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La Tomatina Festival: Inside Spain’s Bizarre Tomato-Throwing Festival

Every year on the last Wednesday of August, La Tomatina festival takes over the town of Buñol in Valencia, Spain. Approximately 20,000 people gather to throw around 150 tons of smashed, squashed, and squished tomatoes — and the result pretty much looks like a horror movie.

By Erin Kelly • Aug 15, 2016

La Tomatina Festival: Inside Spain’s Bizarre Tomato-Throwing Festival

Every year on the last Wednesday of August, La Tomatina festival takes over the town of Buñol in Valencia, Spain. Approximately 20,000 people gather to throw around 150 tons of smashed, squashed, and squished tomatoes — and the result pretty much looks like a horror movie.

By Erin Kelly • August 15, 2016

When Pop Culture Does Religion: 5 Strange Examples

All religions utilize a foundation myth to help form the basis of their beliefs. Given the fact that they are indeed myths, the literal truth of these events is of minimal importance when it comes to determining a given religion’s legitimacy. Thus, while the five religions based on pieces of...

By Erin Kelly • Aug 15, 2016

When Pop Culture Does Religion: 5 Strange Examples

All religions utilize a foundation myth to help form the basis of their beliefs. Given the fact that they are indeed myths, the literal truth of these events is of minimal importance when it comes to determining a given religion’s legitimacy. Thus, while the five religions based on pieces of...

By Erin Kelly • August 15, 2016

Meet The “Rich Kids Of Tehran”

Much of the way we think and speak about Iran is broken, and that comes at least partially because much of Iran’s reality is obscured from view. What, then, are we to make of the bits and pieces of Iranian “reality” that surface in the form of the “Rich Kids...

By Savannah Cox • Aug 14, 2016

Meet The “Rich Kids Of Tehran”

Much of the way we think and speak about Iran is broken, and that comes at least partially because much of Iran’s reality is obscured from view. What, then, are we to make of the bits and pieces of Iranian “reality” that surface in the form of the “Rich Kids...

By Savannah Cox • August 14, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Aug. 7 – 13

The best of old-school cool, America’s strangest conventions, history’s dumbest inventions, Missouri’s summertime Santa convention, and appalling vintage anti-suffrage propaganda. Retro Photographs That Define Old-School Cool There’s cool and then there’s old-school cool. Our favorite pop culture icons are often celebrated for their creativity and contributions to their arts. But...

By All That's Interesting • Aug 12, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Aug. 7 – 13

The best of old-school cool, America’s strangest conventions, history’s dumbest inventions, Missouri’s summertime Santa convention, and appalling vintage anti-suffrage propaganda. Retro Photographs That Define Old-School Cool There’s cool and then there’s old-school cool. Our favorite pop culture icons are often celebrated for their creativity and contributions to their arts. But...

By All That's Interesting • August 12, 2016

Welcome To Kumbh Mela, The Largest Human Gathering On Earth

These eye-popping images from Kumbh Mela reveal what it's like when 100 million people come together for this one-of-a-kind event.

By John Kuroski • Aug 8, 2016

Welcome To Kumbh Mela, The Largest Human Gathering On Earth

These eye-popping images from Kumbh Mela reveal what it's like when 100 million people come together for this one-of-a-kind event.

By John Kuroski • August 8, 2016

What Louis Armstrong Learned About Politics During His Middle East Tours

The photo of Louis Armstrong playing his trumpet before the Giza pyramids is iconic — the story behind it, however, is chaotic. The U.S. government has done much over the years to warrant the suspicion and paranoia of international political leaders, but in the late ’50s and early ’60s, Egyptian...

By Savannah Cox • Aug 4, 2016

What Louis Armstrong Learned About Politics During His Middle East Tours

The photo of Louis Armstrong playing his trumpet before the Giza pyramids is iconic — the story behind it, however, is chaotic. The U.S. government has done much over the years to warrant the suspicion and paranoia of international political leaders, but in the late ’50s and early ’60s, Egyptian...

By Savannah Cox • August 4, 2016

Inside Soul City, The Short-Lived Black Utopian Society Founded By Floyd McKissick

In the 1960s, Floyd McKissick laid out a plan for a utopian, black-managed town in the American South that he called Soul City. Here's how it happened -- and what became of it.

By Savannah Cox • Jul 29, 2016

Inside Soul City, The Short-Lived Black Utopian Society Founded By Floyd McKissick

In the 1960s, Floyd McKissick laid out a plan for a utopian, black-managed town in the American South that he called Soul City. Here's how it happened -- and what became of it.

By Savannah Cox • July 29, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Jul. 24 – 30

Andy Warhol shoots his celebrity friends, poignant historical photos big and small, the world of rabbit conventions, on the front lines against ISIS, Pablo Escobar’s family life. Andy Warhol’s Rare, Candid Photos Of Famous Icons If you were one of Andy Warhol’s fabulous, famous friends, there was a great chance...

By All That's Interesting • Jul 29, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Jul. 24 – 30

Andy Warhol shoots his celebrity friends, poignant historical photos big and small, the world of rabbit conventions, on the front lines against ISIS, Pablo Escobar’s family life. Andy Warhol’s Rare, Candid Photos Of Famous Icons If you were one of Andy Warhol’s fabulous, famous friends, there was a great chance...

By All That's Interesting • July 29, 2016

The Untold Story Behind Humanity’s Obsession With Virginity

From ancient Greece to Britney Spears, this is story of how society came to value virginity -- and how the myth hurts women.

By Elisabeth Sherman • Jul 21, 2016

The Untold Story Behind Humanity’s Obsession With Virginity

From ancient Greece to Britney Spears, this is story of how society came to value virginity -- and how the myth hurts women.

By Elisabeth Sherman • July 21, 2016

The Spice Girls’ “Girl Power” As Chronicled In Photos

These stunning Spice Girls photos will take you back to a time when "girl power" ruled the world -- all thanks to these five young women.

By All That's Interesting • Jul 19, 2016

The Spice Girls’ “Girl Power” As Chronicled In Photos

These stunning Spice Girls photos will take you back to a time when "girl power" ruled the world -- all thanks to these five young women.

By All That's Interesting • July 19, 2016