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Bakers flaunted their talent by creating letter-shaped pastries.

Artificial intelligence might thwart art forgers once and for all.

The out-of-this-world future of human death.

And, also, illustrated them.

Japan's self-sacrificing sokushinbutsu were a very determined lot.

Meet Jonathan Livingston Crab, the world's most venerable pet hermit crab.

The "Mystery Man with 21 Faces" mocked the police ruthlessly and stocked Japan's supermarkets with cyanide-filled candy. To this day, no one knows who they were.

Over her 23-year career, Suprabha Beckjord raced enough miles to circle the globe twice.

The urumi will cut you.

The blueberry industry has gotten so big there's now a glut.

Exploring the modern art collection at Hallmark HQ in Kansas City.

Long before Tinder, singles put themselves onscreen for love.

The Salton Sea is a polluted accident turned natural resource, and the government is finally giving it funding.

As a 14-year old, she roped steers in front of President Roosevelt.

A short history of plans for colonizing Mars.

A fun Friday night once meant going to the velodrome to watch cyclists collide.

In the 12th century, pretzels were for kings apparently.

In the early 2000s, the mortgage crisis and HGTV gave us a new use for our houses: flipping them.