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One Danger of Flashing the Peace Sign Could Be Stolen Fingerprints

But we should still work for world peace.

January 19, 2017

No One Knows Why Used Toilet Paper Keeps Getting Dumped on This Florida Lot

Officials in Bradenton are getting frustrated.

January 16, 2017

Reddit Users Prompt Recall After 'Flawed' Boots Leave Swastika Tracks

It was all a mistake, the boots' maker says.

January 13, 2017

'Tree Man' Is No Longer 'Tree Man'

After more than 16 operations, his hands are fixed.

January 11, 2017

A Massive Tunnel Tree in California Has Fallen

RIP, thought-provoking sequoia.

January 9, 2017

Scientists Just Classified a Brand New Organ in Your Body

It's called the mesentery.

January 3, 2017

fleeting wonders

A Freak Storm Created a Bunch of Rare Waterfalls on Australia's Uluru

It doesn't rain much there.

December 28, 2016

Watch a Guy Hit 240 Consecutive Green Lights in New York City

It appears to be a record.

December 23, 2016

This Meteorologist Keeps Standing in Front of East Iceland and People Are Upset

Weather is important.

December 21, 2016

Whales Are Likely Behind the Mysterious Sound Coming from the Mariana Trench

Minke whales, in particular.

December 19, 2016

Cuba Is Trying to Settle a $276 Million Cold War Debt With Rum

December 16, 2016

In 1912, Thousands of Women Rallied Against 'Useless' Christmas Giving

Members of The Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving were known as Spugs.

December 15, 2016

The Obsessed, Feuding Searchers Still Looking for Amelia Earhart

She and her navigator disappeared nearly 80 years ago.

December 12, 2016

Watch John Glenn Talk About the Human Need for Curiosity and Wonder

RIP, John Glenn.

December 8, 2016

Found: The First Mausoleum Where a 'Miracle' Viking King Was Buried

Olaf Haraldsson is also the patron saint of Norway.

November 23, 2016

In Barrow, Alaska, the Sun Just Set for the Final Time

The northernmost city in the U.S. is changing its name.

November 21, 2016

Found: A Man Hiding in the Ceiling After a Break-in at a Best Buy

He was arrested.

November 16, 2016

Watch a Live Video of the Earth from Hundreds of Miles Above

Life from a different view.

November 9, 2016

The Most Halloween Police Photo of 2016

It's a good one.

October 31, 2016

This Replacement Head for a Jesus Statue in Canada Seems a Little Off

October 20, 2016

The ‘Silent Poison’ That Might Stop This Massive Annual Whale Slaughter

It's been a tradition in the Faroe Islands for over a millennium.

October 19, 2016

This Guy Allegedly Tried To Steal a Venetian Blind By Stuffing It Into His Coat

The surveillance photo is good.

October 18, 2016

The Unverifiable Legend of the Early 20th-Century Preacher Who Raised 14 People from the Dead

Meet Smith Wigglesworth.

October 13, 2016

What 'Locker Room Vulgarity' Meant in the 1984 Presidential Campaign

Different times.

October 11, 2016