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  • books "Weird Ireland" offers a wonderfully whimsical tour of the Emerald Isle Thom Dunn
  • Iowa Culture, Public Domain
    weird history Iowa's weirdest uprising: The great Cow War of 1931 Ellsworth Toohey
  • The Boll Weevil Monument, Enterprise, Alabama (USDA History Collection, Special Collections, National Agricultural Library. Public Domain)
    agriculture Only in Alabama: the town that built a monument to the insect pest that destroyed It Ellsworth Toohey
  • History Exclusive interview with Matt LaCroix and Kaedrich Olsen about Gaia's Ancient Civilizations fourth season Devin Nealy
  • medieval Medieval English people used to pay their rent in eels Thom Dunn
  • Billboard, near Dillon, South Carolina; 1986. (John Margolies’ Photographs of Roadside America) Public Domain
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    television Watching Kojak at half-speed is like an opioid fever dream Allan Rose Hill
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    chemistry Silica gel's secret history and path to worldwide ubiquity Allan Rose Hill
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    star wars I pick Star Tours over Smuggler's Run every time Jason Weisberger
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    mistakes Forest resort chain Center Parcs learns why you don't just delete your account Rob Beschizza
  • rock and roll Shortnin' Bread may be the greatest song of all time Bob Knetzger
  • Tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) Copyright (c) 2014 reptiles4all/Shutterstock
    madagascar The lowland streaked tenrec uses its spines to communicate via ultrasonic noises Jennifer Sandlin
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