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Yes, '90s Blockbuster Training Videos Really Were This Cringeworthy

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Yes, '90s Blockbuster Training Videos Really Were This Cringeworthy

Watch as a young employee in pleated slacks is criticized for her life choices.

Urvija Banerji
Atlas Obscura
April 7, 2016
The Incredible, Rapid Rise of Iceland's Pirate Party

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The Incredible, Rapid Rise of Iceland's Pirate Party

The party can thank the Panama Papers leak for recent triumphs.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
April 7, 2016
An adult Urial in a Swedish zoo.

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Policemen Caught With Cruiser Full of Kidnapped Lambs

The lambs were later rescued and seen "frolicking."

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
April 7, 2016
How To Drink Vodka Like a Russian

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How To Drink Vodka Like a Russian

Never drink alone, for starters.

Dan Nosowitz
Atlas Obscura
April 7, 2016
Found: A Forgotten Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio

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Found: A Forgotten Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio

It was sitting in a library in a Scottish mansion.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
April 7, 2016
Before Ellis Island Existed, Castle Garden Welcomed Houdini and Typhoid Mary

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Before Ellis Island Existed, Castle Garden Welcomed Houdini and Typhoid Mary

How a one-time beer garden became an immigration hub.

Natalie Zarrelli
Atlas Obscura
April 7, 2016
Places You Can No Longer Go: The Radiant Radish

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Places You Can No Longer Go: The Radiant Radish

The short-lived Southern California health food store was run by Brian Wilson.

Lucas Adams
Atlas Obscura
April 7, 2016
From Roosevelt to Resolute, the Secrets of All 6 Oval Office Desks

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From Roosevelt to Resolute, the Secrets of All 6 Oval Office Desks

Nothing says "presidential" like a stately hunk of wood polished to a gleam.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
April 7, 2016
Take a Peek at the World’s Greatest Witchcraft Movie Poster Collection

obscura day 2016

Take a Peek at the World’s Greatest Witchcraft Movie Poster Collection

Cornell's collection has more than 600 witchy items.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
April 7, 2016
Tigers Have Gone Extinct in Cambodia

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Tigers Have Gone Extinct in Cambodia

The country is working on a plan to reintroduce them.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
April 6, 2016
How a Letter Sent to Carl Sagan Set Off an FBI Investigation

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How a Letter Sent to Carl Sagan Set Off an FBI Investigation

The writer warned Sagan that he could prevent the apocalypse.

JPat Brown
Atlas Obscura
April 6, 2016
Worldwide Fake Food Crackdown Seizes Monkey Meat, Locusts, Painted Olives

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Worldwide Fake Food Crackdown Seizes Monkey Meat, Locusts, Painted Olives

There were also Kalashnikovs, chicken intestines, and sardines.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
April 6, 2016
French Farmers Hijack Trucks, Dump Out Spanish Wine in Angry Protest

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French Farmers Hijack Trucks, Dump Out Spanish Wine in Angry Protest

Many gallons of red wine were set free.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
April 6, 2016
A painting of the city of Canton circa 1800, where Ching Shih lived before she became a pirate.

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The Chinese Female Pirate Who Commanded 80,000 Outlaws

Ching Shih, who lived and pillaged during the Qing Dynasty, has been called the most successful pirate in history.

Urvija Banerji
Atlas Obscura
June 15, 2022
One gem-studded space rock, coming up! (Photo: Twitter)

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The Rare Meteorites Going on Sale for Millions

Christie's London is selling 83 space rocks—some from Mars, some filled with gems, and one that killed a cow.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
April 6, 2016
Found: Unseen Film of Britain's Most Notorious Spy Explaining His Betrayal

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Found: Unseen Film of Britain's Most Notorious Spy Explaining His Betrayal

Kim Philby spent decades inside MI6, spying for the KGB.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
April 6, 2016
The Photos that Exposed American Child Labor

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The Photos that Exposed American Child Labor

From 1908 to 1924, Lewis Hine collected visual evidence of the nation's youngest workers.

Ella Morton
Atlas Obscura
April 6, 2016
Taxidermied frogs spend a day on the lake at Froggyland

obscura day 2016

The Hungarian Taxidermist Who Saw Frogs As People

Ferenc Mere's passion lives on as Froggyland, a museum full of anthropomorphic amphibians.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
April 6, 2016
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