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The Truth and Myth Behind Animal Trials in the Middle Ages

August 10, 2015

Forgotten Quests From the Golden Age of Adventure Games

Why People Have Such Strong Feelings About the Spelling of 'The Berenstain Bears'

The Almost Perfect World War II Plot To Bomb Japan With Bats

The Virgin Rainbow, The World's Finest Opal, Is About To Go On Display

Number One With A Bullet: The Rise of the Billboard Hot 100

How Book Designers Around the World Interpreted Philip K. Dick's 'The Man in the High Castle'

Francisco Hernandez: The Coolest Explorer You've Never Heard Of

7 of America's Smallest Civic Institutions

For Many Islands, Tourism Means Too Much Trash. Is Cuba Next?

Cities Pass Cat Curfews; Cats Keep Doing Whatever They Want

Meet the World’s Most Controversial Inflatable Yellow Duck

The Reign of King Neptune, The Navy's $250 Million Pig

8 of the World's Strangest Burial Spots

What It Was Like to Seek Asylum in Medieval England

Emily the Cow Ran Away From the Slaughterhouse And Became a Star

A Very Still Life: The Art and Music of Jack Kevorkian

Fake Road Trippin' Through Europe In A Computer-Generated Truck