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australia

The Snake Catchers Who Handle Australia’s Most Venomous Home Invaders

January 20, 2016
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mythology

100 Years Ago, American Women Competed in Intense Venus de Milo Lookalike Contests

January 15, 2016
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kickass women

The 'Australian Mermaid' Who Introduced Recreational Swimming to American Women

January 13, 2016
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paintings

Object of Intrigue: The Roses of Heliogabalus

January 5, 2016
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no one's watching week

Object of Intrigue: The X-Files' 'I Want to Believe' Poster

December 29, 2015
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squid

Fleeting Wonders: Giant Squid Surfaces in Japan

December 28, 2015
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bicycles

Object of Intrigue: Two-Wheeled Transport for Regency Dandies

December 22, 2015
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santa claus

Does Mrs. Claus Have a Life of Her Own?

December 16, 2015
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australia

From Gift-Giving Koalas to Surfing Santa, How Christmas Imagery Gets Australianized

December 11, 2015
Gastro Obscura
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holiday

Atlas Obscura Gift Guide: 7 Presents for the Dinner Party Prankster

December 10, 2015
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soviet day

Object of Intrigue: How a Red Army General Inspired ‘White’ Coca-Cola

December 8, 2015
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fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: A 64-Year-Old Bird Becomes a Mother Again

December 1, 2015
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medicine

Object of Intrigue: London’s Life-Saving, Publicly Accessible Enema Kits

December 1, 2015
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victorian

The Telharmonium Was the Spotify of 1906

November 24, 2015
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birdweek

According to this 1833 Map, Americans Lived in a Giant Eagle

November 23, 2015
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birdweek

Fleeting Wonders: A Tap-Dancing Songbird

November 20, 2015
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birdweek

You’re Not a True Australian Until You’ve Been Dive-Bombed By a Magpie

November 18, 2015
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spiders

Overcome Your Arachnophobia By Cuddling a Spider at the London Zoo

November 16, 2015
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antarctic

Extreme Bagpiping Situations, From Antarctica to the Beaches of D-Day

November 12, 2015
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walls

Fleeting Wonders: Seattle's Gum Wall

November 10, 2015
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dolls

Object of Intrigue: The Dummy Paratroopers of WWII

November 10, 2015
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objects of intrigue

Object of Intrigue: the Prosthetic Iron Hand of a 16th-Century Knight

November 3, 2015
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fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: Skydiver Dangles From a Plane at 10,000 Feet

November 3, 2015
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space exploration

Fleeting Wonders: An All-Woman Cosmonaut Crew on a Simulated Moon Mission

October 30, 2015