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Sold, for Over $18,000: A Skullcap Worn by the Pope
Congrats on selling my hat, bro! (Photo: Republic of Korea/CC BY-SA 2.0)Among other, more religious things, the pope is known for his hats. And, unsurprisingly, even his most simple chapeaus can fetch...
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Take a Tour of Trendy Panama City, Led by Former Gang Members
Alexis Montenegro leads a group of tourists through Plaza Herrera. (Photo: Tania Rodriguez)Ten years ago, the infamous gang leader Mario LaMafia jumped off a fifth-floor balcony of Panama City’s...
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Found: James Monroe's Actual House
This was just the guest house (with a later addition). (Photo: RebelAt/Public domain)James Monroe, one-time ambassador to France, Governor of Virginia, and fifth president of the United States, may not...
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Read a Japanese Region's New Anti-Flatulence Brochure for Tourists
Japan region revises 'patronising' Chinese tourist guide #NewsFromElsewherehttps://t.co/w4NjMuptlHpic.twitter.com/UpeL21nBCv— BBC Monitoring (@BBCMonitoring) April 26, 2016So you're heading to...
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Boston History Dioramas in Boston, Massachusetts
The pedestrians on Newbury Street in the Back Bay usually walk right past the old New England Life Insurance building, today known as The Newbry. However tucked inside the monolithic gray granite...
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People Increasingly Identify as Global—Not National—Citizens
(Photo: NASA/Public Domain)People across the world increasingly identify as global citizens, a new BBC poll says, eschewing national identity.Global identity was felt most strongly in developing...
View ArticleBehold the Whoosh Bottle, Science's Coolest Fire Experiment
Behold, the whoosh bottle. You may have seen it before, in a science classroom, since it's a popular experiment designed to demonstrate the large amount of chemical energy produced in the combustion of...
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Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant in Sister Bay, Wisconsin
The population of Door County, a peninsula in Northern Wisconsin, is only about 28,000. Nonetheless, the county generates around $280 million in tourism revenue each year, or $10,000 in tourism dollars...
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The Urban Legend of the Government's Mind-Controlling Arcade Game
What was Polybius, and did it ever exist? (Photo: albund/shutterstock.com)In a suburban arcade near Portland, Oregon, in 1981, a dull, digital glow bounced off the faces of teenagers who clutched...
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All of Belgium Is Going to Get Iodine Pills in Case of a Nuclear Accident
(Photo: Andreas Krischer/CC BY-ND 2.0)Belgium will soon begin distributing iodine pills to its 11 million residents, a precautionary measure that officials say will help in case of a nuclear accident....
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Anna Göldi Museum in Mollis, Switzerland
One irony of witch trials is that any sinister malevolence involved was thanks almost uniformly to the accusers and the court itself, rather than the poor luckless innocents who found themselves...
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The Fascinating Local Color from Illegal NBA Playoff Streams
An NBA All-Star game in Texas. (Photo: Rondo Estrello/CC BY-SA 2.0)In Houston, I watched an elderly dance troupe called the Space City Seniors entertain the crowd during a timeout. In Charlotte, a...
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The Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool in Australia
Situated within a sheltered bay on the coast of Western Australia, Hamelin Pool appears at first glance to be a moderately interesting rock-strewn beach. Those rocks look kind of odd; are they from a...
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Shipwreck of the Lord Lonsdale in Punta Arenas, Chile
Near the tip of Chile in the town of Punta Arenas rest the remains of a frigate, an old workhorse of a ship, called the “Lord Lonsdale." Exactly how and why she ended up here is a bit of a mystery.The...
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Malm Whale in Gothenburg, Sweden
In 1865, a young blue whale beached on the rocks of Askim Bay, not far from the city of Göteborg. In those heady days, beached whales were not generally rescued, but slaughtered, and such was the fate...
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The FBI's Social Media Policies for Agents Are Ham-Fisted Yet Smart
(Photo: Federal Bureau of Investigation/Public Domain)FBI Special Agents are humans, like the rest of us, and they are probably tweeting, and posting stupid photos to Facebook, and maybe sharing memes...
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Uncover a World of Magical Nature in the Czech Republic
The Velka Amerika in Vysoký Újezd offers such remarkable views that you'll find it hard to believe that it is of this world. (Photo: Karelj/Public Domain)Beyond the awe-inspiring structural wonders of...
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The Hushed Interiors of 19th Century Libraries
Main reading room, the New York Public Library, c. 1910. (Photo: Library of Congress/LC-DIG-det-4a24347)Public libraries as we know them – government-funded, free to access – have existed since the...
View ArticleFound: A Mesmerizing Jellyfish With Bright Yellow Gonads
Starting April 20, a team of scientists set out on NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer ship to explore the Marianas trench, the deepest part of the ocean. They’ve been searching through some of the deepest and...
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Surgery's Open Secret: It Smells
Masks will be very important later on in this post! (Photo: Phalinn Ooi/CC BY 2.0)Here's something most people don't know about surgery—at a certain point in an operation, it can smell. Really bad.My...
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