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Freaky But True Scientific Discoveries

The Human Drive to Explore

Space travel, pottery, and writing about death all illustrate our insatiable curiosity to discover our worlds.

6 Mysteries Featuring Miniatures, Effigies, and Tiny Scenes

It seems that people have always loved to see and handle small versions of themselves and others, and the objects that furnish their shared world. Four thousand years ago, the firs...

Bizarre But Interesting Habits Abroad

From Ancient Secrets to Natural Marvels: 27 Global Discoveries Revealed

If you spend enough time browsing online, you’ll come across plenty, but every so often, something really stands out. That’s what you get with the World Beauties and Wonders page....

16.14.a - La CuriositГ© Est Contagieuse

In this PAID le Bulletin you'll be exposed to France in all its magnificent detail: a 35-gram revelation to the art of the Parisian persuasion and an intriguing collection.

Occult London: Peeking into a Magical Special Collection

I got a chance to both see and handle some of the arcane tomes and magical objects in University College London's Special Collections. How exciting!The archive contains many items...

The Strange (And Gross) Things People Actually Collect

Cool and Weird Porcelain: Amazing Craftsmanship, Questionable Taste

Very interesting

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taking a shine to things

Toronto. Image collectors have a wide range of sources available for unusual old images. At left is what seems to be a tintype of a youngster polishing shoes. The image is tagged a...

Even MORE Things We Can’t Explain

poetical queries

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The Man's Misbehaviour

Considering... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t c n e p m p s j f u u w d c a l a l s s l w n p i s k s e f e ...what misbehaviour am I engaged in? The answers below are in alpha...

Four Neat Things

A Friday Hodgepodge 1. Until yesterday, I had no idea that lots of hobbyists keep pet isopods -- the kind of animal that includes the roly-polies I used to play with as a child. Th...