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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 sure we’d all become cyclopses? No, Richard III wasn’t a…

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 the olms!

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 miss dangerous midcentury playgrounds.

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 Japanese futurism sure is cool. It’s exciting to remember how…

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 week. Now let’s take a look inside the congressional hearing…

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 metal in the microwave huh? Bauhaus covers are pretty neat.

“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 Asian birds.

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 a cold jerk (or more logical, or whatever). California sure…

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 first fully cybernetic government? Atlas Obscura brings you graveyards stuck…

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 just the best. Woah! North America’s oldest skeleton discovery. 1960s…

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 paternity leave. Spurious Correlations is basically just the best thing…

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 traps. Today in everything is awful: being a bully is…