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31.
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All U.S. National Parks Are Free to Enter on Sunday
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184 comments
8 years ago
chablent
278 points
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Appalachian Apple hunter who rescued 1k ‘lost’ varieties (2021)
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87 comments
3 years ago
mooreds
277 points
33.
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The humble brilliance of Italy's moka coffee pot (2018)
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252 comments
2 years ago
BerislavLopac
272 points
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Japan's Rail Workers Pointing at Things (2017)
atlasobscura.com
107 comments
7 years ago
ColinWright
272 points
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A Database of Historical Cookbooks
atlasobscura.com
63 comments
6 years ago
sohkamyung
272 points
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For centuries, English bakers’ biggest customers were horses
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120 comments
4 years ago
pepys
271 points
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Why Japan’s rail workers point at things (2017)
atlasobscura.com
87 comments
6 years ago
retSava
271 points
38.
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For 40 Years, Crashing Trains Was One of America’s Favorite Pastimes
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140 comments
7 years ago
stevekemp
267 points
39.
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The Dirty Secret of ‘Secret Family Recipes’
atlasobscura.com
160 comments
8 years ago
lxm
262 points
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Why Do We Sleep Under Blankets, Even on the Hottest Nights? (2017)
atlasobscura.com
187 comments
8 years ago
DoreenMichele
259 points
41.
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A ship that flips 90 degrees for precise scientific measurements
atlasobscura.com
75 comments
9 years ago
sohkamyung
257 points
42.
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The Max Headroom TV Hack
atlasobscura.com
81 comments
11 years ago
blondeoracle
255 points
43.
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The Forgotten 'China Girls' Hidden at the Beginning of Old Films
atlasobscura.com
51 comments
9 years ago
prismatic
255 points
44.
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Famous Photo of Chernobyl's Most Radioactive Material Was a Selfie
atlasobscura.com
100 comments
10 years ago
hberg
252 points
45.
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One man's quest to restore the first-ever Air Force One
atlasobscura.com
68 comments
2 years ago
rmason
252 points
46.
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Teach yourself to echolocate (2018)
atlasobscura.com
75 comments
2 years ago
Anon84
247 points
47.
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Soviet-Era Industrial Design
atlasobscura.com
129 comments
8 years ago
how-about-this
245 points
48.
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The Public Shaming of England’s First Umbrella User
atlasobscura.com
150 comments
10 years ago
coloneltcb
244 points
49.
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Soviet children’s books became collectors’ items in India
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102 comments
5 years ago
Thevet
244 points
50.
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‘Perpetual broths’ that simmer for decades
atlasobscura.com
173 comments
4 years ago
drdee
241 points
51.
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When India Kicked Out Coca-Cola, Local Sodas Thrived
atlasobscura.com
210 comments
7 years ago
samdung
237 points
52.
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Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning wick (2016)
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185 comments
5 years ago
leohonexus
235 points
53.
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A Small London Company That Makes Beautiful Globes
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46 comments
10 years ago
prismatic
232 points
54.
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An Ikea Bowl Has Been Setting Things on Fire
atlasobscura.com
127 comments
9 years ago
tomcam
226 points
55.
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How a Gift from Schoolchildren Let the Soviets Spy on the U.S. For 7 Years
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29 comments
10 years ago
Cozumel
226 points
56.
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How a Special Diet Kept the Knights Templar Fighting Fit
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100 comments
8 years ago
grendelt
224 points
57.
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Xbox creator Seamus Blackley baked a 4,500-year-old Egyptian sourdough
atlasobscura.com
132 comments
6 years ago
peteretep
223 points
58.
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A Swedish skier was basically frozen, but lived (2016)
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130 comments
4 years ago
Anon84
223 points
59.
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London Is Still Paying Rent to the Queen on a Property Leased in 1211
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122 comments
10 years ago
AJRF
223 points
60.
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Marie Curie Got Her Start at a Secret University for Women
atlasobscura.com
52 comments
10 years ago
lermontov
221 points
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