Damn Interesting

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Curio/Podcast:

Cut It Out

Inés Ramírez Pérez of Rio Talea, Mexico, is known for being one of the only confirmed people to have successfully completed a Caesarian section on herself.
Written by Marisa Brook • 30 May 2016 • Read/Listen →
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Poster Child

In 1935, Sonne ins Haus (The Sun in the Home) was one of the few magazines allowed to circulate in Nazi Germany. The...
Written by Alan Bellows • 29 May 2016 • Read/Listen →
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Into the Bewilderness

Charles Waterton was a pioneer of conservation. He was also extremely nutty, in ways that suggest he may have over-identified with his animal subjects.
Written by Christine Ro • 13 May 2016 • Read/Listen →
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Colonels of Truth

The tumultuous true story of the life of a fast food icon.
Written by Alan Bellows • 15 Mar 2016 • Read/Listen →
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89, 263, 201, 500, 337, 480

A set of three encrypted notes from the nineteenth century purportedly describe the location of hidden treasure in Virginia.
Written by Marisa Brook • 17 Dec 2015 • Read/Listen →
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The Japanese Art of Self-Preservation

On the ancient Japanese Buddhist practice of self-mummification.
Written by Erika Nesvold • 30 Nov 2015 • Read/Listen →
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Faxes From the Far Side

The 1950s-era Soviet mission to first photograph the far side of the moon.
Written by Alan Bellows • 23 Oct 2015 • Read/Listen →
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The Petticoat Rebellion of 1916

When women in a poorly administered Oregon town hacked an election in order to repair the town's problems.
Written by Jennifer Colton • 12 Oct 2015 • Read/Listen →
Podcast:

The First Ten Years

We pause to observe the tenth anniversary of our site's founding.
Written by Alan Bellows • 10 Sep 2015 • Read/Listen →
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Up in the Air

Two families come up with an ambitious and dangerous plan to escape from authoritarian East Germany in the 1970s.
Written by Marisa Brook • 03 Aug 2015 • Read/Listen →
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