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Safe Zones For Exchanging Internet Purchases Are Popping Up Around the U.S.
Go ahead and buy things from strangers without worry at spots like this South Carolina safe zone. (Photo: North Charleston/CC BY-SA 2.0)Finally found that perfect used bike on Craigslist, but a little...
View ArticleWatch These Chemicals Create Trippy Colorful Patterns
A puff of smoke. Billowing clouds. Blobs of wax in a lava lamp. The neon blue and green undulating chemicals glowing under ultraviolet light evoke the imagination. In a lab in Paris, a group of artists...
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Bamahenge in Elberta, Alabama
“Bamahenge”, a full-scale fiberglass Stonehenge, wasn’t built by Alabama Druids. It was conceived, designed and installed by Virginia artist Mark Cline and his Enchanted Castle Studios.Cline’s work is...
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The Kati Roll Can Be Traced Back to One Kolkata Restaurant
A stack of kati rolls served on a plate in Kolkata. (Photo: Satyajit Dhawale (Satyajit888)/CC BY-SA 4.0)Behold, the kati roll: the spicy street wrap that is springing up in cities all over the world....
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Hare Krishna Tree in New York, New York
For a hundred years this elegant American elm at the center of Tompkins Square Park was just a tree. Then, in 1966, the Hare Krishna mantra was chanted under its sprawling canopy for the first time,...
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The Kentucky Derby Puts the Mad Hatter to Shame
(Photo: MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS®)“I’m out of my mind—Oh my god, I hardly know my name. It’s crazy, always crazy this time of year. It’s hat Christmas.”That’s Gena Conti, the owner of Gena Conti Millinery,...
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Sonic Booms Shake British Homes After Jets Are Scrambled
A Eurofighter Typhoon jet. (Photo: Adrian Pingstone/Public Domain)On Monday residents in the English country of Yorkshire were awoken when car alarms went off, and homes shook after several loud booms....
View ArticleVillagers Thought a Sex Toy They Found on a Beach Was a Fallen Angel
Some villagers in Indonesia recently found themselves caring for an inflatable sex toy, which they believed to be a fallen angel. The timing was a little bit odd. A villager had found the toy on a...
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Lost Toys of the Nybohov Funicular in Stockholm, Sweden
Passing through a rock tunnel and rising just over 120 feet in elevation, funicular between Liljeholmen and the Nybohov hill in Stockholm has been a popular means of transportation since its debut to...
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House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe, New Mexico
When George R. R. Martin buys a vacant bowling alley in an industrial neighborhood in Santa Fe and leases it out to a 135-member group of artists known for creating elaborate interactive art...
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Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park in Ely, Nevada
Near Ely, Nevada, six stone charcoal ovens dominate the desert landscape and give this historic site its peculiar name. The Egan Mountain Range is just a mile or two to the west, but down here in the...
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Photos of the World at Twilight, When Everything is a Hushed Grey
Monument Valley, Arizona, USA. (All Photos: © Tom Jacobi)There is a technique in art known as grisaille, in which an artist will create a work entirely from shades of grey. Sometimes it is used simply...
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The Hidden History of Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language
Deaf children signing the Star-Spangled Banner in Cinncinati, c. 1918. (Photo: Library of Congress/ LC-DIG-npcc-33373)In 1979 in the town of Chilmark, on Martha’s Vineyard, Joan Poole Nash sat across...
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How to be Cool (According to a Video Game Magazine From 1982)
Meet Art Cater, the coolest dude of the arcades of 1982. (All images: Video Games Player Magazine/Fair Use)Today when people think of arcades they probably imagine expensive niche locations like a Dave...
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How One Photographer Finally Convinced a President to Give Him Full Access
President Johnson meets with candidate Nixon. (Photo: Yoichi Okamoto/Public domain)It might be said that official White House photography began with a very unofficial photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt.As...
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Found: A Surprise David Bowie Left for Fans on His Last Album
The cover of Blackstar. (Photo: Joseph.bleh/CC BY-SA 4.0)The cover of David Bowie’s last album, Blackstar, has a simple design: a five-point star cut into the album cover, black on black. But as fans...
View ArticleFor Sale: The Second Largest Diamond Ever Found
Discover the 1109-ct Lesedi la Rona, the largest rough diamond discovered in 100 years https://t.co/7BLeO1uQHapic.twitter.com/RBFrIAGzEG— Sotheby's (@Sothebys) May 4, 2016Attention gem collectors and...
View ArticleMan Sues Former Employers for Boring Him
Frederic Desnard, a Parisian, is suing his former employer because his job was too boring. He wants $415k in damages pic.twitter.com/E2TQhxjH1e— NBS Television (@nbstv) May 4, 2016Yawning a bunch at...
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Chammünster Ossuary in Cham, Germany
In the year 1830, cemetery workers in Cham, Germany unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains thought to be from the 13th century. Some of the 5000 skulls discovered can still be viewed...
View ArticleWatch This Tiny Town Get Sucked Into a Tornado Vortex
Torrents of wind whip around buildings and streets as a tornado vortex consumes a tiny town. Good thing the town in this video is just a model test bed for engineers and researchers at Iowa State...
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