linguistics This tiny North Carolina island is last place in America where people talk like actual pirates (video) Ellsworth Toohey

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Obviously non-existent Fyre Festival 2 "postponed" Rob Beschizza

coconuts Lost art of coconut shell navigation: How Pacific islanders crossed oceans Bob Knetzger

Weird New indie battle royale is a typing test with lethal stakes Grant St. Clair

video games Nintendo's Tomodachi Life challenges The Sims Grant St. Clair

cute New England Aquarium opens penguin retirement home Gail Sherman

Science Largest iceberg in the world runs aground Gail Sherman

books "Weird Ireland" offers a wonderfully whimsical tour of the Emerald Isle Thom Dunn

preventable accidents Tourists ignore "trail closed" sign in Hawaii — airlifted to hospital 15 minutes later Carla Sinclair

maps Interactive map of obscure islands Rob Beschizza

wales Llawgnychu! It's ok to Cymru to Welsh fairy porn Rob Beschizza

attacks Tourist gored to death at elephant "sanctuary" in Thailand Carla Sinclair

australia Tree kangaroos: the best animal ASMR on the internet Jennifer Sandlin

cars Here's why an elderly woman's old Star Trek vanity plates are still generating parking tickets years after she stopped driving Allan Rose Hill

graphic novels An anti-boring book guide: six great gift picks Mark Frauenfelder

Ignoring warnings, an actress drowned filming her beachside yoga routine Jason Weisberger

pets Man puts more than 600 pet mice up for adoption at SPCA Allan Rose Hill

monkeys Runaway monkeys lured back with Froot Loops and PBJs Thom Dunn

haunted attractions Medieval torture museum in Malta turns horror into unexpected family fun Popkin