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Dictograph Alarm on a Baltimore garage.
fires

Why Don't They Make Alarms Like This Anymore?

They are pretty cool-looking.
Sarah Laskow November 8, 2016
Will Fly Geyser take Nevada?
elections

Make Your Voice Heard! Vote for the Best Obscure Places in 8 Swing States

Who will take Ohio—Crystal Cave or Helltown?
Cara Giaimo November 8, 2016
A later version of the glass ballot box with a cylindrical shape.
objects of intrigue

How to Solve Voter Fraud, 19th-Century Style: A Glass Ballot Box

It was the best way to achieve literal transparency in democracy.
Mariana Zapata November 8, 2016
A nuclear test at Bikini Atoll. Waste from nuclear weapons development lasts for millions of years.
nuclear

1990s Doomsday Planners Worried About Feminists Breaching Nuclear Waste Sites

They also feared treasure hunters and the secession of New Mexico.
Cara Giaimo November 8, 2016
space exploration

Let These Beautiful Views of Earth From Space Take Your Mind Off Your Worries

Take a moment to think about the bigger picture.
Lauren Young November 8, 2016
politics

Here Are Even More of Your Election Panic Dreams

"The dream was candidates around a roasting pig, and Bernie was running through the woods."
Atlas Obscura November 8, 2016
A grab-and-go earthquake survival kit.
disasters

What to Pack Before You Go Off The Grid

Experts tell us what to throw together in case things go seriously wrong.
Lauren Young November 8, 2016
President Reagan receiving Walter Mondale's concession call in 1984.
politics

A Short History of the Awkward Concession Phone Call

The first such call occurred in 1968.
Sarah Laskow November 8, 2016
A pair of larval <em>Bothidae flatfish</em>, or left-eyed flounder, swim upright in what will be fleeting phase of body symmetry. Before long, these larvae will undergo an astounding transformation in which one of the fish’s eyes migrates to the other side of the head.
oceans

See the Weird and Fascinating Deep-Sea Creatures That Live in Constant Darkness

When light is a commodity, evolution takes a strange turn.
Solvin Zankl and BioGraphic November 7, 2016
visual

An Illustrated Guide of the World's Weirdest Panics, From A to Z

From Anti-Arcade Initiatives to Zeitoun Maries, we have been freaking out about nonsense for time immemorial.
Michelle Enemark and Cara Giaimo November 7, 2016
Detail of an erotic fresco from Pompeii's preserved House of the Centenary.
ancient

The Ancients Used Hyena's Foot for Childbirth—And Identified Copper As a Contraceptive

Ancient Greek and Roman ideas about sex, disease, and contraception were often bizarre, but occasionally prescient.
Lakshmi Ramgopal November 7, 2016
This type of map was also known as a "persuasive map."
politics

The 1915 Map That Helped All Women Get the Vote

Suffrage maps appeared on drinking glasses, baseball programs, parade floats, and sandwich boards.
Tao Tao Holmes November 7, 2016
A London book distributor reads the sequel to Fanny Hill during the book's 1964 obscenity trial in the UK.
literature

The 200-Year Old Book That Sent the East Coast Into a Sex Panic

New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York all held obscenity trials.
Arianna Rebolini November 7, 2016
People innocently packed into the Love Parade 2010 venue just moments before a chaotic outbreak.
features

What Happens When Crowds Try To Flee For Their Lives

Researchers study past tragedies to try and prevent them in the future.
Lauren Young November 4, 2016
Tish and Snooky at the original Manic Panic.
stores

Manic Panic Isn't Just a Hair Dye Brand: It Was the First Punk Store in America

Tish and Snooky Bellomo have always been cool.
Sarah Laskow November 4, 2016
Korean War aces in 1950, probably razzing each other.
war history

The First People to Push the Panic Button Were Korean War Pilots

What started as a last-ditch safety tool became a way for soldiers to make fun of each other.
Cara Giaimo November 4, 2016
The safe room of the future may be your very own board room.
architecture

Panic in Comfort With the Modern Safe Room

The ultra-secure spaces designed for waiting out an emergency.
Eric Grundhauser November 4, 2016
The Cabinet Room, inside Churchill's War Rooms.
bunkers

Inside Churchill's Secret Subterranean WWII Bunker in London

A new book examines the top secret wartime work underneath Whitehall.
Anika Burgess November 4, 2016