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Have you ever wondered if there's a mailbox at a particular airport? If so, you can head over to the site of the Airport Mailbox Project which lists over 200 airports and describes the mail facilities at each of them. The site is a labor…
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The creator's biography. A man and woman are in a situation of absolute mutual dependence. The machine pushes them to repeat perfectly; for which they inevitably have to trust each other. In HEART (2004) a woman is hurled against a wall…
Read at Weird UniverseAtlas Obscura
There are in Truxton, New York, three interrelated sites associated with legendary baseball manager John J. McGraw, who was born in that Central New York town in 1873. The three are a monument to the native son, a baseball field named in…
Read at Atlas ObscuraHistoric Mysteries
For more than a century people have reported a long creature in British Columbia's Okanagan Lake. The syilx people knew a lake spirit called nx̌ax̌aitkʷ long before settlers named it Ogopogo, and skeptics point to floating logs, waves and…
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A mercenary and miscreant, the Swiss Renaissance artist Urs Graf lived the violence and vice he summoned on his drafting table. Miya Tokumitsu introduces us to his astonishing drawings of soldiers and sex workers, and finds an impotent…
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The recommended cut-off dates to order from our shop by to ensure delivery in time for Dec 25th.
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A proposed tabletop quantum sensor could match the precision of the best satellite measurements of frame dragging, a subtle effect predicted by Einstein's general relativity.
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Scientists have discovered that a known mushroom, Galerina indica, contains both psychedelic chemicals and deadly toxins.
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could capture images 30% sharper than — and remain operational for twice as long as — initially expected. Researchers say these "remarkable" developments could greatly enhance the volume and…
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Standing in the historic North End of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Cossit House is the city's oldest surviving residence and one of the oldest buildings on Cape Breton Island. Built in 1787, the house has witnessed more than two centuries of…
Read at Atlas ObscuraHistoric Mysteries
A stretch of Lake Michigan between Manitowoc, Ludington and Benton Harbor has been called the Michigan Triangle. Two of its famous disappearances have since been found on the lake bed, and one airliner never has. The post The Michigan…
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Socialist illustrations intended as party favours for participants in the International Workers’ Congress.
Read at The Public Domain ReviewSmithsonian Magazine
Recently obtained by the Library of Congress, the 1760 letter offers positive news about the health of four-year-old Martha Parke Custis, known as Patsy, the stepdaughter of George Washington
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2,000 views on our Capturing Bigfoot chat already, thanks for the support everyone! Quote of the Day The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service. Idries Shah The post News Briefs 11-11-2026 appeared first on The Daily…
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Sensations of a ghostly presence were reported by participants of a new experiment that took place in a very special room. The study, which was conduc...
Read at Unexplained MysteriesThe History Blog
A biology student from Mark Baldwin University in Virginia has discovered a rare Native American spear point while on an ecology field trip to Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The stone tool is about six inches long and is of a type known as a…
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