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A brown rat in Paris.
rats

The 'Forgotten' Ratcatchers of Paris Go on Strike

"They only want to be recognized," a representative said.
Cara Giaimo March 15, 2017
This is pie, a food.
mathematics

A 'Pi Enthusiast' Calculated 9 Trillion More Pi Digits

They're, functionally, pretty useless, though.
Erik Shilling March 14, 2017
cars

Found: A Jeep Under 20 Feet of Snow at the Donner Pass

The pass is still claiming victims.
Erik Shilling March 14, 2017
Go, ponies, go!
horses

A Pair of Staten Island Ponies Escaped to Frolic in the Blizzard

The storm set them free in more ways than one.
Eric Grundhauser March 14, 2017
An old advertisement for A.1.
news

The Steak-Sauce Bottle Mystery Unfolding at an Ohio Library

A local paper referred to it as a "real whodunit."
Erik Shilling March 14, 2017
A humpback supergroup off the west coast of South Africa.
animals

Humpback Whales Are Forming Mysterious 'Super-Groups'

Scientists aren't quite sure what's going on.
Cara Giaimo March 14, 2017
A fluorescing frog.
animals

Found: The World's First Known Fluorescent Frog

It is tiny and polka-dotted!
Sarah Laskow March 14, 2017
Thornbury Castle
castles

For Sale: A Castle Where Henry VIII Honeymooned

It can be yours for $10.4 million.
Eric Grundhauser March 13, 2017
news

This House Off Lake Ontario Is Completely Covered in Ice

Wind and water and winter are a dangerous combination.
Erik Shilling March 13, 2017
The Palácio da Alvorada, designed by famed architect Oscar Niemayer.
palaces

The (Possible) Ghosts Haunting Brazil's Presidential Residence

The head of state said he isn't comfortable there.
Erik Shilling March 13, 2017
animals

A Very Fast Moose Takes to the Slopes

A freaked-out snowboarder took an amazing video.
Cara Giaimo March 13, 2017
A great white in South Africa.
sharks

Found: An Increasing Number of Great White Sharks Off Cape Cod

"The population may be large," one expert said.
Sarah Laskow March 13, 2017
One of the coffins uncovered at the site.
cemeteries

Philadelphia Construction Workers Have Unearthed Dozens of Centuries-Old Coffins

This is how haunted houses are born.
Eric Grundhauser March 10, 2017
The nation's greatest rental home.
wild west

Someone Please Rent Texas's New Cowboy Boot House

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live in a shoe.
Eric Grundhauser March 10, 2017
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California.
nasa

NASA Found an Indian Spacecraft Lost Since 2009

Tracking lunar orbiters just became a bit easier.
Eric Grundhauser March 10, 2017
news

A Funicular Saves the Day

The Swiss village of Bristen's road collapsed, and some old technology is suddenly coming in handy.
Cara Giaimo March 10, 2017
Head of the bust, pulled from the area of King Ramses II's temple, at the ancient site of Heliopolis.
temples

Found: A Colossal Statue of Ramses II Hiding Under a Cairo Street

Egypt's antiquities ministry is calling it one of the most important archaeological finds ever.
Sarah Laskow March 10, 2017
The Azure Window in its glory days.
news

Goodbye, Azure Window

Malta's most photogenic arch has collapsed.
Cara Giaimo March 9, 2017