Statue Gets Detachable Penis After Vandals Keep Stealing It
Arcachon : il faut mettre une prothèse aux attributs d'Héraclès, souvent "raccourcis" https://t.co/BWzTKcLhospic.twitter.com/7QszTAjLUx— Sud Ouest Bordeaux (@SO_Bordeaux) April 19, 2016A French statue...
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The Catalina Island Bison Herd in California
Bison are native to the Great Plains region of the United States. The farthest west their natural habitat ever stretched was northeastern California - nowhere near Los Angeles. Yet today, in...
View ArticleWatch One Man Walk 1,630 Feet Across the Utah Sky
Mondays might make you feel at your worst. But folks like Théo Sanson remind us that we can do anything. All one needs is a committed support crew and some serious gumption.On November 15, 2015,...
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Why Bears Will Save Cherries From Climate Change But Not Apples
Cherry savior. (Photo: OpenCage/CC BY-SA 2.5)Every ten days for three summers, a team of Japanese scientists followed a 10-mile route in the high mountains of central Japan. They moved along unpaved...
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Maeklong Railway Market in Samut Songkhram, Thailand
Samut Songkhram is the smallest province in Thailand but boasts the fifth-highest population density, leaving it somewhat crammed for space. The capital city — also called Samut Songkhram — in...
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The Top Secret Military Base Hidden in Chernobyl's Irradiated Forest
Radar antennas at Chernobyl. (Photo: Ingmar Runge/CC BY 3.0)This April 26 marks the 30th anniversary of one of mankind’s most catastrophic events: the explosion at Chernobyl’s reactor number four....
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Ubatuba Whale in Ubatuba, Brazil
Regardless of the "how's" and "why's," when a carcass weighing 20 tons and stretching nearly 50 feet in length begins to decompose, action must be taken -- and quickly. Such was the case in Ubatuba,...
View ArticleAustralian Politician Sets River on Fire, Blames Fracking
It shouldn't be possible for a river, which is usually made up of water, to be set ablaze. But it has happened, of course, dozens of times throughout history (most infamously on Cleveland's Cuyahoga...
View ArticleThis Overweight Gorilla Just Shocked Zookeepers By Giving Birth
Nobody noticed a female gorilla at Prague Zoo was pregnant - until she gave birth yesterday https://t.co/FueJLw1LKphttps://t.co/MQ3qrVxspY— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 24, 2016Life had been rough to...
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A Giant, Secret Lake May Have Just Been Discovered in Antarctica
(Photo: Joe Mastroianni/Public Domain)Antarctica is home to one of the most unique natural ecosystems in the world: subglacial lakes, which are massive pockets of warm, fresh water that are sealed in...
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The Tree on the Lake in Port Renfrew, Canada
Seventy miles from the port city of Victoria, British Columbia on Vancouver Island, a plucky arboreal wonder can be found on the quiet waters of Fairy Lake.Living up to its name, Fairy Lake is in a...
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Brazenhead Books in New York, New York
Brazenhead Books is a bookstore located inside a private apartment, existing just outside the laws of retail, where a sense of impishness and wonder pervades the air. Once inside, the beloved...
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Eltham Palace in London, England
Home to both kings and monkeys, this ancient property in London has all the exterior grandeur of a royal palace, but the interiors are an Art Deco dream worthy of a Noel Coward play.This fantastical...
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Le Musée du Fumeur in Paris, France
No, you may not light up in this Parisian museum dedicated to smoking, although there is a vaping lounge available for visitors.Despite the evolving attitudes towards tobacco and other plants, since...
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Discoteca Ayala in Trinidad, Cuba
In the colonial city of Trinidad, Cuba, the nightlife is underground. As in, 100 feet under the earth, in an actual cave. Disco Ayala, also known La Cueva, is a dance club built into a natural cave, an...
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Pickle Barrel House in Grand Marais, Michigan
At the end of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in northern Michigan, Grand Marais is a quiet town nestled in a cradle of arboreal forests. Not far from these beautiful lakeshore vistas an odd...
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The Complaints the FCC Got Because of Super Bowl 50
Beyoncé at the Super Bowl. (Photo: Arnie Papp/CC BY 2.0)A version of this story originally appeared on Muckrock.com.The FCC has released 45 complaints it received regarding Super Bowl 50, mostly...
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The Basin in Lincoln, New Hampshire
In the centuries since Westerners have bothered jotting it down on maps, New Hampshire's "The Basin" is without a doubt the most divine pothole to ever be blessed by literary and naturalist...
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UMore Park Abandoned Munitions Plant in Rosemount, Minnesota
Tucked into the pastoral fields of Rosemount, Minnesota there is a sprawling network of abandoned World War II-era structures. Known as UMore Park, this former munitions plant sits eerily empty and...
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The Most Beautiful Tulip in History Cost as Much as a House
Behold the Semper Augustus. (Image: Public domain)Adriaan Pauw was a powerful man. He was a director of the Dutch East India Company, the owner of an entire town, and a diplomat sent to the courts of...
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