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- The Native-American Origins of Gumbo https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/native-american-gumbo 44 comments
- A trashed Italian manuscript got sewn into a sweet silk purse https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/manuscript-fragments-purse-lining 5 comments
- The Afterlives and Second Acts of America’s Movie Palaces https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-movie-theaters 4 comments
- A Nun’s 450-Year-Old ‘Last Supper’ Makes Its Museum Debut in Florence https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/first-last-supper-woman-painter-florence 26 comments
- America’s Pistachio Industry Came from a Single Seed https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/where-are-pistachios-from.html 23 comments
- Renaissance Paintings Aren't as Green as They Used to Be https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/renaissance-verdigris-green-pigment 21 comments
- The Mystery of Florida’s Cannonball-Eating Spanish Fort https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/coquina-fort-in-florida 18 comments
- Since 1700, Wine Glasses Have Gotten 7 Times Bigger https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wine-glasses-growth-history 111 comments
- A Visit to a Synthetic Cadaver Factory http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/syndaver-labs-synthetic-cadavers-tour 12 comments
- In 1961, Roald Dahl Hosted His Own Version of 'The Twilight Zone' http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-1961-roald-dahl-hosted-his-own-version-of-the-twilight-zone 10 comments
- How a Gift from Schoolchildren Let the Soviets Spy on the U.S. For 7 Years http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-a-gift-from-schoolchildren-let-the-soviets-spy-on-the-us-for-7-years 29 comments
- Red Gate Woods: The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/red-gate-woods 25 comments
- An Unnervingly Life-Like Japanese Doll from the 1800s http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-mysterious-origins-of-this-unnervingly-lifelike-japanese-doll-from-the-1800s 7 comments
- The MI6 Spy Who Perfected the Art of the 'Honey Trap' http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-brilliant-m16-spy-who-perfected-the-art-of-the-honey-trap 40 comments
- Guide to the Longest Running Scientific Experiments http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/guide-longest-science-experiments 4 comments
- A Soccer Con Man Who Couldn't Play the Game http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soccers-ultimate-con-man-was-a-superstar-who-couldnt-play-the-game 106 comments
- How Soviet Children’s Books Became Collectors’ Items in India https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soviet-childrens-books-in-india 7 comments books
- How Cows Destroyed an Entire Marine Ecosystem in California https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/california-continental-shelf-ecosystem-cows 7 comments environment
- The Origins of 'Horn OK Please,' India's Most Ubiquitous Phrase https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-origins-of-horn-ok-please-indias-most-ubiquitous-phrase 3 comments india
- Bangladesh’s Tigers Bounce Back After a Poaching Crackdown -- A recent effort to double down on illegal poaching has allowed the population of Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans to increase for the first time in 15 years https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bangladesh-tiger-poaching-crackdown 13 comments worldnews
- TIL Sweden has a forest of oak trees planted 200 years ago because their Navy at the time needed them for ships https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/visingso-oak-forest 5 comments europe
- Ancient Roman tomb in Jordan featured an early prototype of a comic strip, sequential panels with speech bubbles https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-first-comic-strip 16 comments worldnews
- The Communist Cookbook That Defined Prague’s Cuisine https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-pragues-food-like 38 comments europe
- We make images of your Universe with the world’s most powerful telescopes. Ask us anything! https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/star-photographer-alaska 47 comments space
- How Long is a Moment: It is impossible to say, because all moments are just intervals https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/moment-time-physics-philosophy-linguistics-neuroscience 7 comments philosophy
- How philosophy of mind rubs up against neurobiology when considering "what it is like" to be a bee https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-bee 5 comments philosophy
- Eugene Shoemaker Is Still the Only Man Buried on the Moon https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eugene-shoemaker-buried-moon-celestis-nasa 3 comments space
- When a dying language goes viral: How the Internet Changed the Meaning of 'Mamihlapinatapai' http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mamihlapinatapai 9 comments linguistics
- How the Owner of the Greatest Mystery Bookstore Pulled the Genre Out of the Muck: “This is literature. It’s not just puzzles, it’s not just telling a nice story.” http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/otto-penzler-mystery-bookstore 3 comments books
- The Highest Court of The Land, a basketball court located on the fifth floor of the United States Supreme Court Building, right above the actual Court room. http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/highest-court-of-the-land 15 comments nba
- Watch a Book Being Made the Old-Fashioned Way http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/watch-a-book-being-made-the-oldfashioned-way 4 comments books
- Why Linguists are Fascinated by the American Jewish Accent http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-linguists-are-fascinated-by-the-american-jewish-accent? 21 comments linguistics
- Schmidt's Insect Sting Pain Index http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-colorful-pain-index-of-the-stinging-ants-bees-and-wasps-around-the-world 5 comments science
- A Secret Forest Grew for Millennia in North America Without Anyone Noticing http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-secret-forest-grew-for-millennia-in-north-america-without-anyone-noticing? 7 comments science
- Mumtaz Begum: For over 40 years this Barnum-inspired half-fox, half-woman has been telling fortunes from her cage in a Pakistani zoo http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mumtaz-begum 4 comments pakistan
- How Thalidomide Went From Medical Disaster to Possible Cancer Treatment http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-thalidomide-went-from-medical-disaster-to-miraculous-cancer-treatment?utm_medium=email&utm_source=digg 6 comments science
- Want To Become An Astronaut? Applications Open In a Week http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/want-to-become-an-astronaut-applications-open-in-a-week 8 comments space
- 75 Years Later, the Deadly Bombing That Rocked the New York World's Fair Is Still Unsolved http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/75-years-later-the-deadly-bombing-that-rocked-the-new-york-worlds-fair-is-still-unsolved/ 5 comments history
- How to Build a Fake Ancient City in Just 5 Years http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/skopje-macedonia-neoclassical-theme-park 9 comments europe
- The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund [Xpost from TIL] http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-skeleton-lake-of-roopkund-india 23 comments india