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The Spookiest, Weirdest Magazine Stories Ever Published
Computer Memory Has Weight physics
A Casting Director for Police LIneups
SNL: The Embarrassing Uncle of American Comedy
Remixing Obama's Words into a Creation Myth
Fruit Flies Come Out of Your Fruit
What's the Lifespan of a Web Link? Less than 3 Hours
A Beautiful Color Wheel Showcasing Animated Hits
Airbnb: Rent Your Apartment Out When You Want
Want to Be a Model? Work Hard, Earn Little, Retire at 26
With $600,000 You Can Buy Your Own Submarine
One Sperm Donor, 150 Offspring
Mauritius: The Greatest Country on Earth?
What You Never Knew about Jeopardy!
What Content Farms Tell Us about Our Interests content farms
What Wikipedia Looks Like Printed Out Wikipedia
How Do You Quantify a Country's Liberty?
Yugoslavia Still Has a Crown Prince Yugoslavia
What is Grief Really Like? grief
Lost 5 Years, a Colorado Cat is Found in New York City New York City
Wikileaks Goes on eBay to Raise Cash
Instant Watcher Tells You What's New at Netflix and Hulu websites
Rhino Horns Hot Theft Item in Europe trends
The Changing Face of the Burning Man Festival Burning Man
Seeking Space, Well-to-Do Londoners Dig Underground London
The Rise of the Tiny-House Movement trends
Should Dogs Be Used in Court to Soothe Victiims? the law
Alec Baldwin to Run for NYC Mayor? celebrities
Fining Citizens for Miles Driven
What Digital Maps Can Tell Us about the United States maps
Twitter as Police Scanner Twitter
Help Wanted: Jobless Need Not Apply The US
Utah Liquor Laws: As Mixed Up as Some Drinks Utah
Stressed and Depressed, Koreans Avoid Therapy South Korea
Music Site Lets Users Play DJ to Virtual Crowds websites
Loss of Memory is Prevalent in the American South The USA
Movie Theater in Texas Throws You Out If You Text Texas
Chemical Suicides Becoming More Popular in the US suicide
With 1.2 Billion People, India Seeks a New Hangman India
Grubwithus: Meet Strangers for Dinner websites
An Algorithm for Displaying the Names at Ground Zero math
Infographic: What Does Your State Do Well? maps
The British Parakeet Boom mysteries
An American Map of UFO Sightings maps
Crosswalk Lights in NYC to Show Skulls and Bones New York City
Prom for Adults prom
Ownership of TV Sets Falls in US trends
A Generation's Vanity, Heard through Lyrics music
Visualizing the World's Facebook Friendship maps
No More Work for Astronauts. What Should They Do? space
Why Projectionists Will Soon Be No More film
Infographic: Why Breakups Happen relationships
Argument: Parents Like Parenting for Oxytocin Rush parenting
A Lawsuit's Question: Who is a Man? the law
A Dating Website to Find People Who Look Like You websites
With the High Cost of Cigarettes, the Rise of the Loosie trends
Infographic: Facebook Break-ups relationships
Alien Sex, Salad Dressing, Etc. Explained with Flow Charts flowcharts
How Twitter is Making Handwriting Cool Twitter
Map: Government Corruption around the World government
Karl Rove's Wikicountability politics
The Odd Challenge for Detroit City Planners Detroit
5 Mind-Blowing Coincidences coincidences
5 Simple Things You Won't Believe are Recent Inventions inventions
Captchas on a Deciphering Mission the Internet
Porn Stars with Clothes Big in Indonesia pornography
In a Brazilian Town, a Boom in Twins genetics
The Sheer Randomness of Your Existence Dick Cavett
Mike Tyson's Pigeons celebrities
The Many Ways to Donate Your Body to Science alcohol
What Booze Looks Like Under the Microscope alcohol
Infographic: How You Can Get Hurt at Burning Man festivals
Poker Bots Invade Online Gambling gambling
Quake Alters Earth's Spin Japan
Infographic: The World's Best Countries maps
Japan's Strict Building Codes Saved Lives Japan
