animals
Coast Guard Shows Up to Save Beached Whales, Finds Bags of Rocks Instead
We all make mistakes.
Articles by Erik Shilling
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Stories
Stories shared by this traveler.
pools
Philly Really Doesn't Want You to Make a Pool Out of a Dumpster
Some dreams are too large.
farms
Some Farmers in Canada Set the World Record for Simultaneous Threshing
With antique machines, no less.
space exploration
The Extinction-Level Asteroid That Could Kill Us All in 2175
Meet 101955 Bennu.
crime
The 9 Lives of the Spanish Prisoner, the Treasure-Dangling Scam That Won't Die
It's been around for centuries.
execution
80 Shackled Skeletons Found in Greek Grave After Ancient Mass Execution
Something major happened here.
nazis
Horrifying Nazi-Era Diaries of Himmler Found in Russia
A German newspaper says they've found the daily logs of the architect of the Holocaust.
art
Youth Tries to Improve 5,000-Year-Old Skier Carving, Causes 'National Tragedy'
The Norwegian etching is some of the earliest evidence of human skiing.
nature
A Massive Mudslide Shut Down Denali Park Road and Marooned Visitors
Officials are still cleaning up.
science
A Titanium-Gold Alloy Harder Than Most Steel Was Just Discovered
It was sort of an accident.
politics
In 1924, Trump Wouldn’t Have Had a Choice Whether to Release His Tax Bills
Every American's income tax bills were once public record.
radioactive
Ukraine Is Planning to Build a Massive Solar Farm at Chernobyl
Lots of gigawatts.
food
Australia Kmart Locks Down Cadbury Chocolate After Series of Thefts
Desperate times, etc.
fire fighters
How Firefighters Calculate Containment as They Battle the Sand Fire
California's deadly Sand fire has been raging for days.
science
We're Getting Closer to Knowing Why Bees Are Dying Off Worldwide
One widely-used pesticide was found to reduce bee sperm counts.
cars
Police Impersonators in the UK Are Now on the Hijacking Beat
Thieves pretending to be cops keep stopping people in Essex, UK, and stealing their vans.
science
Dutch Men and Latvian Women Are the Tallest in the World
It's not a competition.
television
The First Democratic Convention on Live TV Was the Last Not to be Air-Conditioned
In Philadelphia in 1948, it got hot.
science
Google Just Accurately Simulated a Molecule With Quantum Computing
Science!
animals
Raccoons Are Eating Pets and Terrorizing a Harlem Block
Casualties so far include a turtle and a fish.
animals
The Mystery of the 'Beast of Dartmoor' Has (Apparently) Been Solved
Big cats had been spotted in the English park for three decades—but no one knew why.
news
Tampons Could Soon Be Free For All Women in Sydney
It's a first for an Australian city.
art
The Woman Who Received Van Gogh's Severed Ear Has Been Identified
She was a maid at a brothel.
bears
285,000 People Urge a Chinese Park to Free the 'World's Saddest Polar Bear'
Pizza deserves to be happy.
