agriculture Only in Alabama: the town that built a monument to the insect pest that destroyed It Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1916 a con man ran a car on water and fleeced Henry Ford Ellsworth Toohey

language Northern California has its own regional language, and they are making fun of you Jason Weisberger

mcdonalds Hamburglar McWeevil joins "freaking creepy" Ronald McWeevil in Enterprise, AL Jennifer Sandlin

How tax dollars fund the great insect protein swindle Ellsworth Toohey

fashion Awesome 1940s Halloween costumes made from feed sacks Popkin

serious business Instagram and Threads says they will stop pushing political content on users Rob Beschizza

Roadside Attractions Alamogordo, New Mexico is home to a 30-foot-tall pistachio Jennifer Sandlin

mississippi Come for the pickles, stay for the agricultural history lesson Jennifer Sandlin

Dr. Bronner's The story behind Dr. Bronner's, the soap company that's been fascinating people for 75 years Jennifer Sandlin

bbc BBC won't broadcast Attenborough episode on destruction of wildlife over fear of right-wing backlash Gareth Branwyn

animal rights HelloFresh still using illegal primate labor, says PETA: "Monkeys are chained around the neck and forced to toil" Elías Villoro

mistakes Twenty years later, Red Lobster still shudders at the thought of its all-you-can-eat snow crab legs disaster Mark Frauenfelder

stonehenge Why this 5,000 year old chalk drum is one of the most important prehistoric finds in Britain Gareth Branwyn

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

salton sea An environmentally friendly lithium mine in the disastrous Salton Sea Jason Weisberger

podcasts How regenerative crops and Afro-Indigenous farming techniques are putting carbon back in the ground Thom Dunn

north korea North Korea reportedly has a fleet of military dolphin assassins, too Thom Dunn