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Watch 100 Years of Halloween Costumes Captured in 3 Minutes

See how the fashion of Halloween has changed over the years.

Newly Discovered Photo of Billy the Kid Could Fetch $5 Million

The historic photo cost Randy Guijarro $2 at a thrift store in California.

Ermahgerd! The Girl Behind The Meme Opens Up About Internet Fame

Maggie Goldenberger, now in her mid-20s, tells Vanity Fair the photo that made her famous was taken as a joke.

HA! Designs - Artbyheather, Flickr// CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

When the U.S. Government Paid Spies With Sears Products

For a short stint in the 1960s, the C.I.A. paid Vietnamese spies with goods from the famous mail-order catalog.

Japan Now Has a My Little Pony Cafe

Lovers of colorful ponies and friendship rejoice!

Pockets of the Brain Can Fall Asleep During the Day

Researchers think they know why people zone out.

10 Vital Cultural Sites That Might Vanish

Weather, water, and basic human neglect is threatening to wipe these sites off the map.

Charles "Black Bart" Bowles // Howcheng via Wikimedia Commons

5 Habits of Highly Effective Outlaws

Guns? Check. Masks? Check. Poetry book? If you're going to rob a stagecoach, here's how to do it with flair.

A Bathing Suit That Cleans the Ocean as You Swim

It's made out of sugar.

The Original Names of 10 U.S. Landmarks

Chimney Rock's former moniker: "Elk Penis."

If You Drove a Car at Light Speed, Would the Headlights Work?

Good luck even flicking on those high beams.

A Biscuit From the Titanic Is Going Up For Auction

The Spillers and Baker biscuit is expected to sell for $15,000.

Quantum Teleportation Just Got Even Faster

This Chicken is Tweeting for an Australian Barbecue Company

Whether she realizes it or not, this chicken named Betty is on her way to setting a world record for tweeting.

Tom Harris © Hedrich Blessing, Courtesy of Rebuild Foundation

Artist Buys Run-Down Bank for $1, Transforms It Into Arts Center

This crumbling bank was destined to be torn down, but one artist had other plans.

How Foley Artists Make Horror Movie Sound Effects

Foley artist Gary Hecker explains how to make spooky sound effects with everything from creaky furniture to celery.

10 Heart-Warming Hot Springs to Get You Through Winter

Don't pack those bathing suits away just yet.

Watch a Levitating Drop of Water Turn Into a Star

The research could one day help keep coal miners’ lungs clean.

Own Part of This Brooklyn Restaurant If You Finish Their 30-Pound Burrito

A 10 percent stake in Park Slope-based taqueria Don Chignon can be yours—if you have the stomach for it.

Five Years via Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

The Town Built On Asbestos (Population: 3)

Wittenoom has no electricity, or running water, and was stricken from Australian maps back in 2007. So why do three holdouts still call the contaminated land home?

20 Haunted Hotels You Can Stay In

Lost spirits and friendly ghosts allegedly haunt these hotels.

New App is Crowdsourcing Weather Reporting

The app puts weather reporting into your hands.

A Museum Small Enough to Fit on Your Desk

Stegosaurus bone, mammoth meat, and the Berlin Wall: Keep an entire museum right on your desk.

How Taco Emoji—and Hittite Hieroglyphs—Get to Your Screen

Remember when there was all that internet racket about the taco emoji? The trending hashtag, the t-shirts, the campaigns—it was a global initiative, and it worked. And we were happy, for awhile ... at least until we realized that there was no eyeroll emoj

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