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Podcast: International Cocoa Quarantine Center

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Podcast: International Cocoa Quarantine Center

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
February 14, 2022
Queen Pu-abi was buried in a vaulted stone burial chamber, her body adorned with an elaborate golden headdress, a beaded top, and a belt made of gold and precious stones.

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The Most Lavish Mesopotamian Tomb Ever Found Belongs to a Woman

And her clothing tells an important story, says archeologist Rita Wright.

Sarah Durn
Atlas Obscura
February 10, 2022
The label for Meat Juice (bottom right) often attracts visitors' attention at the Apothecary Museum.

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In the 1800s, Valentine’s Meant a Bottle of Meat Juice

An act of love in the form of a medicinal tonic.

Stephanie Castellano
Atlas Obscura
February 10, 2022
Podcast: Milky Seas

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Podcast: Milky Seas

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
February 10, 2022
Podcast: The Theater of Electricity

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Podcast: The Theater of Electricity

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
February 9, 2022
The Nissan Tsuru has long been Mexico's de facto taxi—despite being one of the most dangerous cars ever designed.

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Taxi Drivers in Xalapa Are on the Job in One of the Most Dangerous Cars Ever Made

The notorious Nissan Tsuru has long been the city's de facto taxi. Now, change is coming for the vehicles, and for the people who drive them.

Dylan Taylor-Lehman
Atlas Obscura
February 9, 2022
Pink lemonade blueberries are sweeter than their blue cousins.

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How to Grow Your Own Wondrous Fruits

Ever dreamed having a peanut butter fruit tree in your garden?

Diana Hubbell
Atlas Obscura
February 8, 2022
A satellite image acquired in September 2021 shows the central lobe of the Malaspina Glacier surging toward the sea.

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Why Is This Rippling Alaska Glacier a Research Hotbed?

Malaspina Glacier is the world's most accessible of its kind—but that's not the only reason scientists find it so cool.

Gemma Tarlach
Atlas Obscura
February 8, 2022
Some cross-country racers didn’t try to fly under the radar. In 1983 U.S. Express, Doug Turner and David Diem raced a red Ferrari 308 GTE from New York to Los Angeles in a record-setting 32 hours and 7 minutes.

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Is This the End of the Cannonball Run?

No rules, no pit stops, and definitely no speed limits.

Vince Guerrieri
Atlas Obscura
February 8, 2022
Podcast: Leimert Park

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Podcast: Leimert Park

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
February 8, 2022
The Mexican long-nosed bat, an elusive species, coevolved with agave, and faces an uncertain future as the number of plants declines.

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How Preserving Agave Could Help Save an Endangered Bat

Conservationists hope to protect the Mexican long-nosed bat by working with ranchers and other locals to preserve the plant it needs.

Janet Marinelli
Atlas Obscura
February 7, 2022
There are thought to be more than 300 belugas in captivity across 13 different countries, with the highest number housed in Russia, Japan, China, Ukraine, Canada, and the United States.

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The Tricky Business of Saving a Baby Beluga

For the first time, scientists were able to save a young whale stranded in Cook Inlet. What should happen next?

Sarah Durn
Atlas Obscura
February 7, 2022
Podcast: Quarantine at Malta Lazaretto

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Podcast: Quarantine at Malta Lazaretto

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
February 7, 2022
Wazas are chefs whose craft is passed down through family lines.

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Meet the 'Devil Chefs' of Kashmir

Families use skills passed down over generations to prepare a special feast.

Safina Nabi
Atlas Obscura
February 4, 2022
Chicken buses are old American school buses fixed up and turned into public transportation in Central America. Here, they wait for passengers in Antigua, Guatemala.

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Guatemala's Tricked-Out 'Chicken Buses' Have Lots of Stories to Tell

These old American school buses are a fixture of daily life across Central America.

Megan Janetsky
Atlas Obscura
February 4, 2022
If you look closely, you can see the shape of the nettle leaves covering the cheese.

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How a 400-Year-Old Cheese Got Its Groove Back

The secret ingredient? Stinging nettles.

Richard Collett
Atlas Obscura
February 3, 2022
A gray horse is the central element in a monument to the unsolved murder of Ruggero Pascoli.

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The Unsolved Murder That Haunted a Beloved Italian Poet

A stirring mosaic marks the spot where Ruggero Pascoli was killed in 1867, shaping his son Giovanni's prolific art.

Gary Singh
Atlas Obscura
February 3, 2022
African penguins at Boulders Beach

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Boulders Beach Is Great for Swimming, Sunbathing, and ... Penguin Watching?

The most famous residents of this South African beach town go swimming in tiny tuxedos.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
July 30, 2025
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