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The giant scar of the landslide is put into perspective by the skiff surveying the damage.

landslide

Why Scientists Are Worried About a Landslide No One Saw or Heard

It's all about climate change, retreating glaciers, and newly exposed rock.

Kit Stolz
Atlas Obscura
March 17, 2017
Why Chess Fans Hate the Movies

scandal week

Why Chess Fans Hate the Movies

From backwards boards to king-flipping, Hollywood just cannot get chess right.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
March 17, 2017
A Minnesota Driver's Insane, Unexplained Car Crash

feats

A Minnesota Driver's Insane, Unexplained Car Crash

He somehow landed on a partially frozen lake, and still walked away.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
March 17, 2017
The woman who would be known as Cherubina de Gabriak.

scandal week

The Russian Poetry Scandal That Ended in a Duel

Remembering the Cherubina de Gabriak hoax of 1909.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
March 17, 2017
The Irish workers in this famous "Spaghetti Junction" photo have finally been identified.

labor

The Irish Workers in This Famous Photograph Have Finally Been Identified

Just in time for St. Patrick's day.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
March 17, 2017
Close-up of 2.7 billion years old continental crust from Nunavik, northern Quebec.

found

Found: Rocks Formed From Earth’s Earliest Crust

Life on Earth is tough, even for rocks.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
March 17, 2017
Howard Strickland, head of MGM Publicity (second from right) with Greer Garson. Frank Sinatra and Louella Parsons have other scandals to talk about.

scandal week

The Fixers Who Buried Old Hollywood's Biggest Scandals

When stars needed something to be swept under the rug, they summoned these guys.

Kristin Hunt
Atlas Obscura
March 17, 2017
JFK meets with Thomas J. Kiernan, Ambassador of Ireland, March 17, 1961.

presidents

How Ireland Uses Shamrocks to Gain Access to the U.S. President

It all goes down during an annual St. Patrick's Day ceremony at the White House.

John Kelly
Atlas Obscura
March 17, 2017
The Massive Black Wolves on a 'Flat Out' Run Along a Canadian Highway

news

The Massive Black Wolves on a 'Flat Out' Run Along a Canadian Highway

There's video.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
March 16, 2017
Oh dear lord...

beer

Canadian Bar Annoys Ireland With Its 'Sacrilegious' Guinness Pour

If you are going to use Guinness in your ad, you'd better do it right.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
March 16, 2017
A Magdalene asylum in the early 20th century.

scandal week

The Invisible Unmarried Mothers of Ireland

For seven decades, thousands of pregnant Irish women were sent into a kind of captivity.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
March 16, 2017
Dozens of Previously Hidden Nuclear Test Videos Declassified, Uploaded to YouTube

bombs

Dozens of Previously Hidden Nuclear Test Videos Declassified, Uploaded to YouTube

Mushroom clouds galore.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
March 16, 2017
The big fake on the left, and the little fake on the right. (The smaller one was copied from a real Etruscan statue.)

scandal week

The Forged 'Ancient' Statues That Fooled the Met's Art Experts for Decades

The fakes were on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 28 years.

Natalie Zarrelli
Atlas Obscura
March 16, 2017
For obvious reasons, it's tough to eat horses.

scandal week

Why We Have Such Complicated Feelings About Eating Horses

Horse meat has rarely gone down easy.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
March 16, 2017
Found: Golden Coins Hidden in a Crusader Shipwreck

treasure

Found: Golden Coins Hidden in a Crusader Shipwreck

The ship may have been fleeing the Holy Land after the Crusaders' last stand.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
March 16, 2017
What Happens When an Amtrak Train Hits a Snowbank at the Station

snow

What Happens When an Amtrak Train Hits a Snowbank at the Station

Here's slow-motion video.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
March 16, 2017
An inspiration to sick goldfish everywhere.

inventors

The Goldfish That Got a Wheelchair

It helps it stay underwater.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
March 15, 2017
All hail the Oxford comma.

language

Why This Court Decision Hinged on the Oxford Comma

"For want of a comma, we have this case," a federal judge wrote.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
March 15, 2017
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