twins
Found: The First Identical Twin Puppies Ever Discovered
It's rare for other animals to have identical twins.
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places you can no longer go
Places You Can No Longer Go: Hoffman Auto Showroom
Only one car salesman enlisted Frank Lloyd Wright as his designer.
blaschka models
The Delicate Glass Sea Creatures of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka
A father-and-son team created a menagerie of incredible glass models using mysterious methods.
fbi
When the FBI Grilled Julia Child Over Her Alleged Communist Ties
No stone left unturned.
tennis
The Haphazard History of the U.S. Open's Best and Worst Venues, Soon to Be Rubble
They date to the 1964 World's Fair.
travel writing
The World’s First Travel Writer Was a Guy From Ancient Greece
You can thank second-century geographer and writer Pausanias for travel literature.
slinky
Watch These Human Slinkies Dance in a Neon Disco
It all started with the simple coiled toy.
bears
Yellowstone Owes Its Early Success To Public Bear Feeding
Nightly garbage feedings, roadside gangster bears, and a public "Bear Lunch Counter" were a deliberate strategy to help set the park apart.
coca cola
A Massive Amount of Cocaine Was Found at a French Coca-Cola Plant
The original recipe, as it were.
names
Nelson Mandela's Grandson Wants People To Stop Naming Things After Nelson Mandela
South Africa is "fixated on the Mandelisation of everything," he says.
iceland
Angry Elves Force Iceland Road Workers To Dig Up A Sacred Rock
Do not mess with Iceland's elves.
giant
Found: A Giant Slug the Size of a Cat
Seek a giant sea slug and ye shall find.
elections
Meet the Button Obsessives Who Salivate Over Hillary and Trump Souvenirs
The 2016 election as told by its buttons.
chemicals
Food Testing in 1902 Featured a Bow Tie-Clad 'Poison Squad' Eating Plates of Acid
Why the FDA owes its existence to 12 men eating poisoned meals.
iceland
One of Iceland's Biggest Volcanoes Might Be Close to Erupting
The country is home to dozens.
physics
In 1975, a Cat Co-Authored a Physics Paper
Meet F.D.C. Willard, the feline who published.
youth
There's Some Clown Hysteria in South Carolina After a Lot of Mysterious Clown Sightings
The latest came Monday night, though police so far have turned up nothing.
time
After Nuclear Blasts, Scientists Say It's Probably Time to Start a New Epoch
Goodbye, Holocene. Welcome, Anthropocene.
