Diving Into the World's Blue Holes
A blue hole, located in the Red Sea, has been given the nickname of the Divers' Cemetery.
Places
Aquasonic: The Haunting Sounds Of Underwater Music
Musicians hold their breaths to perform.
Vintage & Historical
Atomically Bad Ideas for the Atomic Bomb
One idea proposed filling nuclear landmines with chickens.
Science & Technology
Cryonics: What It's Like to Be Frozen for Future Revival
The first man was cryogenically preserved in 1967.
Art & Fashion
Clacking Along With the Boston Typewriter Orchestra
They gave up on using paper, it didn't affect the sound.
Science & Technology
Science Says No, Your Urine is Not Sterile
No part of your body is germ free.
Science & Technology
The Space Superstitions of Rocket Scientists
Every cosmonaut pees on a bus tire.
Vintage & Historical
Photographing the Dead and Grieving With Spirit Photography
One photographer claimed to photograph the ghost of Abraham Lincoln.
Vintage & Historical
A Mummy Foot Mystery From the 18th-Century B.C.
This foot was so well preserved that its prints and nails remain intact!
Vintage & Historical
Secrets of a Greek Fire Grenade From 800 A.D.
Greek fire was said to burn when it came into contact with water or even mere sunlight!
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Sunday Cartoon! - February 2, 2025
Cartoon of the Day
NASA has an Office of Planetary Protection, just in case we ever find life on other plants.
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!