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Ask HN: Are Glaciers Suitable for Power Generation?

4 years ago

1 points

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Ask HN: Favourite Long Form Blogs

7 years ago

1 points

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Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things

atlasobscura.com

9 years ago

959 points

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Teach Yourself to Echolocate: A beginner’s guide to navigating with sound

atlasobscura.com

8 years ago

571 points

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A brief history of the U.S. trying to add backdoors into encrypted data (2016)

atlasobscura.com

2 years ago

550 points

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A street snack that has baffled botanists

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5 years ago

484 points

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Lake Nyos suffocated over 1,700 people in one night

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10 years ago

472 points

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From its name to its drug interactions, there’s a lot going on with grapefruit

atlasobscura.com

6 years ago

393 points

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Maps reveal the structures of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books

atlasobscura.com

9 years ago

379 points

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An Italian Song That Sounds Like English But Is Nonsense

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8 years ago

373 points

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One Island Grows 80% of the World’s Vanilla

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8 years ago

367 points

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A mother and son who unraveled a geographic hoax

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6 years ago

362 points

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A wall of lava lamps helps encrypt the internet

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8 years ago

356 points

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The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous phrase (2016)

atlasobscura.com

5 years ago

353 points

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Japan’s elaborate, colorful manhole covers

atlasobscura.com

7 years ago

329 points

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Do Not Eat, Touch, or Even Inhale the Air Around the Manchineel Tree

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10 years ago

327 points

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How to Clear a Path Through 60 Feet of Snow, Japanese Style

atlasobscura.com

9 years ago

323 points

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People in 1920s Berlin nightclubs flirted via pneumatic tubes (2017)

atlasobscura.com

3 years ago

321 points

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The Strange Saga of Kowloon Walled City

atlasobscura.com

6 years ago

312 points

20.

Forgotten Corners of World of Warcraft

atlasobscura.com

11 years ago

307 points

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The Apocalyptic Architecture of One 1970s Retail Chain

atlasobscura.com

8 years ago

303 points

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Social distancing is bringing drive-in theaters back to life

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6 years ago

301 points

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An ancient method that keeps Afghanistan's grapes fresh all winter

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5 years ago

CapitalistCartr

295 points

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A Famous Photo of Chernobyl’s Most Dangerous Radioactive Material (2016)

atlasobscura.com

7 years ago

295 points

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The Humble Brilliance of Italy's Moka Coffee Pot (2018)

atlasobscura.com

5 years ago

294 points

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Why Is Anime Obsessed With Power Lines?

atlasobscura.com

9 years ago

294 points

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14,400-year-old flatbread remains that predate known agriculture

atlasobscura.com

8 years ago

291 points

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A Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries

atlasobscura.com

8 years ago

286 points

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The Woman Who Ate Chernobyl's Apples

atlasobscura.com

11 years ago

284 points

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Acorn Woodpeckers Have Multi-Day Wars, and Birds Come from All Around to Watch

atlasobscura.com

6 years ago

281 points