1970 This 1970 ABC Evening News promo is insane Mark Frauenfelder

san francisco That time Evel Knievel fought the Hell's Angels Janelle Hessig

Entertainment Freedomland USA: was this 1960s theme park just a five-year land scam? Ruben Bolling

History Shag carpet around the toilet — the 1970s were something else Popkin

law Armed with German copyright, Fender threatens makers of Strat-style guitars Rob Beschizza

historic places Protesters tore the crowns off NYC's oldest fence in 1776 Gail Sherman

Weird Seattle's mystery soda machine vanished in 2018 with a goodbye note Ellsworth Toohey

economics Why America is deeply, uniformly unhappy Ellsworth Toohey

crime Lego replaced with pasta in $34k return scam Rob Beschizza

books An editor who read "Crash" called JG Ballard "beyond psychiatric help. Do not publish" Mark Frauenfelder

law DOJ moves cannabis from heroin's schedule to Tylenol with codeine's Ellsworth Toohey

Sid Krofft, who filled childhoods with glorious weirdness, dies at 96 Jason Weisberger

Science A group of 200 chimps had a civil war Ellsworth Toohey

History The caganer: Catalonia's defecating nativity figure Ellsworth Toohey

trump Gas hits $4 a gallon Rob Beschizza

art Museum of Sex exhibit showcases 300 objects from American cults and communes Mark Frauenfelder

Science The War Department's 1944 guide to FM radio is still a great explainer Ellsworth Toohey

crime Ancient swords seized by customs officers Rob Beschizza

art The author of the world's strangest book says a stray cat wrote it Ellsworth Toohey