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He's since calmed down and headed home.

Masterpieces from above.

For centuries, Russians have celebrated their Slavic roots with kvass.

On April 18, 1930, the BBC made a surprising announcement.

Giardini Panteschi are found only on the windswept island of Pantelleria.

Grandiosa has dominated both the country’s pizza sales and music charts.

The Spamettes sang and danced and glamorized canned meat.

The street-based document writers for hire have been a fixture since the days of the Ottoman Empire.

Michael Candy's Synthetic Pollenizer is "a sculpture for a different species."

A floating menace in a lake needs your attention.

In 1880, Frank Hart wowed audiences at New York's Madison Square Garden by walking 565 miles in six days.

Help us investigate a popular ordering strategy.

Two people have been sentenced for participating in several California heists.

Eleanor B. Roosevelt—no, not THAT Eleanor Roosevelt—thought the New Deal was monstrous.

At Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West in Arizona, dorms are DIY.

Little pieces of literature, on demand.

Made in Kerala, the "Aranmula kannadi" won't distort your reflection.

It's not easy.