1700s We have a video of a person born in the 1700s Mark Frauenfelder

design Why snake-like "crinkle-crankle" walls are engineering genius Popkin

education Quaker school sues mom for $27k over education her kid never got Ellsworth Toohey

No basement The San Antonio zoo just unlocked a 300-year-old Alamo mystery Jason Weisberger

wild boars Pack of wild pigs unleash destruction at Northern California school Allan Rose Hill

medieval studies University professor is also a medievalist meme master Jennifer Sandlin

art Is this Leonardo's painting of a younger Mona Lisa? David Pescovitz

mike vs. mike Jen Psaki compares Christian extremist Mike Pence with even more dangerous Mike Johnson (video) Carla Sinclair

Weird Kevin Bacon only permitted to buy farm if he tore down the haunted house on the land David Pescovitz

canada A beaver celebrated Canada Day by stealing a Canadian flag Jennifer Sandlin

art Is that an ancient pizza depicted in this 2,000-year-old painting? David Pescovitz

History A rat's nest in George Washington's bedroom was chock-full of treasures Jennifer Sandlin

History The impossible 18th-century gay bars of London Grant St. Clair

politics The Originalism of White Supremacy and Judicial Review Elías Villoro

music Meet Maggie Phillips, music supervisor behind Our Flag Means Death and Shining Girls Gareth Branwyn

History Benjamin Lay was the best radical vegan Quaker hunchback abolitionist of the 1700s Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets The Thai Chefs Moon Knife can be the new centerpiece meal prep tool in your kitchen Boing Boing's Shop

History Cahokia: The massive North American city that pre-dated Columbus Thom Dunn

Weird Who are the strange Dark Watchers of Big Sur, California? David Pescovitz

beer Women used to dominate the beer industry, so they were burned at the stake Miss Cellania