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nazis

FOUND: Original Drawings of a Nazi Chocolate Bomb and Other Booby-Trapped Devices

monsters

A Monster Auction of Ray Harryhausen's Cinematic Objects

atom bombs

These Atomic Tourists Have Visited 160 Forgotten Nuclear Sites Across the U.S.

aircraft

A Hot Take on the Steamy History of the Jacuzzi

spies

The American Government's Sears-for-Spying Payment Plan

galileo

Object of Intrigue: The Falcon Feather on the Moon

extra mile

National Park Superfans Who Visit All 408 Locations—At Least Once

What’s better than visiting a national park? Visiting all of them.

hair

Why Must China's Bigwigs All Dye?

nuclear

Who Put These Undergrads In Charge Of A Nuclear Reactor?

fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: The Destruction of Palmyra's Arch of Triumph

reptiles

FOUND: A Three-Tailed Lizard

map monday

How Modern Cartographers Marry Math and Art

weapons

The Simple, Elegant History of the Swiss Army Knife

fossils

FOUND: A Woolly Mammoth in a Michigan Farmer's Field

turtles

Fleeting Wonders: the 2015 Sea Turtle Swimsuit Collection

television

How Advertising Invented 8 Phrases We Use Every Day

signs

There's a Man Scattering Very Funny Fake Books, Signs and Pamphlets Around L.A.

story

Seeing Double: Extraordinary Stereographs From the 1800s