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Japan’s Giant Skeleton Art Is Based On A Fascinating Story
by Cezary Jan Strusiewicz Wikipedia The great thing about Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre (1844) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi is the fact that you can grab any random person, smoosh their face...
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Battlefield Badasses: The Forgotten Vivandière
by Ivan FarkasWhen they weren't standing three feet apart in a neat line and waiting to be stabbed or shot in the face, old-timey armies were a mess in other ways. So a few hundred years ago, spouses...
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How Three Plane Crash Survivors Were Rescued Batman-Style From A Remote Jungle
by Pauli PoisuoScene: The year is 1945. A solitary plane is flying over a vast, mysterious valley that’s surrounded by mountains. Now, we’ve all seen movies, so we know what’s coming. Of course the...
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Collecting Stones That Look Like Meat Is An Actual Thing
by Ivan FarkasOur drywall-dwelling society is mostly divorced from nature, with many folks’ natural excursions being limited to crushing a snail while frantically taking out the trash on Garbage Day....
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Husbands And Wives Used To Settle Disputes Via Armed Combat
by Jeff McLaughlinListen, this article isn't going to be for everyone. It's about how spouses used to settle their differences with armed combat.Picture this: A waist-high hole is dug in the ground,...
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The Gentlemanly Sport Of Pedestrianism
by Ivan FarkasPicture yourself in 1870s New York City— a gentleman about town, you’re on your second pack of cigarettes, preparing to cram into a stadium with thousands of rowdy spectators. But it's...
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Fannie Quigley: The Legendary Alaskan Miner
by Jeff McLaughlinRecently, I was looking for a decent, non-Food Network blueberry pie recipe when I stumbled across one written by a pioneering legend from back in the Klondike Gold Rush days. Knowing...
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How These Tiny Island Nations Are Leading The Charge Against Climate Change
by Pauli PoisuoSo you live on an island. This is awesome news, because as ten out of ten people who enjoy being surrounded by water from all sides will happily tell you, islands are awesome. This isn’t...
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The Line: A Planned City That’s Shaped Like An Actual Line
by Jeff McLaughlinSpending any time looking at maps of cities should raise an obvious question: Why the hell are they shaped like that? Even down here in Austin, Texas, the city borders seem ... odd....
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The Snowboarder Who Survived For Days After Getting Lost In the Wilderness
by Pauli PoisuoLike any sport that involves hurtling down snowy mountain slopes at perilous velocities, snowboarding can be a bit dangerous. However, as Eric LeMarque found out the hard way, the...
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5 Ways Food Waste Is Being Used To Help The Planet
by Matt YorkI love food.I mean, who doesn’t? It’s literally a building block to sustain life. Sadly though, the Environmental Protection Agency recently reported that 22% of all solid waste comes...
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The Most Terrifying Painting Ever Is Weirder Than You Think
by Cezary Jan StrusiewiczImagine entering the “Villa of the Deaf Man” and finding paintings inside, depicting scenes of death, insanity, despair, and, in one horrific case, a crazed giant chowing down...
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This Woman Was Lost In Australia For 17 Days (Without Food Or Clothes)
by Pauli PoisuoImagine you have a fight with your significant other during a visit to a natural reserve. You storm off in a huff, and when you eventually cool down and start making your way back to the...
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George R. Lawrence Transformed Photography With Kites And Explosions
by Ivan FarkasAn underappreciated innovator in the world of photography, George R. Lawrence’s love of visually recording a single moment in time —enlivened by his many brushes with death — led to...
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Americans Used To Drink All Day, Every Day
by Ivan FarkasDrinking is a proud, storied American pastime, vice, social occasion, or even anti-social occasion depending on how belligerent you are. But even the 21st-century’s touchy-feely-est Happy...
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Frank Abagnale Wasn’t Honest About Lying
by Jordan BreedingEven if the name Frank Abagnale Jr. isn’t immediately recognizable to you, we’re willing to bet you’re at least somewhat familiar with his “work.” See, Abagnale’s life was adapted...
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The Evil Dead (1981) Was A Masterclass In Horror Production
by Danny GallagherA new Evil Dead movie is on the horizon and it’s taking a bold, new direction by going back to its original, bold, new direction.The Evil Dead franchise has been anchored by its brash...
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Çatalhöyük: Possibly The World’s Very First City
by Ivan FarkasFrom circa 7400 to 5200 BCE, Çatalhöyük thrived as one of history’s first recorded cities, nestled on the Anatolian Plateau next to the modern city of Konya, Turkey. No, I didn’t slip and...
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4 Strange Origins of Common Hand Gestures
by Jordan BreedingUnless you’ve eaten a strange mushroom or dropped a priceless vase, you’re probably not thinking too hard about your hands right now. And yet they’re some of our most expressive...
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FACT: People Suck At Detecting Lies
by Curt AndersonSurely your Spidey senses have tingled when someone said something you didn’t believe. You know, like when someone won’t look you in the eye, or they’re tapping their foot nervously and...
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