art Salvage dealer bought $12 drawing that is likely a Renoir worth, um, quite a bit more (video) Allan Rose Hill
psychology How an 1800s French doctor's experiments with electrocuted faces revealed science of real smiles Ellsworth Toohey
music history Czech composer's military tribute accidentally became history's most recognizable clown song Ellsworth Toohey
America Homeowners lose bid to privatize road near Walden Pond, public since before U.S. founding Thom Dunn
museums The Busy Beaver Button Co is one of the few museums on earth which is devoted to collecting and displaying pinback buttons Popkin
books A book bound with human skin from dead woman's corpse finally removed from Harvard library Carla Sinclair
You have two noses, the US Army mulled yerba mate for soldiers, and 79 other startling facts David Pescovitz
Science How long would it take for a human brain to form in a void, complete with a memory of having existed? Mark Frauenfelder