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Beautiful Miniature Books That Are Worth Sacrificing Your Eyesight For

Good things come in (very) small packages.

The Scandalous Life of Nurse and Adventurer Kate Marsden

She spent 11 months trekking to Siberia to find a cure for leprosy, but her love life overshadowed everything.

The Dramatic Courtroom Demo Designed to Expose Arsenic Murders

The Marsh test involved fire, mirrors, and collective gasps.

A Moscow University Has Erected a Monument to Peer Review

Rejection is just one possible outcome.

The Unspectacular End of Star N6946-BH1

The quiet collapse of a red supergiant reveals a new fate for some stars: the "massive fail."

Found: A Mysterious SOS Sign in the Australian Outback

Someone may have been in distress—but how long ago?

This Dog Sits on Seven Editorial Boards

Meet Dr. Olivia Doll.

How a Synagogue Caretaker Solved the Mystery of a Forgotten Graveyard

It took an anonymous complaint, Google Maps, and a box of 300 keys.

A Ghostly White Moose Was Captured on Video in Newfoundland

It's not an albino either.

Morocco's Tree-Climbing Goats Prefer Spitting Out Seeds to Eating Them

Watch out below!

Most of the World's Bread Clips Are Made by a Single Company

A brief history of the Kwik Lok Closure.

The 18th-Century Phenomenon of Putting a Filter on a Sunset for Likes

Before Instagram, there was the Claude glass.

Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Professional Cat Cuddler?

An Irish clinic is hiring for the internet's perfect job.

Thieves in Arizona Stole a Giant Inflatable Obstacle Course

How are they going to fence this thing?

Found: A Billion Rubles Dumped at an Abandoned Mining Operation

After the fall of communism, the Russian government needed to get rid of a lot of Soviet cash.

A German Music Festival Installed a 4-Mile Beer Pipeline

Because kegs are heavy.

One Calgary Man's Big Idea: Tiny, Tiny Street Food

Tom Brown hands out truly bite-sized snacks from his portable, miniature kitchen.