This Startup Fights Climate Change By Growing Bricks
PBS News Hour Building a cleaner environment — literally. Although bricks may be beautiful, durable, long lasting, and totally trendy at the moment — think upscale urban lofts and startup offices complete with visible ventilation…
Could ‘The Secret Of NIMH’ Happen In Real Life?
image: ‘The Secret of NIMH’ | design: Antonio Manaligod/Dose One scientist’s rat ‘utopia’ became a hell. Our Movie Mythbusters series answers the age-old question, “Okay, but could that actually happen in…
You Can Visit New Orleans’ Haunted Séance Room
It’s haunted by the ghost of a really bad poker player. New Orleans is widely considered one of the States’ most haunted cities, which is unsurprising given that water levels there…
There’s A Town In Canada Called Dildo
It’s a wet seaside village. Tucked away in the nightstand drawer of Newfoundland, Canada lies the sleepy town of Dildo. Before you start giggling, native Dildoians would like you to know…
This Baguette Bag Is Exactly What It Sounds Like
Get a loaf of this. Meet the Baguette Bag: It’s slim, it’s chic, it’s the perfect accessory for anyone who chooses a baguette over an apple at Panera. The tote has a…
Meet The British Soldier Who Fought The Nazis With A Bow & Arrow
We couldn’t make this stuff up if we tried. Our Unsung Heroes series brings history’s unknown badasses out of the footnotes and into the spotlight. Imagine you’re going to war against…
This Floating Dome Lets Fish Be Part Of Our World
Koi meets world. Dutch company Velda designed this see-through, floating dome that allows our finned friends to swim to the water’s surface and experience the world above. You can even train fish…
This Website Lets You Time Travel To 1920s New York
NYPL|TomasSereda/Getty It’s basically Google street view for Gatsby’s NYC. New York, New York. The city so nice they named it twice. Considering how often we’ve seen it in TV shows, musicals…
Japan’s Wisteria Flower Tunnel Is Like Walking Through A Rainbow
Tourism on the Edge It’s a Monet painting IRL. This isn’t a Monet painting—it’s a photograph. It shows a flower tunnel at The Kawachi Fuji Gardens, a private garden on rural Kyushu…
The World’s Largest Grave Is Home To Paris’ Best Illegal Parties
Bachelor parties and porn shoots in the company of 6 million bodies. In the 1780s, Parisian officials started moving corpses from cemeteries to the catacombs beneath the city. What they didn’t…
