curios Mz Jones Curio is the place to shop for all of your oddity, taxidermy, and curio needs Popkin

collectors items Why did this $20 bill sell for $396,000? Because a  Del Monte sticker got stuck on the paper before it was printed Mark Frauenfelder

auctions Napoléon's good luck charm could fetch $250 million or more at auction Mark Frauenfelder

Food Farmer digs up yam shaped like a human hand in China Popkin

mistakes Amazingly dangerous tech easily bought online Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Nibble turns doomscrolling into actual learning for $55 Boing Boing's Shop

travel The thrift store that exists because airlines lose your bags Popkin

Games Someone modded Skyrim into Fallout 4's Pip-Boy games Grant St. Clair

Science The 1960 blob that gave all mystery blobs their name Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Careful parents—this calmer kids' app is $59.99 for life right now Boing Boing's Shop

movies Anthony Bourdain biopic a fresh take on the genre Grant St. Clair

History An 1875 coffin for Little Joe, the canary who saved a mine crew Popkin

crowdfunding An artist painted a monster, an occult poet conjured it to life, and now it wants to kill your Mörk Borg character Gareth Branwyn

pop culture Inside Pennsylvania's hidden time capsule of Americana: a 100,000-square-foot wonderland of vintage oddities Popkin

SWATTED ME FOR SCIENCE Irvine teen's home science lab raided by the FBI Jason Weisberger

film Wooly Story is a whimsical stop-motion short from 1964 that brings yarn to life Popkin

flight Idaho high schoolers build two airplanes, then go fly them Jason Weisberger

psychology Scared to check your bank balance? A neuroscientist has tips for you. Ellsworth Toohey

creepy Ripley's Museum has a serial killer's preserved head Popkin

Science Two twisty doughnut shapes solve a 150-year-old geometry puzzle Ellsworth Toohey