folklore The Squonk is a creature from Appalachian folklore who cries a lot because it feels so ugly Popkin

folklore The Angel Crown: Appalachian death omen found in feather pillows Popkin

rip RIP: 'Winnebago Man' Jack Rebney has died at 93 Rusty Blazenhoff

The Beatles Jimi Hendrix performed "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" live days after its release Rusty Blazenhoff

legend Remembering Betty White in video and words Rusty Blazenhoff

legend Ed Asner dies at 91, lived a complete life and made fun of my shoes Kevin Reome

viral Ms. Tanqueray on Humans of New York is everything Xeni Jardin

movies 2-star Legend reviewer on the "marketing gold" of bad write-ups Rob Beschizza

Science What is spontaneous human combustion, and is it real? Ellsworth Toohey

History Soldier who was shot in eight places said he "enjoyed the war" Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender lands on streaming July 25th Grant St. Clair

gadgets PocketMage, an e-ink PDA inspired by wizards Rob Beschizza

Games The internet spent years hunting a game that never existed Ellsworth Toohey

History The myth that Catherine the Great died having sex with a horse, debunked Ellsworth Toohey

cars Kevin Mitnick left the man who helped jail him enough for a Porsche 911 Ellsworth Toohey

movies The Criterion Collection's Stanley Kubrick set is coming for your wallet Séamus Bellamy

History The masked prisoner of Louis XIV whose name was never spoken Ellsworth Toohey

music The schizophrenic Chicago artist who became an outsider rock legend Ellsworth Toohey

film For 32 years, every director who disowned a film became Alan Smithee Ellsworth Toohey

Comics MAD hits 600 issues; still, thankfully, hilariously juvenile Ruben Bolling