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At the annual PantheaCon gathering, pagans addressed modern social injustices with ancient witchcraft.

Teams of female scientists made critical breakthroughs in astronomy and mathematics–but it was decades before they'd get credit for them.

From Mazes and Monsters to Dark Dungeons, D&D was a lot scarier in the 1980s.

George Wyman took 50 days to get from San Francisco to New York in 1903.

An 18th-century sculptor's proto-selfies were supposed to scare off spirits, but mostly ended up ruining his reputation.

How two Peace Corps volunteers narrowly escaped Cyclone Winston–an option that few Fijians had.

The African snake doesn't seem to emit any scent at all.

The New York accent (also found in New Jersey) is one of the most linguistically strange speech patterns in the country.

This one weighs about 1.5 pounds.

When on the run from Protestants in the 16th century, Catholic clergy hid in custom-built "priest holes."

Morse code messages and bowler hat cameras were the Twitter and cellphones of the Edwardian police chase.

Novelists concocted elaborate fake histories for mysterious caves in Virginia.

Traditional, ultra-conservative societies like Saudi Arabia are learning to swipe right.

Progressive cred, theatrical candidates, and a weird, bipartisan platform–the oldest third party in the country has it all.

New research says that feline communication is possible—but not intuitive.

The city has over 500 lots to store any extra accumulation.

Inside Disney's America, the doomed '90s project that almost sunk the company.

In 1996, presidential campaigns didn't even think to register domain names.