music Ireland lost a musical giant this week Séamus Bellamy

History In 1858 the Thames smelled so bad that Parliament fled and Disraeli called it a 'Stygian pool' Ellsworth Toohey

History A 20-mile maze under Budapest hid a secret WWII aircraft engine plant Ellsworth Toohey

Games PointlessQuest puts a full MMO on Playdate's 2.7-inch screen Gail Sherman

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

archaeology Ancient squirrel droppings unlock Ice Age DNA goldmine Séamus Bellamy

art Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration opens this week in London Rob Beschizza

poetry This poem perfectly captures AI-induced rage Jennifer Sandlin

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

Entertainment Freedomland USA: was this 1960s theme park just a five-year land scam? Ruben Bolling

fbi Ex-CIA official arrested with $40M in gold bars at home Séamus Bellamy

why Your WiFi router knows it's you Jason Weisberger

Grandpa Pudding Brains pauses Memorial Day tribute to workshop a joke about dead soldiers named Donald Jason Weisberger

art Erotic wooden puzzles from 1960s spark joy Popkin

History 1936 exposé: How Chicago's charity rackets worked Ellsworth Toohey

politics How 1925 press dismissed the Klan at peak power Ellsworth Toohey

crime Man who stole a coworker's identity for 30 years had his victim jailed Ellsworth Toohey

books Why are school boards banning books on ancient Egypt and digestion? Ellsworth Toohey

Weird Seattle's mystery soda machine vanished in 2018 with a goodbye note Ellsworth Toohey

Science No one knows why dark side of Venus has a faint glow Ellsworth Toohey