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Michael Waters

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This Moving Light Fixture Mimics a Blooming Flower

Its actions parallel the process of "nyctinasty."

This Japanese Scroll Was Re-Printed a Million Times—700 Years Before Gutenberg

The eighth-century documents were stored in tiny pagodas.

They're In: Your Stories About Cheese on Apple Pie

The mention of cheddar-topped desserts brought back fond memories—and some outrage.

This Spanish Artist Built Himself a Secret Studio Under a Freeway

It allows him to work in solitude as cars zoom overhead.

What Your Zodiac Sign Says About You, According to a 1930s Astrologer

Hey Geminis: Stop using the phone so volubly.

Video Captures a Gorgeous Chinese Lavender Bloom

Huocheng County celebrates the blossoms with an annual festival.

The Long, Storied Controversy Over Cheese on Apple Pie

Some love it. Some hate it. Some have no idea what it is.

A Tiny House in Missouri Was Inexplicably Stolen and Driven to Kansas

It was found over 90 miles away from its original location.

The Great Lengths Taken to Make Abraham Lincoln Look Good in Portraits

One famous image of the president features a body that isn't his.

The Secret Engravings Found on a Neolithic Rock Formation

They may have been part of a long-running moonlit ritual.

When the U.S. Postal Service Used Gyrocopters to Deliver the Mail

The flying machines hopped from roof to roof of post offices.

A Violent 15th-Century Freshman Hazing Ritual Involving Boar Tusks and Razors

The Deposition ritual, inflicted on Swedish and German students by faculty, was not for the faint of heart.

This Russian Castle Is Actually a Kindergarten

Every enrolled kid can be a petite prince or princess.

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The Yucatán's Hidden 'Underwater River'

There's something fascinating happening at Angelita Cenote.

The Glamorous Pearl Earring King Charles I Wore to His Execution

Since childhood, he refused to part with it.

This 1959 'Anti-Bandit Bag' Promised to Scare Off Thieves—With Smoke

The design was not subtle.

There's a Secret Spanish Beach in the Middle of a Field

And sometimes it disappears.

Fall in Love With the World’s First Animated Dinosaur

Gertie the Dino could hurl a mammoth into the air.

How an Organic Chemist Invented the Bone-Shaped Dog Treat

The birth of the Milk-Bone happened pretty much on a whim.

The Early 1900s Movement to Build Schools Without Walls

Take that, tuberculosis!

This Artist's Deceptive Drawings Seem to Move Between Dimensions

It's 3D, it's 3D, it's 3D—no, wait, 2D!

The Hoax Poetry Movement That Accidentally Became Legitimate

How Spectra went mainstream.

Local Condor Embraces the Argentinian Farmer Who Rescued It

The condor's name? Condorito.

The 1929 Plane-Train Hybrid That Almost Was

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a... railplane?