History A mountain man spent 25 years eating the livers of the people who killed his wife Ellsworth Toohey

mental illness The bizarre mystery of "prairie madness" Jennifer Sandlin

california For sale: (1) California ghost town Rusty Blazenhoff

unfortunate spawn points Now space has been corrupted by capitalism, there's only one place left to escape to: Null Island Rob Beschizza

failures Trump's "Great American" state fair opens with busted rides and a cow named Melania Jason Weisberger

beaver nuggets People line up to shop at Arizona's new gas-station cathedral Jason Weisberger

History Japan's greatest sword was surrendered to a US sergeant in 1946. Nobody knows where it is. Ellsworth Toohey

mistakes British police officer accused of using AI to fabricate evidence Rob Beschizza

politics Trump Arch in D.C. to be tremendously large and golden Rob Beschizza

religion A cargo cult in Vanuatu has been waiting for an American named John Frum since the 1930s Ellsworth Toohey

Science Newly discovered fish species looks just like Big Bird's best friend, Mr. Snuffleupagus Jennifer Sandlin

Technology What happens when the machine keeping you alive dies on vacation Ellsworth Toohey

Vaccine beliefs RFK Jr.'s "just a rash" disease filled Texas hospital beds Jason Weisberger

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

books Those 100-foot Korowai tree houses are mostly built for film crews Ellsworth Toohey

History How a 1958 magazine cheered America's slide into installment debt Ellsworth Toohey

data Apocalypse Early Warning System tracks the rich scrambling their private jets Rob Beschizza

animation This 1980 Czech animation is circles all the way down Popkin

Somehow, Eric Trump's "money printing" bitcoin business left investors holding the bag Jason Weisberger

gadgets Europe's USB-C charger rules come into force Rob Beschizza