celebrities 19th-century women went nuts for Franz Liszt, music's first celebrity Annie Rauwerda

art Salvage dealer bought $12 drawing that is likely a Renoir worth, um, quite a bit more (video) Allan Rose Hill

california California is home to five micronations Jason Weisberger

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

weird history Iowa's weirdest uprising: The great Cow War of 1931 Ellsworth Toohey

History The rectangular livestock paintings of Great Britain Rob Beschizza

America Homeowners lose bid to privatize road near Walden Pond, public since before U.S. founding Thom Dunn

Delightful Creatures The Flying Spaghetti Monster, Bathyphysa conifera, is for real Rob Beschizza

wild boars Pack of wild pigs unleash destruction at Northern California school Allan Rose Hill

poetry Erotic Serbian folktales from the 19th century Natalie Dressed

hurricane Hurricane Beryl hits category 5 Rob Beschizza

museums The Busy Beaver Button Co is one of the few museums on earth which is devoted to collecting and displaying pinback buttons Popkin

abortion Arizona abortion clinic to stay open despite looming ban Natalie Dressed

psyops The Sinophobic history of brainwashing Thom Dunn

books A book bound with human skin from dead woman's corpse finally removed from Harvard library Carla Sinclair

television 19th century dances make a comeback in the UK Carolyn Townsend

You have two noses, the US Army mulled yerba mate for soldiers, and 79 other startling facts David Pescovitz

creepy Krampus cards from Christmas past Popkin

Science How long would it take for a human brain to form in a void, complete with a memory of having existed? Mark Frauenfelder