David Lynch Introduces Web Store directors
Police Departments Turn to Volunteers the police
Looking for Answers about the Leather Man history
Insurance Doesn't Pay for Talk, So Meds Given Instead psychiatry
Another Recession Job Loss: The Mayor Rhode Island
Lily Dale: The Town that Talks to the Dead The US
Build Your Own Kaleidoscope Online art
When a Kilogram is Not a Kilogram measurement
Different is the Norm on these Dating Sites dating
In the Glee Era, Youth Choruses Flourish Glee
Leprosy, Plague, and Other Visitors to New York diseases
The New California Gold Rush trends
How Being Insecure May Help You at Dating dating
The Thing in Sweden: Changing Your Name Sweden
Low-Power FM Radio to Gain Space on the Dial radio, trends
Birds that Feather their Nests with Plastic animals
Once Popular, Car Pools Go the Way of Hitchhiking trends
In Estonia, a Statue Honoring Sean Connery celebrities
Guess How Many Americans Can't Swim Americans
Vert Called it Ghostmaps. They Call it Sepiatown websites
Freaky Sleep Paralysis: Being Awake in Your Nightmares science
Is Law School a Losing Game? careers
In Romania, a Tax on Witches Europe
Making a Living from Your Hobbies careers
Proctor & Gamble Wants to Help Men's Sex Lives sex
Zodiac Signs May Shift with Wobbling Earth astrology
inventionsSoon...Anthropology May No Longer Be a Science anthropology
Sports Training for Babies and Toddlers children
Jumo: A Social Networking Site Focused on Charities charities
Much of What Investment Bankers Do is Socially Worthless banking
Relics of Film and Paper Continue to Fascinate film, nostalgia
What We Know about Procrastination [procrastination]
Doctrine Man: A Cartoon Hero for the Military the military
trends, the Internet film For Sale, a $160,000 Apple Computer Apple
Finding a Bed among Central Park's Trees [New York City]
Where Happy Meals Must Be Healthy [San Francisco]
Bringing Back the Bulgarian House of Humor & Satire [Bulgaria]
Soaring above India's Poverty, a 27-Story Home [India]
The New Gangs of New York [New York City]
Clarence Thomas's Wife Asks Anita Hill for Apology [Clarence Thomas]
Flash Drives as Collectibles [flash drives]
Ex-Dean Accused of Using Students as Servants [colleges]
A Thai Region Where Husbands are Imported [Thailand
5 Ridiculous Gun Myths We Believe Because of Movies [guns, film]
The New Mongolian Stock Exchange [Mongolia]
The Stink Bug is the New Bed Bug [insects]
Secret of AA: We Still Don't Know How It Works [AA]
How Americans Spend their Days [infographics]
The Placebo Journal and the Physician-Provocateur [TV]
Afghan Boys are Prized; Girls Trained to Act Like Them [Afghanistan]
The 3,000-Mile Oil Change is a Thing of the Past [cars]
Perhaps Germans Can Take Long Bus Trips Once Again [Germany]
Consumer Reports is Rating Surgical Groups [Consumer Reports]
9 Years After 9/11, Public Safety Radio Not Ready [September 11th]
Stephen Ambrose's Fake Eisenhower Interviews [Eisenhower]
Gym Mixes Vodka with Fitness [gyms]
'Straddling Bus' Offered as a Traffic Fix in China [China]
Billy the Kid Up for a Pardon Again [The Wild West]
The Pirates are Puppets, but They Say the Treasure is Real [New York City]
A Barbie with a Camera Inside [Barbie]
San Francisco Police to Use Civilians to Investigate Crimes [San Francisco]
The Delicate Dance of Online Bragging [social networking]
The New Dating Tools: A Card and a Wink [dating]
Paying Damages for Mean Reviews on Amazon [Amazon]
Policing the Internet's Lurid Precincts [The Internet]
Losing Weight Just by Riding the Subway [New York City, subways]
A Court Rules in Favor of Lying [the law, dishonesty, Colorado]
One Bride for Two Brothers: A Custom Fades in India [India]
Remaking the Image of 'Son of Sam' [history]
Y.M.C.A. is Downsizing to a Single Letter [The Y.M.C.A.]
