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Cara Giaimo

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2015

former staff writer, forever fan // @cjgiaimo // caragiaimo (at) gmail (dot) com

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Simone Biles, mid-move, during the August 9th team competition.

sports

From the Biles To the Wolf Jump, This Cheat Sheet Will Help You Talk Gymnastics

Here are the complicated moves you may (or may not) see during the finals.

By Cara Giaimo
Forest Burns After Man Set Used Toilet Paper Ablaze

fires

Forest Burns After Man Set Used Toilet Paper Ablaze

It's since been brought under control.

By Cara Giaimo
A Visual Guide to How Terribly the World's Best Human Athletes Fare Versus Most Average Animals

visual

A Visual Guide to How Terribly the World's Best Human Athletes Fare Versus Most Average Animals

Usain Bolt might be the fastest man alive, but an average warthog could probably take him.

By Cara Giaimo
The Olympic Diving Pool Turned Green For Some Reason

olympics

The Olympic Diving Pool Turned Green For Some Reason

Maybe it wanted attention.

By Cara Giaimo
Athletic regalia at the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championships.

computers

The Microsoft Office World Championships Feature Blood, Tears, and Very Little Sweat

Behind the scenes with the teens trying to become the best in the world at Powerpoint.

By Cara Giaimo
Workers construct the truncated bike path.

architecture

This Bridge Has a Cool, New Feature: A Bike Path to Nowhere

You're welcome, cyclists.

By Cara Giaimo
A fun new between-sets activity?

festivals

A Lot of People Are Getting the Measles at Music Festivals in Britain

"If you think you might have measles, please don't go to any of these big events," pled one health official.

By Cara Giaimo
Mules getting ready to best the Grand Canyon.

horses

The 1976 Great American Horse Race Was Won By A Mule Named Lord Fauntleroy

The ultimate underdog story.

By Cara Giaimo
Runners carry the Olympic Flame from Greece to Germany in 1936.

fires

The Weirdest Things We’ve Done to the Olympic Torch

Well before Rio, people have made a point of torturing the torch.

By Cara Giaimo
Sabotage!

floods

Radical Wine Terrorists Flood French Town In Red

They have some grievances.

By Cara Giaimo
A team of experts has set out to rescue the stranded elephant.

animals

Rescue Underway After Elephant Is Stuck in a Swamp for a Month

India and Bangladesh are teaming up to save it.

By Cara Giaimo
An official pin for proud members of the Sigma Firefly Scientists Club. (The tail glows in the dark.)

insects

For Decades, the Ultimate Midwestern Summer Job Was Headhunting Fireflies

The good old days of firefly hunting featured branded merch, 10-year-old kingpins, and a certain disregard for ecology.

By Cara Giaimo
David Quintana with his stacked 'dex.

news

There's Another Guy Who Says He's Caught All of the Pokémon

Even Farfetch'd.

By Cara Giaimo
The Jean Nicoli on a more normal day.

boats

Mysterious Underwater Boom Sparks Ferry Evacuation In France

Officials still aren't sure what caused the blast.

By Cara Giaimo
The Yurekuru Disaster App, showing a rough (and unfounded) scene.

earthquakes

An Earthquake Early-Warning App Just Went Rogue and Terrified Tokyo

"When I saw the app screen, I prepared to die," wrote one user.

By Cara Giaimo
The Clintons' cat, Socks, takes the podium in 1993.

presidents

11 Ways To Get a Letter from the White House

All it takes is planning and a little patience.

By Cara Giaimo
President Jimmy Carter, looking like he knows his balloons aren't coming.

politics

Watch the Saddest Political Balloon Drop of All Time

Oh Jimmy Carter, it didn't have to be this way.

By Cara Giaimo
Cupcake and her rescuers.

horses

Watch Colorado Firefighters Make a Complex Horse Rescue

It took two hours to get Cupcake out of the mud.

By Cara Giaimo
The Mayor of Ock Street, Abington's favorite mock official.

government

The Mock Mayors Who Pretend to Rule Bits of Britain

An age-old protest tactic has become a goofy way to strengthen communities.

By Cara Giaimo
Corpsey is finally opening up to us.

death

New York's Favorite Corpse Flower Is Finally Blooming

Watch the celebrity plant event of the season!

By Cara Giaimo
Some adorable Poké-playing French teens who did NOT get arrested.

news

French Teens Break Into Police Barracks While Playing Pokémon Go

They were quickly caught.

By Cara Giaimo
Real and fake bats, together at last.

animals

Pokémon Go Players Are Rescuing Lots Of Real Wildlife

"This is pretty much the first time I've seen something like this," said one wildlife rehabilitator.

By Cara Giaimo
In Ghana, potholes can inspire some pretty good jokes.

roads

Taxi Drivers In Ghana Skip Work To Fill In Potholes

Enough was enough.

By Cara Giaimo
Gridlock madness on Philly's I-95.

cars

Secret Service Rules Are Causing Traffic Jams in Philadelphia

Trucks over five tons aren't allowed along a nine-exit stretch.

By Cara Giaimo
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