Science A star discovered in 2014 has exploded six times and none of the theories explain it Ellsworth Toohey
History Japan's greatest sword was surrendered to a US sergeant in 1946. Nobody knows where it is. Ellsworth Toohey
Science In 1985, a Japanese woman wrote a letter about bookstores making her need to use the bathroom. It became a phenomenon. Ellsworth Toohey
History Sid Caesar built the writers' room that taught Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Carl Reiner, and Woody Allen how to be funny Ellsworth Toohey
Science Brain scans of authoritarians show reduced grey matter in regions for empathy and social reasoning Ellsworth Toohey
animal ASMR This giant anteater uses his dancing tongue to keep cool in the summer's sweltering heat Jennifer Sandlin
Science Sally Ride flew to space 43 years ago today. She still has the best astronaut name. Séamus Bellamy
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Science In 1986, a Cameroonian lake released a CO2 cloud that killed 1,746 people overnight Ellsworth Toohey
Science A new book, Poking the Squid, tells the scandalous, salacious truth about animal sex, in comics form Ruben Bolling
politics Fed Chair Alan Greenspan intentionally babbled meaningless slop and got away with it Ellsworth Toohey
crime The 'Phantom of Heilbronn' serial killer turned out to be a cotton swab factory worker Ellsworth Toohey