Roman Polanski is Free [Roman Polanski]
Use Clicker.com to Find Your Show [websites]
Their Money Wasn't in the Bank; It was in a Candwich [scams]
Need a Job? Musicians Needed at the N.Y. Philharmonic [classical music]
X-Ray Pin-Up Calendar [sex, art]
France Makes 'Psychological Violence' a Crime [France, the law]
At German Airports, Bees Help Monitor Air Quality [Germany, bees]
Yes, People Still Read, But Now It's...Social [e-readers]
Abramoff Working at a Pizza Place in Baltimore [Jack Abramoff]
M&Ms with Pretzels Inside [advertising, candy, products]
97.5% of Adult Population of Scotland Extremely Unhealthy [Scotland]
From Gatsby to The Bachelor: The American Real Phony [Americans]
For $377, Get Tips on Dating Women and Practice [dating]
The British Museum Enlists in the Wikipedia Revolution [Wikipedia]
Why Repairmen are Justified to Charge You So Much [money]
David Lynch's Interview Project [David Lynch]
Coffee Does Not Make the Brain More Alert [coffee]
The Concorde May Fly Again [The Concorde]
Venting Online, Consumers Can Find Themselves in Court [the law]
Patients Meeting Online, Scientists Mining Data [social networking]
The Web Shatters Focus...Rewires Brains [the Internet] [psychology]
Map: Track the Gulf Oil Spill from Day 1 to Today [maps]
When Passengers Spit, NYC Bus Drivers Take Months Off [New York City]
Through Soldiers' Eyes: The First 'You Tube War' [technology]
The Duchess of York Stung in Influence-Peddling Video [The Royal Family] [Hawaii, the environment]
Infographic: The Facts about Bottled Water [water, infographics]
Mathematicians Solve 140-Year-Old Boltzmann Equation [math]
In Search of Adorable..Hello Kitty Gets Closer to Goodbye [Hello Kitty]
'Sweepstakes' Cafes Thrive, Despite Police Misgivings [gambling]
Infographic: The Evolution of Privacy on Facebook [Facebook]
Gum that Changes Flavors as You Chew [products, gum]
This Man Had No First or Last Name from Birth to Age 19 [names]
The Tell-All Generation Learning to Self-Censor [The Internet]
People and Poodles, Contributing to Oil Cleanup [the BP oil spill]
Teenage Insults, Scrawled on Web, Not on Walls [social networking]
More American Expats Give Up Citizenship [expat life]
Infographics: People Who Drink [alcohol, infographics]
What You Can't Learn Collecting Esoteric Books [books]
A Popular Export: The $100 Bill [currency]
Boy Scouts Add a New Digital Badge [The Boy Scouts]
Silly Bandz, the Craze [toys, products]
Surprising Gov't Requests for Google to Block Content [Google]
Rio Landmark is Defaced [Rio de Janeiro]
A Painful Truth about Adoption [adoption]
Suicide Inquiry Prompts Google to Offer Hotline [Google]
The Ad Wall in Chinatown [New York City]
Various Cool Infographics from NPR [infographics]
Heavy: One Last Homeless Holdout in Times Square [poverty, NYC]
Infographic: The Truth about Online Dating [dating, infographics]
Haiti's Founding Document Found in London [Haiti]
When Failing to Tweet in Time Can Send You to Jail [Justin Bieber, Twitter]
Regular Joes Swoon over Messages from Steve Jobs [Steve Jobs]
Maryland Trying to Secede from the South [Maryland]
Killer of Malcolm X is Granted Parole [Malcolm X, history]
A Supersonic Jump from 23 Miles in the Air [sky-diving]
The Pokéwalker: A Pokémon Podometer Video Game [Pokemon]
For India's Nouveau Riche Farmers, Limos Won't Do [India]
Visualizing the Internet [The Internet]
Infographic: The Best Jobs in America [jobs]
