave in the 19th...

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Bean Puzzle Tombstone in Wellesley, Canada

In rural Rushes Cemetery, one headstone stands out from the rest. Rather than the usual RIP, the Bean grave marker is etched with a crossword code. A message below the code urges, "Reader meet us in...

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Tin Toy Museum Kitahara Collection in Naka-ku, Japan

A random walk through the narrow residential streets of Yokohama can often lead to unexpected discoveries. Like stumbling on an unassuming little house that’s a toy museum, home of one of the world’s...

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One of the First Hollywood Heartthrobs Was a Smoldering Japanese Actor. What...

If you think about silent-film era sex symbols, you probably conjure up a mental picture of Rudolph Valentino—even if you don’t know his name. Valentino has become synonymous with sex appeal in early...

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Mapping the Year in Truck Spills

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Astronauts Are Getting Better and Better at Farming in Space

Space farming is now officially a thing. After proving that lettuce grown entirely in space was safe to eat back in 2015, NASA has announced that the first crop of orbital veggies has now been...

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Found: Two Gold Coins From 1947, Dropped in a Salvation Army Bucket

In Pompano Beach, Florida, the Salvation Army has discovered two very unusual coins in its one of its collection kettles, the Sun Sentinel reports. Among the quarters, dimes, and dollars, they found...

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