magicians Auction of Ricky Jay's astounding collection of magic books, ephemera, and curiosities David Pescovitz

curiosities A rat king is a hellish entanglement of rats that are bound together by their tails Popkin

topology Here's a confounding topological curiosity Mark Frauenfelder

curiosities Dinosaur for sale David Pescovitz

artifacts Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

curiosities Jack White is auctioning off iconic White Stripes drum kit, pantyhose dispenser, "boring old typewriter," and more David Pescovitz

Eureka Auction: Edison's lightbulb drawings, Nikola Tesla's patents, and other scientific rarities David Pescovitz

wunderkammer Art show of exquisite bronze trilobites and insects David Pescovitz

ripley's Famed Guinness Records star with the longest fingernails has chopped them off! David Pescovitz

wunderkammer Video: a visit to Calvin von Crush's startling cabinet of curiosities David Pescovitz

wonders Watch Ricky Jay's wonderful "Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women" TV special from 1989 David Pescovitz

wunderkammer Desktop museum for sale contains dinosaur bones, "space gems," and sliver of Steve Jobs' turtleneck David Pescovitz

oddities When the TSA got suspicious of a scientist's 3D-printed mouse penis David Pescovitz

matchsicks Playable violin made of 16,000 matchsticks Andrea James

automatons Watch a Marie Antoinette automaton play the dulcimer David Pescovitz

curiosities Weasel electrocuted at CERN to go on museum display David Pescovitz

curiosities Velociraptor claw for sale David Pescovitz