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It's highway Americana at its best and it all started in 1949 with a shocking-pink beer stand just south of the state border for the thirsty patrons of Nort

They look like female warriors of a legendary tribe that only descend from the red mountains when they sense a truly great wave. But recently, these warrior

Here are 52 facts about random things, nothing you really need to know to make it through a day, but interesting nonetheless.

Okay, it's not exactly a robot--but I bet it's still the craziest thing you've seen all day. Japanese juice and ketchup company Kagome built a freaking wearable tomato dispenser for a runner at the Japan Marathon this weekend.

Okay, it's not exactly a robot--but I bet it's still the craziest thing you've seen all day. Japanese juice and ketchup company Kagome built a freaking wearable tomato dispenser for a runner at the Japan Marathon this weekend.

When comics fan Stephen Merrill passed away suddenly Feb. 12 at age 31, his family and friends didn’t know the cause of death when it came time to write the obituary. So they made one up: an “uppercut from Batman.” [...]

Indonesian wildlife photographer Hendy Mp has captured absolutely amazing images of a tiny Reinwardt's tree frog riding atop a giant rhinoceros beetle, like a tiny cowboy upon his steed. Giddy-up! ...

Eight decades before Fifty Shades of Grey, Hedy Lamarr shocked audiences around the world with a passionate performance of female sexuality

Jasmine Tridevil, of Florida, became the subject of intense online scrutiny and doubt after images suggested she had become the first woman in the world to have an artificial third breast fitted.

Photo by M. Elsevier Stokmans; Boeddhamummie (Drents Museum)(MMC / Jan van Esch) What looks like a traditional statue of Buddha dating back to the 11th or 12th century was recently revealed to be quite a bit more. A CT scan and endoscopy carried out by the Netherlands-based Drents Museum at the M

The lava lake of the continuously active volcano Erta Ale, Ethiopia Where the Great Wall of China ends A geyser right before eruption Bavarian town of Nordlingen built in a 14 million year old meteor impact crater A huge dust storm that hit Western Australia in early 2013 A rare 360 degree rainbow captured from an airplane Climbers going up Mount Everest in May 2013 Daytona Beach 1957 An aerial view of a scrap tire dump Bagger 288, the largest land vehicle in the world A cross-section of an undersea cable Inside one of Google’s data centers Einstein’s desk hours after his death Michelangelo illustrated his grocery lists so that his illiterate servants would know what to buy him. The inside of a FedEx Boeing 757 without any cargo Overcrowded prison in El Salvador Hitler’s office Enormous statue of Genghis Khan in Mongolia   What pugs looked like before selective breeding Octopus eggs George Washington’s teeth A watch belonging to Akito Kawagoe which stopped

After 50-year-old Renato Garcia found a Green Lantern costume about a month ago among some discarded clothes, he began wearing it around his neighborhood in San Juan, Puerto Rico. When he passed away last week, Garcia’s family and neighbors thought [...]

Phenakistoscope disc, Fores (publisher), Moving Panorama, England, 1833.Richard Balzer’s love affair began about 40 years ago, when he saw his first magic lantern — an early image projector...

A bronze bull head fountain is suddenly transformed into a minotaur. A decrepit corner of an alley becomes a holding pen for ostriches. If any of these odd happenings sound familiar to you, you’re probably living in Paris and have just witnessed the work of French artist Char

They're the instrument anyone can play — but only two places in the U.S. make them, and only one makes the colorful plastic kind most people know. Karen Michel pays a visit to the latter.