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The Sidmouth fatberg is a heavy-duty mess.

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7 Big Things That Are Smaller Than This Fatberg

A water company in Devon, England, found the enormous blob clogging the sewer.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
January 9, 2019
You looking' at me?

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The Mona Lisa's Eyes Are Not Following You Around the Room

Maybe the “Mona Lisa effect” needs a new name.

Evan Nicole Brown
Atlas Obscura
January 8, 2019
Longer muscles call for strips of stone, while smaller details require tiny pieces.

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Turning Anatomical Drawings Into Mosaics, Stone by Stone

An artist is making massive monuments to medical illustration.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
January 8, 2019
A woman looks through a tower viewer at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.

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Atlas Obscura and The New York Times Journeys Launch Science Weekends

Our new collaboration offers unique three-day experiences, starting in Los Angeles and London in 2019.

David Plotz
Atlas Obscura
January 8, 2019
A relic that should have never existed.

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For Sale: A Penny Worth a Fortune

In 1943, copper was supposed to be preserved for the war effort.

Matthew Taub
Atlas Obscura
January 7, 2019
Struwwelpeter teaches lessons about hygiene... and fear.

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What Children's Story Did You Later Realize Was Awfully Dark and Scary?

Help us compile a list of the world's most delightfully disturbing kids' books.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
January 7, 2019
The artist Jake Berman mapped the Pacific Electric Railway route, as it rolled along in 1926.

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Mapping Old Rail Routes Like Contemporary Subways

They're dreamy.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
January 7, 2019
These special wooden needles are used to make Kani shawls.

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Kashmir's Centuries-Old Weaving Tradition Faces an Uncertain Future

The craft is hanging by a thread.

Sugato Mukherjee
Atlas Obscura
January 7, 2019
Certain ciders might be made from a single type of apple, 
but most are made from several varieties.

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Why Cider Means Something Completely Different in America and Europe

FBI agents, Prohibition, and beer made American cider sweet and sober.

Siddhi Lama
Atlas Obscura
January 7, 2019
Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott sampled the lunar surface in 1971.

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Humanity Has Managed to Change Places We've Barely Even Visited

From the Mariana Trench to the Moon, we don't have to be in a place very much to muck it up.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
January 4, 2019
The cast of My Fair Ladywith Baddeley cake in 1959, with Julie Andrews on cake-cutting duty.

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How £100 Bought an Obscure British Actor 224 Years of Cake and Fame

Thespians, writers, and princes all dined on Baddeley cake.

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
January 4, 2019
A close-up on a Muscovy duck.

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Is This Duck Kosher? It's Complicated

The case of the Muscovy duck cannot be settled because the rules themselves are not really known.

Dan Nosowitz
Atlas Obscura
January 4, 2019
A Visit to One of America's Longest-Running Puppetry Theaters

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A Visit to One of America's Longest-Running Puppetry Theaters

The Bob Baker Marionette Theater has been serving up laughs and ice cream since 1963.

Lizzie Philip
Atlas Obscura
January 3, 2019
What Does This Alien Minor Planet Look Like?

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What Does This Alien Minor Planet Look Like?

A peanut? Or maybe a bowling pin?

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
January 3, 2019
Chase Sapphire® cardmembers filled the historic Bok auditorium. Slated for restoration, this event was one of the last in its current state.

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Learning From Local Legends at a Late-Night Assembly

Philadelphia residents came out for a cinematic celebration of their community.

Sponsored By Chase Sapphire
Local women holding rubber bags.

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How a Guatemalan Town Tackled Its Plastic Problem

In San Pedro La Laguna, single-use items made from plastic and styrofoam are banned.

Lola Méndez
Atlas Obscura
January 3, 2019
Yachi-nyan is the mascot of the Yonbancho shopping district in Hikone City.

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Help Us Identify the World's Greatest Local Mascots

The more obscure, the better.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
January 2, 2019
A meteorite is seen amid debris at Rio de Janeiro's treasured National Museum on September 3, 2018, a day after a massive fire ripped through the building.

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Step Inside Brazil’s Museu Nacional, Before the Devastating Blaze

A new digital tour helps visitors jump back in time.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
January 2, 2019
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