WEIRD

5 Weird 1960s Covers for Classic Novels

Perplexing jackets for 'The Great Gatsby', 'Our Mutual Friend,' and more.

How Often Should You Poop?

Relax. Just do what feels right.

Jazz Icon Charles Mingus Wrote a Manual for Toilet Training Your Cat

Poop like the coolest cats around.

SnowSwan, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

Want to Live in Antarctica? Better Schedule an Appendectomy

Don't expect emergency surgery in Villa Las Estrellas.

Denver Airport's New Ad Campaign Embraces the Conspiracy Theories It Has Inspired

Rumors of aliens and the Illuminati aren't going away anytime soon.

This is the face of a child who doesn't like what she's reading.

6 Cautionary Tales That Terrified Kids of Yesteryear

Writers used to instill good manners through strange, scary cautionary tales—and some stories were so bizarre it's a wonder the kids that read them turned out OK.

BBC's 'Slow Radio' Programming Includes the Sounds of Clocks, Cows, and Zoo Animals

Decompress with these programs.

Illustration of a katzenklavier from the satirical magazine 'Kladderadatsch' circa 1897.

The Katzenklavier: An Organ Made of Cats

Long before the wonders of keyboard cat, felines and music had a tense relationship. The two were tied by an infernal instrument—the katzenklavier, or cat organ.

The World’s Most Expensive Ice Cream Sundae Costs $60,000—and Includes a Trek Up Mt. Kilimanjaro

It's for a good cause.

The Palace of Versailles, Paris, France, early 20th century.

The Edwardian Women Who Claimed to Travel Back in Time

Was it ghosts, time travel, or a costume party gone awry?

Paris Responds to Its Public Urination Problem By Installing Open-Air Urinals

The French capital is home to some unusual new landmarks.

Earth as captured from near the lunar horizon by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2015.

The Science Behind Why the Earth Isn't Flat

Let's review why and how we've known for at least 2300 years that the Earth is round.

The Roman dodecahedron Brian Campbell found in East London

The Mysterious Bronze Objects That Have Baffled Archaeologists for Centuries

They've been discovered at Roman-era sites, but no one knows what they're for.

The Tiny "Spite Triangle" That Marks a Century-Old Grudge Against New York City

In the 1910s, the city of New York demolished the apartment building David Hess owned in order to extend a major thoroughfare. But the city didn't seize the entirety of his land—and he wasn't about to give it up lightly.