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mosquitoes

Video Wonder: Watch a Mosquito Suckle on a Vein

February 5, 2016
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time week

Minute-by-Minute, Donald Trump's Time Is Among the Most Expensive in America

February 5, 2016
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video wonders

Video Wonder: 7 Hours on a Moving Train

February 4, 2016
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Wrapping Armchairs in Wire, and Other Childhood Attempts to Travel in Time

February 3, 2016
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video wonders

Video Wonder: Facercise, Your 1990s Alternative to Plastic Surgery

February 3, 2016
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time week

Object of Intrigue: Ancient Persian Water Clocks

February 2, 2016
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time week

How the Birth Certificate Became a Ticket to Society

February 1, 2016
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flight

Video Wonder: What a Sonic Boom Sounds Like

January 29, 2016
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telephones

Video Wonder: How to Use Those Newfangled Dial Telephones

January 28, 2016
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performances

Romans Once Filled the Colosseum with Water and Staged an Epic Mock Sea Battle

January 27, 2016
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new york city

Behind the Scenes of Brooklyn's Airbnb Igloo–Now Trying For Tinder Sponsorship

January 26, 2016
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winter

Video Wonder: A DIY Backyard Luge Track

January 26, 2016
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bicycles

Video Wonder: Mountain Unicycling

January 25, 2016
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mexico

China’s Appetite for Smuggled Fish Bladders is Killing Cute Porpoises in Mexico

January 25, 2016
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witches

Changes in Climate Have Always Made Things Worse for (Accused) Witches

January 22, 2016
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new york city

Tourists Love to Rub the Bronze Balls of Wall Street's Charging Bull Statue. Why?

January 19, 2016
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epidemics

The 1962 Laughter Epidemic of Tanganyika Was No Joke

Uncontrollable laughter can, and did, last for several months.
January 15, 2016
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medieval

Flyting Was Medieval England's Version of an Insult-Trading Rap Battle

January 14, 2016
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competitions

Regular Golf Is Slowly Dying. Enter: FootGolf

January 13, 2016
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cats

Ritualistic Cat Torture Was Once a Form of Town Fun

January 8, 2016
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times square

Fleeting Wonders: Shredding the Worst of 2015 in Times Square

December 30, 2015
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snow

Short on Snow? Try Ice-Block Sledding

December 23, 2015
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new england

Northeasterners Were Always Snobs–And These Maps Prove It

December 21, 2015
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reindeer

Reindeer May Not Be Able to Fly, But They Do Have Ultraviolet Vision

December 18, 2015