Sarah Laskow

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FOUND: A 17th Century Map Stolen from a Library by a Notorious Art Thief

maps

FOUND: A 17th Century Map Stolen from a Library by a Notorious Art Thief

How the Military Ran Its 1970s Psychic Intelligence Program—Many Memos, Naturally

military history

How the Military Ran Its 1970s Psychic Intelligence Program—Many Memos, Naturally

FOUND: Five Heart-Shaped Boxes With Five Actual Hearts Inside

relics and reliquaries

FOUND: Five Heart-Shaped Boxes With Five Actual Hearts Inside

FOUND: So Many Scottish Dinosaur Footprints

dinosaurs

FOUND: So Many Scottish Dinosaur Footprints

Where's Me a Dog? Here's You a Dog: The South's Most Unusual Regionalism

language

Where's Me a Dog? Here's You a Dog: The South's Most Unusual Regionalism

FOUND: Lakes That Used to Be Mount Everest Glaciers

news

FOUND: Lakes That Used to Be Mount Everest Glaciers

A Short History of Martians

space exploration

A Short History of Martians

FOUND: A Pet-Sized Dinosaur

dinosaurs

FOUND: A Pet-Sized Dinosaur

FOUND: A Silly Joke Stinking Up the Periodic Table of Elements

science

FOUND: A Silly Joke Stinking Up the Periodic Table of Elements

FOUND: A Fake Historical Plaque on Trump Golf Course

us civil war

FOUND: A Fake Historical Plaque on Trump Golf Course

Cranberries are all-American.

food

Cranberries Are the Only Thanksgiving Food That Actually Came From the United States

Anyone up for some mashed sunchokes?

FOUND: 10,000-Year-Old Fava Beans

food

FOUND: 10,000-Year-Old Fava Beans

Object of Intrigue: Chairman Mao's Maori Feather Cloak

objects of intrigue

Object of Intrigue: Chairman Mao's Maori Feather Cloak

LOST: A Nuclear Bomb's Worth of Highly Enriched Uranium

military history

LOST: A Nuclear Bomb's Worth of Highly Enriched Uranium

FOUND: A Fossilized Forest That Helped Change the World

trees

FOUND: A Fossilized Forest That Helped Change the World

1939 Kangaroo Yearbook

libraries

This Is the Only Photo of Charlie Parker Playing His Sax in His Hometown

FOUND: A Tennis Ball-Sized Diamond, the Largest Discovered in a Century

news

FOUND: A Tennis Ball-Sized Diamond, the Largest Discovered in a Century

LOST: A 12-Foot-Long Pencil

art

LOST: A 12-Foot-Long Pencil

Doritos Nachos, Pasta With Mayo, Corn Pizza: How Other Places Imagine American Food

food

Doritos Nachos, Pasta With Mayo, Corn Pizza: How Other Places Imagine American Food

replica of a 5,000 year old shoe

ancient

FOUND: A New Group of European Ancestors

The Forgotten Midwest Craze for Building Palaces Out of Grain

palaces

The Forgotten Midwest Craze for Building Palaces Out of Grain

FOUND: Glowing Eels

animals

FOUND: Glowing Eels

FOUND: An Exoplanet to Get Excited About

space exploration

FOUND: An Exoplanet to Get Excited About

Cavemen Inherited Their Clubs From 16th Century European Wildmen

caves

Cavemen Inherited Their Clubs From 16th Century European Wildmen