death Why bells used to be attached to 19th century coffins Popkin

death When you die, this sofa converts into your coffin David Pescovitz

art New Zealand artist brings life to funerals with bizarre coffins Jess Sabine

Hell Someone invented convertible hospital beds that turn into coffins Thom Dunn

History The best-preserved ancient human ever found had 130 melon seeds in her stomach Ellsworth Toohey

History Vermont's tilted "witch windows" were supposedly designed to stop witches Ellsworth Toohey

deaths AOL to end dial-up internet service Rob Beschizza

This 1903 patent proposed preserving bodies in transparent glass blocks Ellsworth Toohey

public health Thanks anti-vaxxers: Child flu deaths soar as vaccination tanks Ellsworth Toohey

History Mortsafes: metal cages around graves Popkin

inventions Would you use an earthquake-proof bed that drops into a metal chamber and seals you inside it? Jennifer Sandlin

artists Coffin-shaped office chairs 'cause work is killing you Gareth Branwyn

fungus  New plant-based leather made from mushrooms Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Ghislaine snitches on Trump in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science Survey finds 22% of scientists who do media interviews about COVID get violent threats Clive Thompson

architecture These weird windows are designed to stop witch attacks Thom Dunn

Creepy Interesting and Real Cigar DNA leads police to Florida men who swiped human skulls from cemetery for freaky shrine David Pescovitz

archaeology 27 sealed sarcophagi unearthed in a newly excavated Egyptian tomb Thom Dunn

News Brazil now digging up the dead from cemeteries to make room for new COVID-19 deaths Xeni Jardin

Cartoonists Happy 99th birthday to MAD cartoonist Al Jaffee, and scans of my snappy answers I wrote as a kid Mark Frauenfelder