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Adams and May Blayney in Chantecler.

gender

The Famous Actress Who Loved Playing a Rooster

Maude Adams was known for being Peter Pan, but her favorite role was that of a preening French rooster.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
December 6, 2016
A Giant Jeremy Clarkson Head Is Mysteriously Haunting America's Highways

television

A Giant Jeremy Clarkson Head Is Mysteriously Haunting America's Highways

Where is his head at?

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
December 6, 2016
Train Full Of BMWs Crashes In South Carolina

cars

Train Full Of BMWs Crashes In South Carolina

120 luxury cars were injured.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
December 6, 2016
Gold coins turns up in Salvation Army buckets across the country.

money

Found: Two Gold Coins From 1947, Dropped in a Salvation Army Bucket

Each one is worth $1,400.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
December 6, 2016
Say hello to Outredgeous red romaine lettuce.

space

Astronauts Are Getting Better and Better at Farming in Space

Dinner in orbit is getting a whole lot fresher.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
December 6, 2016
In Indiana in August 2016, a truck crashed and spilled 23,000 lbs of paint.

interactive maps

Mapping the Year in Truck Spills

From pennies to Port-o-Potties, an exhaustive tally of 2016's most extraordinary highway truck spills.

Atlas Obscura
December 6, 2016
Hayakawa with his wife Tsuru Aoki and dog "Dynomite", from the 1922 issue of Photoplay magazine.

japan

One of the First Hollywood Heartthrobs Was a Smoldering Japanese Actor. What Happened?

Today, there aren't many Asian film hunks. But in 1915, Sessue Hayakawa was among the first sex symbols.

Rachel King
Atlas Obscura
December 5, 2016
The children's room at a NYPL branch library.

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Growing Up in a Library Is Exactly As Magical As You'd Imagine

Ronald Clark and his daughter spent years living in one of New York City's branch libraries.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
December 5, 2016
A Barbie Power Wheel.

tedium

The Unlikely Italian Roots and Curious Afterlives of Power Wheels

They've been around for decades.

Ernie Smith
Atlas Obscura
December 5, 2016
Welcome to Trump Fish!

fish

Something Called 'Trump Fish' Apparently Just Opened In Kurdistan

The San Diego Chargers' lightning bolt stands in for Trump's hair.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
December 5, 2016
Copper wire on fire.

pollution

Found: A River Humans Started Polluting 7,000 Years Ago

Playing with metal and fire led to unusual concentrations of copper on a streambank.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
December 5, 2016
Allegorical Map of Youth's Journey to the Country of Happiness by Auguste-Jacques Lemiere-d’Ary.

youth

Young, Lost, and Hopeless? This Map Will Show You the Way to Happiness

The Ocean of Experience will apparently kick you around, then give you honey and gold mines.

Mariana Zapata
Atlas Obscura
December 5, 2016
Central Park Was Once Seneca Village, Home to a Thriving Free Black Community

central park

Central Park Was Once Seneca Village, Home to a Thriving Free Black Community

A graphic history of the community displaced for the vast public park in 1857.

Lucas Adams
Atlas Obscura
December 5, 2016
Tenzing Norgay in 1953 with fellow adventurer Edmund Hillary

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Listen to the Story of Tenzing Norgay, Who Stood on Top of the World

In the third episode of our new podcast Horizon Line, we recount the tale of the man whose personal Everest was, well, Mount Everest.

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England's Peak District, where Rotherham does much of his research.

landscapes

The Hidden Signs That Mark Britain's Ghost Forests

Weird tree shapes, specific plants, and other clues help environmental researchers spot where woods once were.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
December 2, 2016
"I Only Count Your Sunny Hours"

features

Discover the Perfect Sundial Motto to Describe Your Mortality

“This solar shadow is at once the measure of time and the symbol of life.”

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
December 2, 2016
Surprise!

garbage

Former Boy Scout Mails 500 Pieces Of Garbage To Boy Scout Bullies

Among other things, the packages contained old tea leaves, underwear, and dirt.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
December 2, 2016
See One Woman's Amazing Project to Save a Vanishing Native American Language

language

See One Woman's Amazing Project to Save a Vanishing Native American Language

Marie Wilcox has created a dictionary to protect Wukchumni from extinction.

Mariana Zapata
Atlas Obscura
December 2, 2016
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