08.20 August 20 – International/World Mosquito Day Andrew Yi

health Ireland's life expectancy now higher than England's Rob Beschizza

iceland Guide to Icelandic turf houses Rob Beschizza

music When you listen to Spotify, are you listening to ghost musicians? Ruben Bolling

music Photo of skiers looks like musical notes so someone played the song Allan Rose Hill

fast food McDonald's Quarter Pounder kills one, sends ten more to the hospital Allan Rose Hill

Impressive 1.5-meter "sea snake" found by beach clean-up crew was something else entirely Allan Rose Hill

animals First polar bear spotted in Iceland since 2016. Police shot and killed it. Allan Rose Hill

Food A salad recipe is causing a cucumber shortage in Iceland Gail Sherman

iceland Humans help baby puffins fly out to sea! Jennifer Sandlin

Food A world wide list of 17 places for hot dog fans to rejoice Popkin

iceland Iceland volcano spews 150 foot wall of fire Gail Sherman

geography A quick tour of Earth's many gates to Hell Popkin

Delightful Creatures This duck sounds like Marge Simpson Gail Sherman

denmark The contentious rock in the middle of the ocean Natalie Dressed

Live stream of the volcanic eruption at Grindavik Rob Beschizza

Mike Mignola Four celebrated comics creators gather for a haunting Christmas Eve anthology Gareth Branwyn

Science Strange underground honeycomb pattern found on Mars David Pescovitz

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