museum The Field Museum's basement contains 11 million embalmed specimens Popkin

History The ancient practice of mummifying a man in honey to sell as medicine Ellsworth Toohey

star trek Original Batman and Star Trek uniforms up for auction Rob Beschizza

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haunted Atlas Obscura's list of haunted restaurants Popkin

ancient history Egyptian mummy believed to be male priest turns out to be a pregnant female Thom Dunn

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tabloids Biden "lies" and Bob Saget "embalmed" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

President Biden Jeanine Pirro cuts off guest praising President Biden and ends interview Kevin Reome

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books Arbitrary Stupid Goal: a memoir of growing up under the tables of the best restaurant in New York Cory Doctorow

corruption Philippines' new "dictator" will give a hero's burial to Ferdinand Marcos Cory Doctorow

Exceedingly eerie preserved corpses of the Palermo Catacombs Ivan Cenzi