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Sarah Laskow

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The Father of Modern French Cuisine Wrote a Very Misguided Thanksgiving Cookbook

Auguste Escoffier really didn't get Thanksgiving.

November 22, 2016

Found: Centuries-Old Dentures Made From Real Teeth

They were worn by someone very rich.

November 22, 2016

Found: A 7,300-Year-Old Fingerprint Left on a Shard of Clay

It's one of the oldest human fingerprints ever discovered.

November 21, 2016

Found, Possibly: Hidden Tunnels That Were Escape Routes From Gay Bars in San Francisco

No one has actually seen them, though.

November 18, 2016

Why Did Ancient Italians Bury Thousands of Clay Body Parts?

Feet, hands, eyes, ears, arms, legs, uteri, heads...thousands upon thousands of body parts.

November 18, 2016

No One Seems to Know Why This Plane Kept Circling Denver

Officials couldn't say.

November 17, 2016

Found: A Canal So Thick With Dead Fish 'You Could've Walked Across It'

These unfortunate fish met their end.

November 16, 2016

Found: Two Moose Frozen Together in a Final Battle

They died fighting.

November 15, 2016

How to Decode the Hidden Secrets of Havana's Streets

Hand signals, street signs, color-coded uniforms, and more.

November 15, 2016

Protect Your Library the Medieval Way, With Horrifying Book Curses

Medieval scribes protected their work by threatening death—or worse.

November 9, 2016

Why Don't They Make Alarms Like This Anymore?

They are pretty cool-looking.

November 8, 2016

A Short History of the Awkward Concession Phone Call

The first such call occurred in 1968.

November 8, 2016

Manic Panic Isn't Just a Hair Dye Brand: It Was the First Punk Store in America

Tish and Snooky Bellomo have always been cool.

November 4, 2016

You Can Buy Your Very Own Florida Voting Machine From the 2000 Election

There are a surprising number available on eBay.

November 3, 2016

32 Things We Are Not Panicking About

But totally could be.

November 3, 2016

In Deadwood, Men Wore Fake Five Dollar Coins on Their Wrists to Show Off

Gold-plated nickels were all the rage.

November 2, 2016

The Forgotten Halloween Games That Predict Who You'll Marry—And When You'll Die

How to use produce to divine the future, on one night only.

October 28, 2016

Found: The Original Walls of the Cave Where Jesus Was Buried

The walls, enclosed in a marble structure, were thought to have fallen long ago.

October 28, 2016

What in the World Are These Bats Doing?

NSFW, if you are a bat.

October 24, 2016

Stolen Artifacts! Drunk Teens! And More True Tales of Florida's First State Archaeologist

Vernon Lamme was not your average archaeologist.

October 19, 2016

Let's Choose a New Name for 'Indian Summer'

There are many excellent options.

October 18, 2016

London Is Still Paying Rent to the Queen on a Property Leased in 1211

In a small annual ceremony the city hands over an axe, a knife, 6 horseshoes, and 61 nails.

October 17, 2016

Scientists Are Growing New Hearts in the Shells of Old Ones

How to regenerate an organ with new cells.

October 14, 2016

The Hidden Signs of Kobe's Post-Earthquake Resurrection

Rebuilt after a devastating earthquake, this Japanese city was given tools to survive the next one.

October 13, 2016