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fleeting wonders

For Hours, A Glitch in Britain Sent Everyone's Outgoing Emails To Some Guy

"Steve Webb," presumably, had an interesting day.
April 21, 2016
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fashion

Kosovo's Extremely Successful Hillary Clinton-Themed Pantsuit Boutique

"We started to promote Hillary's style in Kosovo, offering clothes to women that are identical to those worn by Hillary," says store owner Elda Morina-Ymeraga.
April 20, 2016
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antarctic

What It's Like To Be The Only Painter In Antarctica

Making art at the bottom of the world, where paint freezes and the best subjects are millimeters long.
April 20, 2016
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garbage

Glastonbury Festival Orders Thousands of Cups to Help the British Steel Industry

It's also an attempt to cut down on trash.
April 19, 2016
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crime and punishment

Smuggler Caught With 11 Songbirds In His Pants

The aspiring birdlegger was trying to sneak his captives into Taiwan.
April 18, 2016
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weather

History's Most Over-the-Top Sunset Descriptions

Long before Instagram, sunset enthusiasts strained the English language to its limit.
April 18, 2016
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rescues

Cat Rescued After 4 Days Stuck On Insanely Tall Pole

All of British Columbia mobilized to get Miss Kitty back to earth.
April 15, 2016
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out there week

Do You Have The Guts To Watch VR Surgery?

Hanging out in an operating room hundreds of miles away.
April 15, 2016
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circus

Rare Bengal Tiger Cubs Born to Exiled Circus in Nicaragua

The three cubs each had different colors.
April 14, 2016
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oceans

Watch Thousands of Tiny Crabs Stampede Across the Sea Floor

Even jaded researchers were "mesmerized" by the swarm.
April 13, 2016
Gastro Obscura
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out there week

An Afternoon With MIT's Most Important Invention

The technology alerts users when there are leftovers in the building.
April 13, 2016
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fleeting wonders

Why All Of Minneapolis Woke Up At The Same Time This Morning

The city's emergency sirens all went off at once for no reason.
April 12, 2016
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rites and rituals

New Zealand's Biggest Sheep Race Was Led By a Black Goat

The most difficult part of the race, it turns out, can be getting the sheep to start running.
April 11, 2016
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robots

Mass Robot Firings in China Because of Incompetence

"The robots weren't able to carry soup," one of their former colleagues said.
April 8, 2016
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duels

The Long Quest to Get Southerners to Stop Dueling

To convince gentlemen to holster their pistols, legislators had to turn dueling into social suicide.
April 8, 2016
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fleeting wonders

Policemen Caught With Cruiser Full of Kidnapped Lambs

The lambs were later rescued and seen "frolicking."
April 7, 2016
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meteorites

The Rare Meteorites Going on Sale for Millions

Christie's London is selling 83 space rocks—some from Mars, some filled with gems, and one that killed a cow.
April 6, 2016
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obscura day 2016

The Hungarian Taxidermist Who Saw Frogs As People

Ferenc Mere's passion lives on as Froggyland, a museum full of anthropomorphic amphibians.
April 6, 2016
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fleeting wonders

For Sale: The Chair J.K. Rowling Sat On While She Wrote Harry Potter

It's a pretty magical object.
April 5, 2016
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longreads

The Man Who Recorded, Tamed, and Then Sold Nature Sounds to America

A forgotten 1970s-era hippie polymath named Irv Teibel created the "soothing" vibe of the great outdoors.
April 5, 2016
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fleeting wonders

Seattle Welcomes the World's Longest Floating Bridge

The new State Route 520 bridge beats its predecessor's record by 130 feet.
April 4, 2016
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asia

Lost Siberian Crane Wins Taiwan's Heart While Improving Its Food Supply

"He is like my son," says one local rice farmer.
April 1, 2016
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politics

Turning a Presidential Campaign Into a Set of Bawdy Limericks

There once was a candidate from Nantucket...
April 1, 2016
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fleeting wonders

Enormous Tumbleweeds Spotted In San Francisco For The First Time

A relatively recent hybrid has invaded much of California.
March 31, 2016