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Sarah Laskow

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What Is This Mysterious Object That Washed Up on a New Zealand Beach?

Probably just very impressive driftwood!

December 12, 2016

When Mother Teresa Met With New York's Mayor to Lobby for a Parking Permit

Parking in New York City is so opaque, understanding how it works is like unlocking a secret code.

December 9, 2016

Found: A Spray-Painted Electric Blue Tortoise

He was scrubbed clean and left with only a "slight blue hue."

December 9, 2016

Found: A One-of-a-Kind Dinosaur Tail Preserved in Amber, With Its Feathers

It is “an astonishing fossil," says the paleontologist who found it.

December 8, 2016

Two People Found a Brand New Island And Claimed It As Their Own

But "Rosmic Island" may already have a name.

December 8, 2016

Earth's 'Rarest Geological Sample' Could Tell the Future of Greenland's Ice Sheet

A new study shows that the ice sheet could be much less stable than we should hope.

December 7, 2016

Thousands of Unlucky Geese Landed in the Toxic Berkeley Pit And Are Now Dead

A snowstorm drove 10,000 geese to their doom.

December 7, 2016

Found: A Roman Tombstone Buried in the New York City Suburbs

Dated 54 A.D., it belonged to a tax collector.

December 7, 2016

The Famous Actress Who Loved Playing a Rooster

Maude Adams was known for being Peter Pan, but her favorite role was that of a preening French rooster.

December 6, 2016

Found: Two Gold Coins From 1947, Dropped in a Salvation Army Bucket

Each one is worth $1,400.

December 6, 2016

Growing Up in a Library Is Exactly As Magical As You'd Imagine

Ronald Clark and his daughter spent years living in one of New York City's branch libraries.

December 5, 2016

Found: A River Humans Started Polluting 7,000 Years Ago

Playing with metal and fire led to unusual concentrations of copper on a streambank.

December 5, 2016

Found: A Turtle That’s Basically a Dinosaur, Stuck in a Drain Pipe

An alligator snapping turtle got himself into a predicament.

December 2, 2016

The Haunting Street Art Adorning Havana’s Oldest Buildings

Artist Yulier Rodriguez is filling Cuba's capital with melancholic alien creatures.

December 2, 2016

Found: Ancient Elephant Fossils Hidden Beneath L.A.'s New Subway

The city is full of fossils.

December 1, 2016

Found: A 2,000-Year-Old Cemetery Full of Pet Cats

At least 86 were buried here.

November 30, 2016

Here Are the Real Boundaries of American Metropolises, Decided by an Algorithm

How is the U.S. actually split geographically?

November 30, 2016

Found: A Bucket of Gold on the Streets of Manhattan

Never leave gold unattended.

November 30, 2016

There Are Hundreds of Secret Underground WWII Bases Hidden in British Forests

Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.

November 30, 2016

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Found: Secret Sliding Doors Hidden in a Church’s Walls

A renovation revealed the pulley system meant to move them.

November 29, 2016

Found: An Intricate 17th-Century Map, Stuffed Into a Chimney

It was in terrible shape.

November 28, 2016

New York City's History of Resistance, in One Riotous Map

New Yorkers rebelled dozens of times between 1712 and 2013.

November 28, 2016

Read the Original Pitch for Thanksgiving, From the Editress Who Created the Holiday

Sarah Josepha Hale imagined a day of Christian celebration.

November 23, 2016

Found: Very Old Peacock Graffiti Left Behind by Religious Pilgrims

Peacocks represented eternal life to early Christians.

November 23, 2016