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How Personal Ads Helped Conquer the American West

That tradition of finding partners in the face of social isolation persists today.

The Rise and Fall of Britain's Biggest Pram Collection

One devoted Englishman accumulated hundreds of historic baby carriages.

February 8, 2021

How Competitive Walking Captivated Georgian Britain

In 1815, thousands of people came to watch George Wilson, the "Blackheath Pedestrian," walk 1,000 miles.

The Practicalities of Transporting a 400-Year-Old Heart

How the traveling body parts of saints get through customs.

The Shy Edwardian Filmmaker Who Showed Nature's Secrets to the World

F. Percy Smith made flies dance, ants battle, and flowers bloom.

February 21, 2017

How Cab Drivers Changed the London Landscape

Why are there little green huts all over London? To keep cabbies from being wet or drunk.

January 6, 2017

How One Man Used a Deck of Cards to Make Parapsychology a Science

Dr. Joseph Rhine believed that psychic powers could be studied—and that he had the tools to do it.

December 27, 2016

The Controversial Device That Might Make You Feel the Presence of a Higher Power

The "God Helmet" has its detractors as well as fans.

November 7, 2016

The Incredible Chevalier d'Eon, Who Left France as a Male Spy and Returned as a Christian Woman

Celebrity, scandal, tell-all books, palace intrigue, political protest and more.

The Mysterious Origins of a Food That's Always Been Funny: The Sausage

Across civilizations and cultures, encased meat has been a human staple.

London's Real Estate Is So Nuts that Businesses Are Opening in Public Toilets

Why bars in former toilets should be a call to arms in the battle for public loos.

How Novels Came to Be Written in the Voice of Coins, Stuffed Animals and Other Random Objects

Why a niche 18th century literary genre still has meaning today.

The Epic Century-Long English Battle to Rid Itself of American Squirrels

The American Revolution looks easy compared to the problem of grey squirrels.

Why is Shakespeare Still So Popular? For the Same Reason Tolstoy Hated Him

The fact that the Bard's work is so open to interpretation means it can endure.

Inside Laredo, the Secret, Members-Only Wild West Town in England

Its founders have spent weekends re-enacting American frontier life for over 30 years.

The World Championship That Takes Place in a British Pub's Parking Lot

The very English tradition of the British and World Marbles Championships.

The True Story of Roland the Farter, and How the Internet Killed Professional Flatulence

November 9, 2022