The Word Negro is Still Used on US Census Forms [controversies]
The Darth Vader Toaster [Star Wars]
How to Understand Late-Period Steve Martin [Steve Martin]
The Letterhead of Hitler, Scientology, and Many More [letters]
The Euphemism Generator [euphemisms]
Israel Begins Selling Itself in a Positive Way [Israel]
Keep Calm and Never Mind, Britain Says in its X-Files [the United Kingdom]
Meetup.com: Meet People to Do What You Like [websites]
The Atlas of the Real World [maps]
[colors]Economy Diminishing the Broadway Spectacle [Broadway, the economy]
A Former Child Pornography Victim Seeks Restitution [child pornography, lawsuits]
In the Philippines, Singing ‘My Way’ Can Get You Killed [The Philippines, karaoke]
Alcohol Freely Available in Iraq (For Now) [Iraq]
Some Tips for Internet Dating -- Backed By Statistics [dating]
15 Things You May Have Never
Noticed about Your Dollar
Chat
with an Anonymous Stranger Now
Our Irrational Fear of Baby Abductions [parenting]
The Best Customized Typography of 2009 [typography]
Man Given Grant to Write
Random Poems on Sheep
Experiment of Watching Pigs Die in Snow Suspended [Austria]
Israel Raids Polygamist Compound: Man Has 17 Wives [Israel]
Boy, 8, Has Been on TSA Terror Watch List Since He was 2 [travel, the TSA]
Examining Anomalies in Netflix Rental Queues by Zipcode [Netflix]
100 (Funny & Odd) Things We Didn't Know Last Year [trivia]
Design the Next NYC Condom Wrapper [NYC, condoms]
If in Mexico, Wear Red Underwear for Love, Yellow for $ [Mexico]
The Beer Caves of NYC [beer, discoveries]
A Recovered Stash of 18th Century Porn [art, porn]
Sweden's Xmas Tradition of Watching Donald Duck [Sweden]
The Subway Yearbook [New York City]
Most Popular DIY Projects of 2009 [DIY, innovation]
Holiday of White Conquest Persists in South Africa [South Africa]
The First 'Developed' South American Nation? Maybe Chile [Chile]
Tiny Abkhazia is Recognized by Tinier Nauru [politics]
The Best Ideas of 2009 [innovation]
'Sesame Street' Goes to Nigeria [Nigeria]
Some Judges and Lawyers Cannot Be Facebook Friends [Facebook]
Poor Children More Likely to Get Antipsychotics [poverty]
French Hotel Lets Guests Live Like Hamsters [France]
The Israeli Snake Massage [spas, Israel]
Nightingale Bird Dropping Facials at Shizuka NY Day Spa [excrement, spas]
Choosing Not to Choose: an Experiment [choices]
California as an Island and Other Cartographic Oddities [maps, cartography]
Own a Piece of NYC's Subway [NYC, products]
The Hidden Meanings in Popular Logos [logos, design]
The Place to Go if You Like Weird Lists [AV Club, lists]
25 Brave Thinkers from 2009 [innovation]
What's the Best Way for a Vampire to Feed? [vampires]
Galileo's Body Parts to Be on Display [museums, Italy]
Millions of New Yorkers Putting Optimism into their Pockets [New York City]
Go Inside Your Favorite Social Media Companies [business, Facebook]
Circular Hakka Houses Create Self-Sustaining Communities [Fiji, architecture]
The Hype around Augmented Reality [toys, Avatar]
US Soldiers Praised...German Soldiers, Snubbed [Germany]
'Found Verse' on Craig's List Expresses Pangs of Lost Loves [poetry, Craig's List]
Pick-Up Artist Courses & Online Dating Boom in Recession [recessions, dating]
German Law vs. Wikipedia Philosophy: 2 Killers Sue [Wikipedia, Germany]
Voyeurism as Hobby [voyeurism, NYC]
77 of the 100 Youths Jailed for Life are in Florida's Prisons [prisons, Florida]
