geography Welcome to Toad Suck. The weirdest town names in all 50 states Popkin

Trivia The weird way we discovered longitude Devin Nealy

natural beauty Bolivia is home to the world's largest natural mirror Devin Nealy

Antarctica There are now five oceans on Earth, proclaims National Geographic David Pescovitz

border markers A Belgian farmer accidentally shrunk the country of France when he moved a stone blocking his tractor Carla Sinclair

happiness This is the happiest country in the world David Pescovitz

City Guesser Can you guess what city is the setting of a random street video? Miss Cellania

lighthouses are nice 5-minute documentary about nuclear-powered Soviet lighthouses Rob Beschizza

bouguer gravitational anomaly The Bouguer gravity anomaly means that gravity is not evenly distributed Thom Dunn

asbestos Town of Asbestos having difficulty landing on a new name David Pescovitz

interesting Topography of U.S. states in ridgeline (Joy Division 'Unknown Pleasures') style Xeni Jardin

refuse New Delhi's garbage mountain Rob Beschizza

place names What to call residents of each US state David Pescovitz

cartography Interactive map of public facial recognition systems in America Cory Doctorow

slavery After 150 years, Runaway Negro Creek finally has a new name David Pescovitz

great migration The story of how Buffalo's oldest, best-established Black neighborhood was literally wiped off the map is a perfect parable about systemic bias — UPDATED Cory Doctorow

gill v whitford "The efficiency gap": understanding the math behind a crucial Supreme Court gerrymandering case Cory Doctorow

geography Geographer makes maps that reveal river networks as veins Mark Frauenfelder

variety How many towns in the world have the same name as yours? Rob Beschizza

STEM Mechanical spinning globe that shows the night/day terminator Cory Doctorow