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How to Build an Island (atlasobscura.com) 2 points by Brajeshwar 18 hours ago | past | discuss Mimes directing traffic in Bogotá had surprisingly loud impacts (2025) (atlasobscura.com) 114 points by IgorPartola 11 days ago | past | 27 comments From its name, to its hazy origins, to its drug interactions, there's a lot goin (atlasobscura.com) 11 points by fanf2 17 days ago | past | 5 comments In 1932, Australia Started an 'Emu War'–and Lost (atlasobscura.com) 1 point by Brajeshwar 22 days ago | past Book Towns Are Made for Book Lovers (atlasobscura.com) 1 point by Brajeshwar 26 days ago | past The Rebirth of Pennsylvania's Infamous Burning Town (atlasobscura.com) 85 points by pbshgthm 27 days ago | past | 42 comments Why Were Medieval Europeans So Obsessed with Long, Pointy Shoes? (2019) (atlasobscura.com) 7 points by Brajeshwar 60 days ago | past Prohibition tossed a wet blanket on America's inventors (atlasobscura.com) 3 points by fanf2 64 days ago | past | 2 comments How the Bell Labs Holmdel Complex Inspired 'Severance' (atlasobscura.com) 21 points by SerCe 65 days ago | past | 4 comments Kitchen Dispatch: A Quest to Create the Perfect Pawpaw Ice Cream (atlasobscura.com) 1 point by quapster 70 days ago | past What '67' Reveals About Childhood Creativity (atlasobscura.com) 3 points by ArmageddonIt 72 days ago | past Why does the Salish Sea glow in the dark? (atlasobscura.com) 18 points by prismatic 73 days ago | past | 6 comments Found: The Oldest Sewing Needle (atlasobscura.com) 1 point by thunderbong 76 days ago | past This Charming English Village Uses Sleds Instead of Cars (atlasobscura.com) 2 points by thunderbong 80 days ago | past Plamort Tank Trap (atlasobscura.com) 2 points by Brajeshwar 83 days ago | past | 1 comment How Did a Medieval Spice Cabinet Survive 500 Years Underwater? (atlasobscura.com) 2 points by Brajeshwar 3 months ago | past Harvesting the Heirloom Corn That Nourishes the Oneida Nation (atlasobscura.com) 3 points by mooreds 3 months ago | past Exploring Virginia's Historic Triangle, Then and Now (atlasobscura.com) 1 point by quapster 3 months ago | past Our Favorite New Places This Week (atlasobscura.com) 1 point by quapster 3 months ago | past Early Hackers Used Whistles from Cap'n Crunch Cereal Boxes (2018) (atlasobscura.com) 2 points by thunderbong 4 months ago | past For centuries massive meals amazed visitors to Korea (2019) (atlasobscura.com) 143 points by carabiner 4 months ago | past | 112 comments A Man Who Finds Melodies Inside Mushrooms (atlasobscura.com) 6 points by Brajeshwar 4 months ago | past | 1 comment The Rambunctious, Elitist Chocolate Houses of 18th-Century London (atlasobscura.com) 1 point by Brajeshwar 4 months ago | past The Curious History of New England's Hermit Tourism (atlasobscura.com) 1 point by Brajeshwar 5 months ago | past Qinngua Valley (atlasobscura.com) 1 point by mooreds 5 months ago | past French Toilets of Spikersuppa in Oslo, Norway (atlasobscura.com) 3 points by mdp2021 5 months ago | past | 1 comment The Secret Gardens Saving the Rarest Plants (atlasobscura.com) 3 points by Brajeshwar 5 months ago | past A renovation project in Turkey led to the discovery of a lost city (2023) (atlasobscura.com) 90 points by areoform 6 months ago | past | 28 comments Early Hackers Used Whistles from Cap'n Crunch Cereal Boxes (2018) (atlasobscura.com) 3 points by austinallegro 6 months ago | past | 2 comments The Kingdom of Books (atlasobscura.com) 1 point by Brajeshwar 6 months ago | past More

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