The Financial Ramifications of when a Doctor Says 'Sorry' [medicine, doctors]
Apartments for Women Only Still Exist in Manhattan [women, NYC]
The Career that Pays Well with Little Work: Nude Modeling [careers, modeling]
Qat Dries Out Yemen [qat, Yemen]
The Strange Hobby of Graving [graving, death]
In Legal Terms, Sex is a Complicated Thing to Define [intersexuality, the law]
Blackmail is Dirty Business, But Should it Be a Crime? [blackmail]
Why are the French So Prone to Suicide? [France, suicide]
Contest: Can a Great Story Give Real Value to a Trinket? [contents, questions]
Why Do So Many Greenlanders Kill Themselves? [Greenland, suicide, questions]
The Disappearing Dentist [trends, dentists]
David Letterman Admits to Affairs with Staff Members [David Letterman, celebrities]
Empire State Building Lights Up to Honor China..,Draws Ire [New York City, China, the Empire State Building]
Beautiful People Dot Com: Only the Gorgeous May Enter [beauty, Web 2.0, social networking, websites]
The Federation of Black Cowboys [African Americans, cowboys, New York]
Universal Lifts the Veil on a Harry Potter Park [Harry Potter, Universal Studios, amusement parks]
Elton John Too Old to Adopt in Ukraine [Elton John, celebrities, adoption, Ukraine]
Deadliest Day for Suicides: Wednesday [suicide, Wednesdays, statistics]
Albania, the Muslim World's Most Pro-American State [Albania, Muslims, Islam]
NYC Gives Homeless a One-Way Ticket to Leave City [New York City, the homeless]
Germany's "Tatort" Detective Show, ~40 Years of Sleuthing [Germany, TV shows, Tatort]
Kentucky Could Be the Saddest State [demographics, Kentucky, the States]
A $750,000 Research Proposal to Study . . . Irony [research, irony]
A Quest for a Math Museum in Manhattan [Math, museums, New York City]
Using Corpses for Greenery May Be a Step Too Far [corpses]
Unearthed Villa is Said to Be Roman Emperor's [Italy, archaeology, the ancient world]
Homeless in Poland Building Boat to Sail Around the World [the homeless, Poland]
Texas Looks Set to Become a Democratic State [politics, Texas]
A Look at Who Naps [demographics, sleep, science]
Improve Yourself: Urban Escape and Evade [classes, survival]
Home Burials More Common as Recession Continues [death, burial options, recessions, trends]
Why Not? A Neverland in China [China, Neverland, Michael Jackson, ideas]
Atlas Obscura: The World's Wonders, Curiosities . . . [websites, guides]
Kasem's Last Countdown [Casey Kasem, radio, history]
Ukrainians Hope to Rename Village for Jackson [Ukranians, Michael Jackson]
A Craze of Taking Care of Chickens in Cities [chicken, trends]
The Cute Cat Theory of Internet Censorship [the Internet, theories]
Greenland Frees Itself from Danish Rule [Greenland]
2011: Africa Will Add a New Country ... Rife with Problems [Africa]
The Return of the Speakeasy . . . at Least in Spirit [speakeasies, bars, trends]
Political Action Via Movie Boycott [trends]
Tired of Old Web Friends? A New Site Promises Strangers [websites]
A Cheap, Fast, and Possibly Deadly Route to Beauty [beauty, trends, health]
The Rise of Cowboy Poetry [trends, poetry]
Debating Whether Murderers Should Get into Med School [crime, medical school]
A Beginner's Geekery Guide to French Auteurs, Anime, Etc. [guides, geeks, French auteurs, anime]
Many Icelanders Believe in Elves [Iceland, elves, beliefs]
Many Cultures Use Sex with One's Mother as Supreme Insult [culture]
