food
The Father of Modern French Cuisine Wrote a Very Misguided Thanksgiving Cookbook
Auguste Escoffier really didn't get Thanksgiving.
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churches
Found: Centuries-Old Dentures Made From Real Teeth
They were worn by someone very rich.
archaeology
Found: A 7,300-Year-Old Fingerprint Left on a Shard of Clay
It's one of the oldest human fingerprints ever discovered.
tunnels
Found, Possibly: Hidden Tunnels That Were Escape Routes From Gay Bars in San Francisco
No one has actually seen them, though.
sculptures
Why Did Ancient Italians Bury Thousands of Clay Body Parts?
Feet, hands, eyes, ears, arms, legs, uteri, heads...thousands upon thousands of body parts.
airplanes
No One Seems to Know Why This Plane Kept Circling Denver
Officials couldn't say.
death
Found: A Canal So Thick With Dead Fish 'You Could've Walked Across It'
These unfortunate fish met their end.
animals
Found: Two Moose Frozen Together in a Final Battle
They died fighting.
infrastructure
How to Decode the Hidden Secrets of Havana's Streets
Hand signals, street signs, color-coded uniforms, and more.
libraries
Protect Your Library the Medieval Way, With Horrifying Book Curses
Medieval scribes protected their work by threatening death—or worse.
fires
Why Don't They Make Alarms Like This Anymore?
They are pretty cool-looking.
politics
A Short History of the Awkward Concession Phone Call
The first such call occurred in 1968.
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.
collections
You Can Buy Your Very Own Florida Voting Machine From the 2000 Election
There are a surprising number available on eBay.
disasters
32 Things We Are Not Panicking About
But totally could be.
money
In Deadwood, Men Wore Fake Five Dollar Coins on Their Wrists to Show Off
Gold-plated nickels were all the rage.
food
The Forgotten Halloween Games That Predict Who You'll Marry—And When You'll Die
How to use produce to divine the future, on one night only.
caves
Found: The Original Walls of the Cave Where Jesus Was Buried
The walls, enclosed in a marble structure, were thought to have fallen long ago.
animals
What in the World Are These Bats Doing?
NSFW, if you are a bat.
archaeology
Stolen Artifacts! Drunk Teens! And More True Tales of Florida's First State Archaeologist
Vernon Lamme was not your average archaeologist.
news
Let's Choose a New Name for 'Indian Summer'
There are many excellent options.
royalty
London Is Still Paying Rent to the Queen on a Property Leased in 1211
In a small annual ceremony the city hands over an axe, a knife, 6 horseshoes, and 61 nails.
medicine
Scientists Are Growing New Hearts in the Shells of Old Ones
How to regenerate an organ with new cells.
disasters
The Hidden Signs of Kobe's Post-Earthquake Resurrection
Rebuilt after a devastating earthquake, this Japanese city was given tools to survive the next one.
