Listen to the Adventures of Rod Dow, Who Parachuted Into Flames
Every year, thousands of fires begin in the American wilderness. Most of these fires are remote, sparking and burning in the deep, deep backcountry. And over the last hundred years, brave men and...
View ArticleWatch Dance Meet Geometry in This 1920s German Ballet
Two figures meet each other face to face. The sharp edges of their geometric bodies are perfect for their precise movements and the lined universe that surrounds them. The entire scene is so perfectly...
View ArticleWhat Is This Mysterious Object That Washed Up on a New Zealand Beach?
While out on Muriwai beach, not far from Auckland, New Zealand, Melissa Doubleday came across the strange object above. Draped with thick, rope-like material, almost like a wild yak, the object was not...
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Found: A Map of the Entire Internet, As of 1973
Going through old papers my dad gave me, I found his map of the internet as of May 1973. The entire internet. pic.twitter.com/0krvYoRGav— David Newbury (@workergnome) December 10, 2016Back in the...
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The Futuristic Utensils Designed to Help You Eat Bugs
By now, you've probably heard that eating bugs is in your future. Insects are protein-rich and efficient to farm, and the UN has predicted we'll largely be surviving off of beetle bites and caterpillar...
View ArticleSweden Has Won The Annual Santa Olympics
Everyone celebrates the holidays a little differently. While their countrymen 600 miles south in Gävle burn Christmas goat after Christmas goat, the good people of Gellivare, Sweden spent this past...
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The Obsessed, Feuding Searchers Still Looking for Amelia Earhart
It was November 8, 2012, and Timothy Mellon, the son of the late Paul Mellon—once one of the richest men in the world—was ecstatic. The younger Mellon had recently returned from an expedition to the...
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Za'abal Castle in Sakakah, Saudi Arabia
Sitting on top of a mountain in the northwest corner of Saudi Arabia is a mud and stone structure known as Za'abal Castle (or Zaabal Fort, Zaabal Palace). But it's more than just a fortress, it sit on...
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How the Victorian Fern-Hunting Craze Led To Adventure, Romance, and Crime
Hunters will go to any length to track down their prey. Τhey will cross ridges and climb mountains, risk life and limb, outwit adversaries... even when the prey in question is a very, very stationary...
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The Sinking Bell Tower in Laoag City, Philippines
The mysterious bell tower of Laoag City continues to capture the curiosities of people visiting Ilocos Norte, a northern province of the Philippines. Its tale traces a long story of occupation,...
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Canso Bomber Crash Site in Tofino, Canada
At the tail end of World War II, a flying boat deployed by the Royal Canadian Air Force crashed deep in the coastal rainforest.Shortly after taking off from Tofino, the Canso 11007 experienced port...
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In 1562 Map-Makers Thought America Was Full of Mermaids, Giants, and Dragons
In the 15th and 16th centuries, the mysterious lands of the western hemisphere were a misty haze of tales and stories. After Christopher Columbus set foot in the New World, curious Europeans ate up...
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Bateria de Castillitos in Cartagena, Spain
British ex-pats in this area of Spain sometimes call these weapons the “Guns of Mazarone,” not only failing to use the official name but also using some poetic license to mispronounce the name of the...
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Found: A Lost City in Greece
You would think that every single bit of archaeological evidence for ancient life in Greece would have been uncovered by now. But there are still discoveries to be made. A team of archaeologists from...
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The Video Game That Promised to Contain 52 Video Games And Failed Miserably
A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, a twice-weekly newsletter that hunts for the end of the long tail.Let’s say you had a terrible idea. It’s not an uncommon thing; we all have them...
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The Long-Banned Tradition of Mummering in Newfoundland is Making a Comeback
One day each year, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, the streets are filled with misshapen, masked figures. They are wrapped in quilts and oversized jackets, or bright boots and distinctive dresses, with...
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King's Carousel in Norrköping, Sweden
It was only a minor car accident, but with Carl XVI Gustaf, the king of Sweden, at the wheel, it didn’t stay minor for long. In order to mark the spot and grab some regal attention, a 10-foot (3 meter)...
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The Sleepy Peruvian Town that Comes Alive Each Year to 'Please the Virgin'
On any other day of the year, Paucartambo is a small, tranquil Andean town where a fly doesn’t repose on a windowsill undetected.But if you venture down there from Cuzco any time between July 15 and...
View ArticleWatch a Glittering Disco-Ball Cement Mixer Illuminate a Construction Site in...
A construction site is probably one of the last places you’d think to throw a dance party. But, roll in a disco-ball cement-mixing truck, and a hardhats-only zone turns into party central. On December...
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Halve Maan Brewery Beer Pipeline in Bruges, Belgium
In the heart of the medieval city of Bruges is a remarkably contemporary innovation: the world's first legal beer pipeline.Running underneath the city streets, the tube transports 1,000 gallons of beer...
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