Short of Dentists, Maine Adds Teeth to Doctors' Training [trends, health, Maine]
Cannibals Claim Japanese Taste Best; Whites are Salty [cannibalism]
Geronimo's Heirs Sue Yale Secret Society [Geronimo, Yale]
Claim: What You Put on Facebook Stays When You Leave [Facebook]
Do We Need a New Internet? [the Internet, questions]
Stillbirths: Using Photography to Cope with Grief [stillbirths, grief]
Val Kilmer Considers Running for Governor of New Mexico [Val Kilmer, politics, celebrities]
"Paleofantasies" of a Cleaner, Gentler World [beliefs]
Man Gets $240,000 in Settlement over T-Shirt [lawsuits]
The Leap Second [leap seconds, time]
Wild Brazilians Creating Havoc in Insular Japan [Japan, Brazilians]
Water Witches Find Water with Y-Shaped Stick [water witches]
A Slick DNA Saliva Party [saliva parties, events]
Building a Medieval Home, Brick by Brick [medieval times]
Experience Antiquity at Future Roman Amusement Park [amusement parks]
1069 and Other Names So Weird that Judges Forbade Them [the law, names, children]
Powered by Youtube: Lockpicking As a Hobby [hobbies, YouTube, lockpicking]
New Aerobic Trend in China: Erotic Pole Dancing [China, pole dancing, trends]
Why Stop Signs and Speed Limits Endanger Americans [theories, safety]
A Guide to Famous Shadowy Organizations [organizations, guides]
Why Public Toilets Should Pay You [theories, toilets]
To Slow Speeders, Philadelphia Tries Make-Believe [Philadelphia, the law]
Why 2 Men Climbed Skyscrapers [pranks]
How to Win the New Yorker's Caption Contest [how to, the New Yorker, contests]
Queens Lacks Sewers
[Queens,
New York City,
sewers]
Why Rio Has Many More Women
Than Men
[Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil,
demographics]
Egypt Planning Pyramid Copyright [Egypt, copyrights]
Girls Gone Wild's Creator Trying to Get Out of Jail [Girls Gone Wild, crime]
A Firefighter's Theorem [math]
Oops. . .Watson's Got Some African Genes [Watson]
A Project to Record Everything in Life [Microsoft]
The Growth of X-Phi [philosophy, trends]
No Federal Oversight of Theme Parks [amusement parks, the law, government]
NYC Manhole Covers: Forged Barefoot in India [New York City, India]
"Restaurant of the Future" Monitors You for Science [the Netherlands, restaurants, science]
Working as a Gumologist [gumology, careers]
Child Matadors in Spain (NYT) [Spain, matadors, child labor]
Japanese "Melody Roads" Play As You Drive [Japan]
A Little Town in Argentina with a Lot of Albinos [albinos, Argentina]
The Status of the Internet in Africa [Africa, the Internet]
When Silly-String Becomes Serious [weapons, silly-string, the Army, the military]
The Search for the Ultimate Snoring Remedy [snoring, health]
Creating a Subsistence Farm in Brooklyn [Brooklyn, subsistence farming, the environment, New York City]
The Intricacies of the Eiffel Tower's Elevator [the Eiffel Tower, architecture]
Couple tried to name baby "@" [names, babies, China]
Comedy Site for 20-Something Arabs [comedy, websites, Arabic people]
The Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School [education, Christmas, Santa Claus]
Voyage to the Top of the Trees [trees]
The Secret World of Commuting [commuting]
The American Memory Project
[the American Memory Project,
history]
Restaurant Ambiance -- How They Do It
[restaurants,
ambiance]
Look at Me -- Collection of Found Photos
[websites,
nostalgia,
photography]
Recruiting Hunters to Drive Up State Revenue [employment, hunting, government]