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Postcard Reaches Destination After 53 Years

Some grandchildren were just trying to do something nice for their grandma.
Cara Giaimo April 21, 2017
nuclear

North Korea's Nuclear Test Site Spent the Weekend Hosting Volleyball

Satellites spotted some unexpected heat.
Cara Giaimo April 20, 2017
zoos

The World's Favorite Wombat Has Died

RIP, Patrick.
Cara Giaimo April 19, 2017
hotels

Motel Honors 16-Year-Old Coupon

The 10th night was finally free.
Cara Giaimo April 18, 2017
animals

Have You Seen This Bird?

The Arrow Goose of Amherst, New York, is quickly becoming the stuff of legend.
Cara Giaimo April 17, 2017
architecture

Why This Bar Built a Labyrinth Outside Its Front Door

The bar is now, technically, over 500 meters from the street.
Cara Giaimo April 14, 2017
legos

A Field of Lego Daffodils Has Sprouted in England

Brick flowers never wilt.
Cara Giaimo April 13, 2017
The sun shines through the Box Tunnel on April 9th, 2017.
tunnels

Railway Engineers in England Just Solved a Sunny, 175-Year-Old Mystery

The creator of the Box Tunnel built in a secret birthday present for himself.
Cara Giaimo April 12, 2017
arctic circle

Siberia Has Installed Its First 'Exploding Pingo Detector'

The sensor will warn scientists about methane-filled hills on the tundra.
Cara Giaimo April 11, 2017
food

When Michigan State Used Ruined Mayonnaise for Power

The school dumped 1,250 gallons of the stuff into an anaerobic digester.
Cara Giaimo April 7, 2017
A mock-up of a ship heads for the Stad Tunnel.
ships

Norway Is Building a Huge Tunnel for Ships

It's a way to bypass the infamous Stad peninsula, where the sea is so rough it scared the Vikings.
Cara Giaimo April 6, 2017
news

Missing March Madness? Try Small-Town Ice Betting

Hatfield Point, Canada is deep into their annual Bay Ice-Break-Up Contest.
Cara Giaimo April 5, 2017
A woman smoking outside a cafe in Paris.
government

The French Government Is About to Destroy $106,000,000 Worth of Cigarettes

Now we know who to bum a smoke from.
Cara Giaimo April 4, 2017
news

Humans Teamed Up to Rescue Elephants From a Large Hole

The animals were trapped in a very muddy bomb crater.
Cara Giaimo April 3, 2017
dinosaurs

Why Were These Dinosaurs Crossing the Thames?

Just a couple of mystery carnivores, out on the town.
Cara Giaimo March 30, 2017
subways

A Basketball Was Stuck On an NYC Subway Track for Three Weeks

The Times is on it.
Cara Giaimo March 29, 2017
news

Caught: A 50-Pound Carp in the Middle of Los Angeles

Well done, Eddie.
Cara Giaimo March 28, 2017
garbage

For Sale: A Pennsylvania Garbage Town

For a cool $1.5 million, Reduction could be yours.
Cara Giaimo March 27, 2017