animals Watch these adorable (and hilarious) dogs being groomed Jennifer Sandlin

grifters "Scamanda" podcast tells the story of a cancer scammer Jennifer Sandlin

Disney "Amazingly metal" dragon fire at Disneyland Ruben Bolling

podcast "Run, Hide, Repeat" podcast tells disturbing story of a childhood full of secrets, spent on the run Jennifer Sandlin

podcast Don't drink bleach, folks Jennifer Sandlin

Ben & Jerry's There is an ice cream-fueled shadow economy near Ben & Jerry's headquarters in Vermont Andrew Yi

the moth How Tim FitzHigham became the Commodore of Sudbury Quay by rowing a bathtub across the English Channel Andrew Yi

movies How megaplex movie theatres shaped the movie industry — for better, and for worse Thom Dunn

Comic Books A Pulitzer Prize-winning nation security reporter explains why Magneto was right Thom Dunn

protesters How it feels to get sonic blasted by an LRAD Thom Dunn

bitcoin Twitter CEO has a "bitcoin clock" on his kitchen counter, as seen in his Congress testimony Mark Frauenfelder

murder There are a surprising number of unsolved murders involving Grateful Dead fans Thom Dunn

abortion Catholic Priests used to perform abortions, and it was considered a lesser sin than fornication Thom Dunn

futility closet In 1829 a group of convicts stole a ship in Tasmania and made their way into the Pacific Futility Closet

futility closet In 1890, cinema pioneer Louis Le Prince boarded a train and disappeared Futility Closet

futility closet In the 1500s, four Spanish colonists were marooned in an unexplored North America Futility Closet

futility closet In 1939 a Great Dane joined the Royal Navy Futility Closet

David Lynch Hear David Lynch introducing "Eraserhead" at a screening in 1978 Thom Dunn

futility closet A New Hampshire POW camp in World War II was unexpectedly transformed by kindness Futility Closet

futility closet Two settlers disappeared from a small Eastern Pacific island in 1934 Futility Closet