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Perhaps you’ve wondered “Hey, what’s due east or west of here?” And what of the laying of the transatlantic cable? Picturing Mongolia’s brutal winters. Remember that time a scientist was…

You are just so wrong about Hyena sex. And now the big bang (findings) backlash. I imagine you’d like to read about midcentury oceanographers. Psychedelic cookbooks. Let’s hear it for…

I am contractually obliged to post anything tangentially related to cosmonauts. Atlas Obscura looks at the changing of the tides. New Scientist on blue volcanoes and purple jellyfish. We all…

Welcome back to the work week, let’s all take a field trip to the British Tarantula Society’s big show. Huh: now you can buy an official 9/11 cheese plate. 1960s…

It’s probably time to design our space ark. I don’t usually link to things like this but it’s my birthday tomorrow and Summary Bug is my favorite thing of the…

Today’s saddies brought to you by “how far your paycheck gets you.” Behold the oldest object in London! Make sure to brush your teeth pregnant ladies. So, what’s up with…

“Just throw a nuke at it guys.” Incidentally, here are some Cold War calculators. Welcome back to the wild, wisent. The fates of famous brains. And now some 19th Century…

Let’s all hear it for firecracker label design. Welcome back to the sea, Colorado River! Maybe you’d like some Lithuanian children’s illustration today? Long story short, second languages make you…

Woah woah woah new biggest dinosaur. Cigarettes sure were classier in the 40s. Watching Jupiter’s spot shrink (is a thing you could do). Remember that time Chile almost became the…

Maybe you’d like some mid-century Australian pulp fiction to get your weekend started. Norway is crushing it this week. Welcome to the first energy-positive building. Old weird medical illustrations are…

On the sad origins of the jackalope. Item: Iceland is pretty! Item: Kazakhstan has some pretty cool post-soviet architecture. Maybe the key to fixing the gender wage gap is non-transferable…

Look, I know this is probably fake, but I want to live in the universe where we build a train under the Bering Straight. Bounce houses are basically just death…