This Eagle Statue Is One of the Greatest Romano-British Artworks Ever Discovered
Archeologists in London just turned up a pristine 1,800-year old Roman statue of an eagle devouring a serpent
Watch People Drawing Their Own Brains
Beware, your brain can force you to spend a lot more time than you might think watching these
The Sriracha Factory Could Get Shut Down. Panic?
Stock up now, the Sriracha factory is facing shutdown
Here’s How to Make a Canoe Out of a Tree Trunk
The boats are fashioned entirely by hand using simple tools, and traditionally are carved from magongo tree wood
Read Seamus Heaney’s Last Known, Previously Unpublished Poem
Two months before he died, Heaney wrote “In a Field” at the request of poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy
Men Shop for Groceries, And Food Companies Are Noticing
Those companies have designed dark, bold packaging and bigger “man-sized” portions
In the Wake of the Boston Marathon Bombing, Twitter Was Full of Lies
Of the 8 million tweets sent in the days following the Boston bombing, just 20% were accurate pieces of factual information
Should EpiPens Be Stocked Everywhere People Eat?
Laws are in the works to get EpiPens into schools and restaurants
What Percent of the Population is Gay? More Than You Think
There may never be a time when people will accurately answer surveys, but at least survey givers are getting better at tricking us into being honest
Before Hollywood Had Ratings, Films Were Way Racier
In the 1934 movie Murder at the Vanities there’s a whole musical number about the pleasures of marijuana sung by half naked women
This Six-Year-Old Ran a Half Marathon in Under Three Hours
Keelan Glass finished her recent half marathon in 2:47:30
Bacon Boosts Recipe Ratings
Sandwiches, kale, lettuce, asparagus and spinach all benefit from a bit of bacon, according to aggregate recipe ratings
See the Original, 17th Century Drawings of the Microscopic World Robert Hooke Discovered
Before photo and video, illustrations were the best way for scientists to share what they saw
Here’s Why Nearly Half of Japanese Women Under 24 Aren’t Interested in Sex
If things don’t change, one official fears that Japan “might eventually perish into extinction”
Pumpkin-Spiced Products Have Increased by 234 Percent Since 2008
There are pumpkin spice air fresheners, M&Ms, tortialla chips, whiskey, candles and beer
Yetis Were Probably Just Polar Bears
A recently discovered “Yeti corpse” was likely nothing more than a poor polar bear who many years ago found itself at the wrong end of a spear or a sword
The Trial of Cambodia’s Genocidal Leaders Is Nearing a Verdict
More than 30 years after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, trials of the group’s genocidal leaders are inching closer to a verdict
The Youngest Winner of the Booker Prize Also Wrote the Longest Book
Eleanor Catton is 28, and her book The Luminaries is over 800 pages long
Vote for the Next Inductees Into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
So far, Nirvana is winning the fan vote with 15 percent, followed closely by Kiss at 14.33 percent
Ridley Scott Reused Footage From The Shining at the End of Blade Runner
From sets to props to entire sequences, Hollywood is actually really good at recycling
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