This adorable baby opossum named Ellie will melt your heart. Baby Opposums are some of the most joy-sparking little critters I've seen. Known as joeys, these tiny marsupials are full… Read the rest of the article: Adorable baby opossum with tiny squeaks and big appetite
In early 1900s Paris, a young medium named Eva Carrière claimed she could manifest spirits from her body in the form of ghostly ectoplasm. A fan named Baron von Schrenck-Notzing… Read the rest of the article: The erotic séances that scandalized 1920s spiritualism
Red Dye No. 3 has been banned for use in cosmetics and topical drugs since 1990. So why is it still in our food? This video deep dives into Red… Read the rest of the article: Why is Red Dye No. 3 still in our food if it was banned for cosmetics in 1990?
This stop motion of a googly-eyed blob by Nick Douillard helped me forget about life's problems for 22 seconds. This little pink blob with a hat and teeth is endlessly… Read the rest of the article: This stop-motion blob with googly eyes and a hat is the 22-second serotonin boost you need
In 1853, a Liverpool photographer achieved what seemed impossible at the time. He shrunk a 680-letter memorial plaque to the size of a pencil tip while keeping every character crystal… Read the rest of the article: The secret world of Victorian microphotography: shrinking images to the size of a pencil tip
American highways harbor some of the country's most unusual fast-food landmarks, from a palatial McDonald's mansion to a UFO-themed burger joint in Roswell, New Mexico. These quirky restaurants, as listed… Read the rest of the article: Road trip alert: The weirdest fast-food landmarks across the USA
Bolivia's Death Road claims the lives of nearly 100 people each year. This narrow mountain road in Bolivia has some sections that are barely 3 meters wide. It has earned… Read the rest of the article: Bolivia's Death Road: why this deadly mountain pass attracts 25,000 tourists a year (video)
Deep in Palau's Rock Islands is a remarkable marine lake where millions of golden jellyfish swim daily. The golden jellyfish have evolved to be distinctly different from their ocean-dwelling relatives.… Read the rest of the article: Swim with millions of harmless jellyfish in Palau's marine lake (video)
In the age before warning labels and liability waivers, scientific experimentation often looked like something between a séance and a rave. Case in point: this glorious 1807 illustration from a… Read the rest of the article: Victorian illustration depicting effects of laughing gas makes science look like a wild party
Deep in the Bornean rainforest, a small woolly bat curls up for a nap inside of a carnivorous plant, designed by nature to devour insects that dare cross its path.… Read the rest of the article: Strange friendship: The carnivorous plant that lets bats use it as a toilet
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A 19th-century Russian judge assembled this remarkable collection of folk art prints that used humor and satire to mock everything from emperors to elaborate hairstyles. Dimitrii Aleksandrovich Rovinskii, a high-ranking… Read the rest of the article: Rare collection reveals how Russians used folk art to mock their rulers
When a Florida homeowner heard an ominous buzzing noise coming from inside her bedroom wall, she discovered she was sharing her home with 40,000 unexpected tenants. The mysterious sound led… Read the rest of the article: 40,000 bees living rent-free in bedroom wall evicted by chillest beekeeper on earth (video)
In 2020, a woman washed her hands with a block of cheese for days until realizing that it was not a bar of soap. She says that she left the… Read the rest of the article: Yet another reason to hate bar soap: it might be cheese, and you might be drunk
Slime molds are weird. They are blobs that don't have brains or nervous systems, yet they can navigate mazes better than some humans, and remember past events without neurons. Despite… Read the rest of the article: Meet nature's smartest blob: The mysterious world of slime molds
A phone-charging myth once kept emergency operators busy responding to thousands of pointless 999 calls from people who wrongly believe dialing the emergency number will boost their dying phone batteries.… Read the rest of the article: The phone charging myth that lead to a ton of fake emergency calls
A competitive snowball fighting sport from Japan has evolved into an international phenomenon, with teams battling it out in organized tournaments from the Arctic Circle to the Australian Alps. Yukigassen,… Read the rest of the article: Competitive snowball fighting requires 90 snowballs, helmets, and strict rules (video)
Experience art with your whole body in this unique guided meditation from MoMA. Through vibrant animation and gentle narration, therapist Emily Price guides viewers to explore how art affects them… Read the rest of the article: This guided exercise shows how art can activate your body — and help heal it
On a quiet afternoon in 1954, Ann Hodge was doing what any sensible Alabamian would do – taking a nap. Then space decided to wake her up. An 8.5-pound meteorite… Read the rest of the article: The marble monument that honors the only person struck by a meteorite
The "Curse of the Ninth" haunts classical music: write nine symphonies and die before your tenth. And some of history's greatest composers took this deadly seriously. Gustav Mahler was so… Read the rest of the article: The mysterious curse of the ninth symphony that haunted famous composers
