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Found: Exactly How Much of His Ear Van Gogh Sliced Off

It was more than we thought.
Sarah Laskow July 12, 2016
animals

Found: 57 Dead Sharks on an Alabama Beach

How they died is a mystery.
Sarah Laskow July 11, 2016
music

Found: Hidden and Charming Mac Porn Game From 1986

It was discovered, yes, by a Redditor.
Sarah Laskow July 8, 2016
news

Found: A Weird, Oil-Secreting Gland That Helps Swordfish Swim Faster

Grease that head.
Sarah Laskow July 7, 2016
war history

Found: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Press Pass for the Spanish Civil War

An amateur historian discovered it in Toledo.
Sarah Laskow July 6, 2016
news

Found: A Haunting Swirl of Sea Ice Caught in Ocean Currents

Looks like a hurricane, is actually sea ice.
Sarah Laskow July 5, 2016
money

Found: A Beautiful Old 10-Cent Bill

In a time capsule, no less.
Sarah Laskow July 1, 2016
shakespeare

Found: Evidence of Shakespeare’s Bold Social Climbing

He really wanted that coat of arms.
Sarah Laskow June 30, 2016
science

Found: A Gorgeous New Shade of Blue

Just mix manganese oxide with some other chemicals, and bake in a 2,000 degree oven.
Sarah Laskow June 29, 2016
science

Huge New Trove of 'Life-Saving' Helium Is Discovered

We've long fretted over a possible helium shortage.
Erik Shilling June 28, 2016
disney

Found: Elie Wiesel’s Review of Disneyland

He loved it.
Sarah Laskow June 28, 2016
insects

Found: Giant, Swimming, Venomous Centipedes

Sigh.
Sarah Laskow June 27, 2016
zoos

Found: Pet Hoard of Over 250 Birds, Scores of Reptiles, And Some Cats

Authorities took them all away. Well, not the cats.
Sarah Laskow June 24, 2016
animals

Found: Pedals, the New Jersey Bear Who Walks on Two Legs

Neighbors were worried he wouldn't survive the winter.
Sarah Laskow June 23, 2016
boats

Found: Delightful 1950s Radio Scripts Plugging Seattle’s Newest Ferries

"Exciting marine activity" awaits!
Sarah Laskow June 22, 2016
space exploration

Found: Baby Planets

Astronomers are trying to answer that age-old question: Where do they come from?
Sarah Laskow June 21, 2016
animals

Found: Eyeless Catfish That Made It to the U.S. Through Secret Caves

Though no one knows for sure.
Sarah Laskow June 20, 2016
art

Found: A Sketchbook of Van Gogh’s Drawings

They're apparently "dazzling."
Sarah Laskow June 17, 2016