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natashafrost

I'm a former writer for Atlas Obscura and present-day fan. Find me now @natashamfrost on Twitter.

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Orificial Surgery Was a Gruesome 19th-Century Sham Medicine

Phrenology (and surgery) below the belt.

January 16, 2018

See an Entire Northern Ireland Village Knitted Out of Wool

An incredible yarn from Cloughmills, County Antrim.

January 16, 2018

France's Ongoing Quest to Crush English Loanwords

Saying "adieu" to "le smartphone."

January 15, 2018

An Amazing Fossilized Eye Reveals How an Ancient Bird Saw

Feast your eyes on this.

January 12, 2018

The Curbside Gyms That Keep Rare New Zealand Parrots Out of Trouble

What is it with teenage males and traffic cones?

January 11, 2018

The Impossible Task of Reconstructing the Rules to an Ancient Board Game

How would you figure out Monopoly with no instructions and half the pieces missing?

January 11, 2018

Enormous Lily Pads Have Returned to Paraguay

The queen of waterlilies is back.

January 10, 2018

A Vast, 430-Year-Old World Map, Full of Places and Creatures, Real and Imagined

More than 60 square feet of cartographic wonder.

January 8, 2018

The Shark That Thrives on a Flexitarian Diet

For the bonnethead shark, fish can be friends, not food.

January 8, 2018

endangered animals

The Struggle to Revitalize the World's Vulture Populations

How to save the least marketable of all birds.

January 5, 2018

How Kiddie Pools of Kimchi Bind Korean Families Together

The practice of "kimjang" is about more than fermenting napa cabbage.

January 5, 2018

Wild Boars Are Putting One of France's Smelliest Cheeses at Risk

The monsters menacing Muenster.

January 4, 2018

An Unfinished, 511-Foot Skyscraper Is Being Auctioned Off Online

The answer to the $84 million burning a hole in your pocket.

December 28, 2017

Belgium's Telegram Service Stops for Good, Stop

It's the end of a telegraphic era.

December 27, 2017

Perhaps You'd Like to Try Lemon or Raspberry Flavored Oysters

After years of testing, a French gastronaut is offering everyone's favorite happy hour mollusks in a rainbow of flavors.

December 26, 2017

the year in wonder

The Luckiest People of 2017

Wins and windfalls of all different varieties.

December 26, 2017

the year in wonder

2017 Was Full of Problems, Here Are Some That Got Solved

Athletic hijabs, cancer cures, magic glasses, and more.

December 22, 2017

In Sweden, There Is No Christmas Without Donald Duck

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.

December 22, 2017

Found: A Tiny, Terrifying Sea Monster From 500 Million Years Ago

Small, but fierce and well-armed.

December 21, 2017

Listen to the First Computer-Generated Christmas Carols, From Alan Turing's Lab

"Jingle Bells" and "Good King Wenceslas" haven't sounded like this in a long time.

December 20, 2017

The University of Chicago’s Seven-Decade-Running Jewish Food Debate

An unwinnable fight between latkes and hamantashen.

December 19, 2017

If You Had to Have a Scandal in 2017, Why Not Make It a Charming One?

The highlights of the lowlights.

December 19, 2017

The Manuscript of '120 Days of Sodom' Has Been Declared a National Treasure

A nation embraces the Marquis de Sade's controversial masterpiece.

December 18, 2017

In Indonesian Caves, a Treasure Trove of Forgotten Ancient Paintings

The images show dynamic scenes of dogs and drums.

December 15, 2017