fill the swamp Trump's Bureau of Land Management director is serving illegally and refuses to leave his post Thom Dunn

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

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

politics US debt hits $31.26 trillion, exceeds annual GDP Ellsworth Toohey

star wars Cardboard Wars is a loving parody of Star Wars all in cardboard Gail Sherman

art This mask has a Pinocchio nose with bouncing colored balls on the end Popkin

Disney Star Wars: Galactic Racer has a release date Jason Weisberger