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Derby Turds: An Artist Is Selling Kentucky Derby Winner Silver Charm's Poop for $200

Big clumps of champion horse poo have been preserved in 16-ounce Mason jars of epoxy resin. And it could be yours for the bargain price of a couple hundred dollars.

A Ring Containing a Lock of Charlotte Brontë’s Hair Found Its Way to Antiques Roadshow

It's not every day that you find a 19th-century ring worth $26,000 in your attic—especially one that contains a literary legend's hair.

25 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Recycle

According to the EPA, Americans generate 262 million tons of waste each year. Here are a few things you may have been throwing out that, with a little effort, you can actually recycle

The Palace of Diocletian in Split, Croatia

There’s a Supermarket in Croatia With UNESCO Protection

It became a World Heritage Site on a technicality, but still, how many grocery stores are housed within a Roman palace complex?

Solved: The Mystery of Why Garfield Phones Were Washing Ashore in France for 35 Years

Since the 1980s, novelty phones in the shape of the comic strip character Garfield have mysteriously been washing ashore in France. Now we know why.

Mary Bateman, the "Yorkshire Witch," with her prophetic egg

The Terrible Crimes and False Wonders of Mary Bateman, the Witch of Yorkshire

Mary was a remorseless conwoman and killer who duped many of those around her—until she finally met her match.

7 Strange Tax Code Quirks

Come tax time, millions of Americans struggle with organizing their receipts, checking deductions ... and figuring out how many of their whaling weapons count as a "charitable contribution."

Kisses and graffiti left at Oscar Wilde's tomb in Paris

10 Graveside Traditions at Famous Tombs

Whether it's leaving playing cards or bullets, or drinking a cognac toast, there are a variety of traditional ways to pay tribute at famous tombs.

This 3D-Printed Sushi is Customized For You Based on the Biological Sample You Send In

The 3D-printed sushi at Sushi Singularity will be custom-built around your biological data. To get it, the restaurant will ask you to mail a saliva, urine, or feces sample before your meal.

Art by Camp Bosworth // Photo by Roxann Grover

Texas Artist Turns Dairy Queen Menu Staples Into Wood-Carved Works of Art

You've never seen a DQ banana split, steak fingers and fries, or "Beltbuster Basket" quite like this.

25 Bizarre Items Uber Riders Have Left Behind

You'd be surprised by the number of Uber passengers who leave their pets behind—including one person forgot their fish tank (with fish and water inside).

Photography provided courtesy of Denver International Airport.

Denver International Airport Installs Talking Gargoyle as a Nod to Conspiracy Theories

Denver airport, home to disturbing art and a killer horse statue, has installed a gargoyle that interacts with guests—and it isn't helping to dispel conspiracy theories.

Up in the Air: When 'Balloon Boy' Took Flight

Ten years ago, the world was captivated by a little boy thought to be trapped in a runaway aircraft. The truth was a lot stranger.

Decorations in the Sedlec Ossuary, a small chapel beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutna Hora in the Czech Republic

7 Amazing Facts About the Sedlec Ossuary

At the "Bone Church" (a.k.a. the Sedlec Ossuary), you can see a chandelier made from almost every bone in the human body.

Cleveland’s National Weather Service Issued an Unofficial 'Small Dog Advisory’ Due to High Winds

Yes, there have actually been a few cases of little dogs being blown away in the past—but there are other reasons to take extra precautions this winter, too.

11 Bizarre Things Done in the Name of Love

Flowers and chocolate are boring. Stealing a moon rock or setting your loved one's crotch ablaze? That's love.

Benjamin Franklin, whose ghost was said to have contributed some of the instructions for the New Motive Power

When 19th-Century Spiritualists Believed a "God Machine" Would Save Humanity

John Murray Spear said the spirits told him how to create a perpetual motion machine. But things didn't go quite according to plan.

Book Your Flight: Canada’s International Hair Freezing Competition Is Here

Since 2011, guests at Takhini Hot Pools have used the freezing weather in Canada to sculpt frozen hair styles that double as works of art.

Scientists Are Tweeting About The Strangest Experiments They've Ever Done

You can't call yourself a scientist until you've put a diaper on an ostrich.

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A Rogue Otter Mascot Named Chiitan Is Terrorizing Tourists and Wreaking Havoc in Japan

Chiitan has over 900,000 Twitter followers, but not everyone's a fan.

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9 Facts About Project Blue Book, the Government's Top-Secret UFO Program

In 1969, the government shut down its infamous study into UFOs—and people have been talking about it ever since.

A Swedish Film Festival Is Screening a Sci-Fi Film from Inside Sealed Coffins

The "sarcophagus screenings" are meant to heighten the film's sense of claustrophobia.

8 Explorers Who Mysteriously Disappeared (and Some Who’ve Been Found)

Explorers often push the boundaries of survival in the name of glory, so it’s no great surprise that many have gone missing.

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Remembering Boston's Great Molasses Flood of 1919

On January 15, 1919, Boston suffered one of history’s strangest disasters when the “Great Molasses Flood” tore through the city's North End and deposited so much gooey residue that locals claimed they could still smell the molasses on warm days decades la

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