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The Mystery of the State Department Spokesman Who Died And ... Kept Speaking

Meet Joe Reap.
Beryl Lipton September 21, 2016
abandoned

Nab the Abandoned Mansion That Inspired the Phrase 'Keeping Up With the Joneses'

It's for sale in New York's Hudson Valley.
Erik Shilling September 21, 2016
butterflies

Mexico Just Shut Down a Lot of Sawmills in its Massive Monarch Butterfly Reserve

It's also a United Nations World Heritage Site.
Erik Shilling September 21, 2016
radioactive

A Massive Sinkhole Dropped 200 Million Gallons of Radioactive Water Into the Ground

It's the second giant sinkhole to open at this Florida plant.
Sarah Laskow September 21, 2016
nature

Found: A Bunch of Dragon Boogers in a California Delta

Slime blobs get all the best names.
Eric Grundhauser September 21, 2016
computers

Why Computer Scientists In Pittsburgh Spent Last Night Differentiating Nipples from Navels

Meet the Torso Computer Club.
Cara Giaimo September 21, 2016
space exploration

China's Space Station Is Orbiting Earth on an Uncontrolled Path of Destruction

Farewell, Tiangong-1.
Erik Shilling September 20, 2016
architecture

A Recreated Arch of Palmyra Unveiled in New York City

The original was destroyed by the Islamic State in 2015.
Cara Giaimo September 20, 2016
robots

Some Official Robot Ethics Were Released in Britain

Let's not create racist murder bots.
Eric Grundhauser September 20, 2016
islands

Samoans Thought This Very Rare Hail Storm Was a Hoax

It's only the second in recorded history.
Erik Shilling September 20, 2016
shipwrecks

Found: A 2,000-Year-Old Skeleton at the Antikythera Wreck

Archaeologists made a new discovery at the site where the world's oldest computer was found.
Sarah Laskow September 20, 2016
news

Man Forges Boarding Passes, Lives in Airport Lounges for 18 Days

It was a luxurious vacation.
Erik Shilling September 19, 2016
news

The Screw Heads That Tried, But Failed, to Topple Phillips

The history of the screw is long and surprisingly weird.
Ernie Smith September 19, 2016
news

Why You’ll Never Be Able to Block a Presidential Alert

It will always go through.
Erik Shilling September 19, 2016
news

Found: The World's Longest Lightning Strikes, In Both Length and Time

Lightning is a little more intense than we thought.
Eric Grundhauser September 19, 2016
art

A Small-Town 'Goldfinger' Is Gilding Fire Hydrants In Austria

He (or she) loves only gold!
Cara Giaimo September 19, 2016
nazis

Poland Digs Up a Nazi Time Capsule

It contained a lot of your typical time capsule stuff—plus some pictures of Hitler.
Sarah Laskow September 19, 2016
secret

The NSA Has Files on a Country That Doesn’t Exist

The Intellipedia entry on micronation “the Conch Republic” has been viewed more times than “Scientology” or “Montana."
JPat Brown September 16, 2016