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Does this French cornfield hide a small, fuzzy nightmare?

fleeting wonders

French Cornfields Are Full of Cannibal Hamsters

A limited diet has made the cute creatures desperate.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
January 30, 2017
The format here is from a 70mm print, wide enough for her red bouffant.

women

The Forgotten 'China Girls' Hidden at the Beginning of Old Films

Used as quality control, these haunting images were never meant to be public.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
January 30, 2017
Gumbo was shaken up but doing ok.

cars

Found: A Cat That Rode 230 Miles Under a Car’s Hood

He was fine, if shaken up.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
January 30, 2017
A 75-Year-Old Woman Used Her Bathtub to Survive a Texas Tornado

texas

A 75-Year-Old Woman Used Her Bathtub to Survive a Texas Tornado

Things got dramatic.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
January 27, 2017
Watch a Howling Wolf Get Speed-Sculpted Out of Clay

wolves

Watch a Howling Wolf Get Speed-Sculpted Out of Clay

Arooooooo!

Ella Morton
Atlas Obscura
January 27, 2017
Tokyo at night.

linguistics

The Mystery and Occasional Poetry of, Uh, Filled Pauses

They are especially unusual in Japanese.

Dan Nosowitz
Atlas Obscura
January 27, 2017
Roy Rogers turned Billy the Kid into a good guy in Billy the Kid Returns.

villains week

The Counterintuitive History of Black Hats, White Hats, And Villains

Even in old Westerns, the white hat/black hat divide is less distinct than is often remembered.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
January 27, 2017
Say hello to Burglar Bill.

villains week

Decoding the Classic Burglar Outfit

Where did the crook in the striped shirt come from?

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
January 27, 2017
A Truck Full of Puppies Crashed in New York State

trucks

A Truck Full of Puppies Crashed in New York State

The puppies are fine.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
January 27, 2017
The museum is putting the diorama back on display.

racism

Found: A Real Human Skull in a Museum Diorama

It's apparently going to go back on display?

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
January 27, 2017
This scene, from 1915's "The Alster Case," seems ripe for a mysterioso.

villains week

How the Quintessential Villain's Melody Snuck Into the Popular Consciousness

The "Mysterioso Pizzicato" should never have gotten as far as it did.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
January 27, 2017
In 1969, One Inventor Tried to Sell Police a 'Net Gun' for Catching Robbers

villains week

In 1969, One Inventor Tried to Sell Police a 'Net Gun' for Catching Robbers

While effective, the invention never quite took off.

Lauren Young
Atlas Obscura
January 26, 2017
The front page of the Daily News on May 7, 1924 when Ed and Celia were finally caught and tried.

villains week

How We Forgot the Bobbed Haired Bandit

In the 1920s, the armed robber Celia Cooney unintentionally became a symbol for the women's movement.

Lauren Young
Atlas Obscura
January 26, 2017
"The Anatomist overtaken by the Watch carry'ng off Miss W in a hamper." William Austin, 1773.

villains week

A Beginner's Guide to Body Snatching

Where to go for an education in grave robbery, the grisliest chapter in medical history.

Molly McBride Jacobson
Atlas Obscura
January 26, 2017
The bundling bag was not always enough. When two people bundled, a bolster or wooden board was installed to separate the two halves of the bed.

love

The Awkward 17th-Century Dating Practice That Saw Teens Get Bundled Into Bags

And a wooden board separating the lovers in bed.

Natalie Zarrelli
Atlas Obscura
January 26, 2017
Sometimes it feels good to be bad.

villains week

The Joys of Pretend Villainy

What's so great about playing the bad guy, according to LARPers.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
January 26, 2017
A very patriotic balloon release.

trash

You Can No Longer Release Balloons in Atlantic City

Everything dies, baby, that's a fact.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
January 26, 2017
Prisoners at concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, Germany, December 19, 1938.

genocide

Found: Tens of Thousands of Previously Unknown Nazi Persecution Sites

Expecting to find 5,000 camps and other sites, researchers have documented 42,500.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
January 26, 2017
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