History Estonian supermarket built around a 10,000-year-old Ice Age boulder Popkin

History In 1803 a woman in a strange round vessel washed ashore in Japan Ellsworth Toohey

History The spy who ate live animals, documents, and possibly a toddler Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1896 a railroad crashed two trains head-on for fun and killed two spectators Ellsworth Toohey

History Hundreds of tiny medieval tunnels no one can explain Ellsworth Toohey

History The Vietnamese monk who ate only coconuts and built a Coconut Kingdom Ellsworth Toohey

History How a raunchy love charm became an innocent nursery rhyme Ellsworth Toohey

History The Army told Hershey to make a chocolate bar that tasted bad Ellsworth Toohey

History A stolen slice of watermelon sparked a deadly 1856 riot in Panama Ellsworth Toohey

History How a businessman's hunch became New Age gospel Ellsworth Toohey

books Her wedding necklace cost $75,000. She died guarding a worthless mine Ellsworth Toohey

politics An Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at George W. Bush, kicking off a copycat era Ellsworth Toohey

History Two green-skinned children appeared in a 12th-century English village Ellsworth Toohey

History Medieval dragon drainpipe from 1393 makes modern gutters look boring Popkin

History Hengefinder finds streets that perfectly frame the setting sun Rob Beschizza

politics Irish councilor proposes tiny statue of mosquito blamed for killing invader Oliver Cromwell Rob Beschizza

History Shag carpet around the toilet — the 1970s were something else Popkin

art Giant crop postcards turned oversize produce into folk art Popkin

Science H.P. Lovecraft borrowed from this real Connecticut seismic phenomenon Ellsworth Toohey

History Victorian hair jewelry: bracelets and rings woven from the dead Popkin