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3 Pseudoscientific Cons That Are Somehow Legal In America

America—land of the free, home of the brave . . . and a great place to make a buck if you don’t mind fleecing desperate people. Making money from dubious claims has been an American tradition at least since the days when sleazy con men hawked patent medicine and snake...

By Richard Stockton Oct 11, 2014

3 Pseudoscientific Cons That Are Somehow Legal In America

America—land of the free, home of the brave . . . and a great place to make a buck if you don’t mind fleecing desperate people. Making money from dubious claims has been an American tradition at least since the days when sleazy con men hawked patent medicine and snake...

By Richard Stockton October 11, 2014
Doll Hospital Cracked Face
Doll Hospital Cracked Face

Australia’s Creepy Doll Hospital

For some of us, dolls are sinister, nightmare-inducing creatures with distant, glassy eyes that follow us around while they plot our demise in their little doll heads. Maybe these fears stem from a childhood misgiving, like cutting off most of P.J. Sparkle’s hair and dyeing it a magical shade of...

By Erin Kelly Sep 28, 2014

Australia’s Creepy Doll Hospital

For some of us, dolls are sinister, nightmare-inducing creatures with distant, glassy eyes that follow us around while they plot our demise in their little doll heads. Maybe these fears stem from a childhood misgiving, like cutting off most of P.J. Sparkle’s hair and dyeing it a magical shade of...

By Erin Kelly September 28, 2014
Extreme Protests Femen Burns
Extreme Protests Femen Burns

5 Extreme Protests You Won’t Believe

In a way, every major event in history can be reduced to a tale of power struggle and protest. Successful protests have struck down reprehensible policies like Apartheid, and brought attention to previously unknown issues like the many missing indigenous women in Canada. The extreme protests featured here cover a...

By Susan Sims Sep 17, 2014

5 Extreme Protests You Won’t Believe

In a way, every major event in history can be reduced to a tale of power struggle and protest. Successful protests have struck down reprehensible policies like Apartheid, and brought attention to previously unknown issues like the many missing indigenous women in Canada. The extreme protests featured here cover a...

By Susan Sims September 17, 2014
Nature Hillier Rainbow Og
Nature Hillier Rainbow Og

The World’s Weirdest Natural Places

Take a tour of Earth's weirdest natural places, from the roof of the world to the cave of crystals to the home of the dragon's blood tree.

By All That's Interesting Sep 12, 2014

The World’s Weirdest Natural Places

Take a tour of Earth's weirdest natural places, from the roof of the world to the cave of crystals to the home of the dragon's blood tree.

By All That's Interesting September 12, 2014
Nontraditional Sculptures Bottle
Nontraditional Sculptures Bottle

Phenomenal Nontraditional Sculptures And The Artists Who Make Them

Artists are those daring individuals who try to make a living out of pushing boundaries and challenging—and hopefully changing—our tastes. In the artist’s endless process of borrowing, blending and creating, art and its respective mediums always evolve, adapting to the times and interests of their creators and viewers alike. Nowhere...

By All That's Interesting Sep 8, 2014

Phenomenal Nontraditional Sculptures And The Artists Who Make Them

Artists are those daring individuals who try to make a living out of pushing boundaries and challenging—and hopefully changing—our tastes. In the artist’s endless process of borrowing, blending and creating, art and its respective mediums always evolve, adapting to the times and interests of their creators and viewers alike. Nowhere...

By All That's Interesting September 8, 2014
Brighton Beach Waiter
Brighton Beach Waiter

ATI Neighborhood Tours: Brighton Beach, Brooklyn

A neon hammer and sickle sign flickers in angry, vindictive red as soon as I exit the Brighton Beach subway stop in Brooklyn, New York. Except it’s not there to promote communism; it’s a flashy attempt to sell mid-grade booze. At first this strikes me as a bit odd, but...

By Savannah Cox Sep 8, 2014

ATI Neighborhood Tours: Brighton Beach, Brooklyn

A neon hammer and sickle sign flickers in angry, vindictive red as soon as I exit the Brighton Beach subway stop in Brooklyn, New York. Except it’s not there to promote communism; it’s a flashy attempt to sell mid-grade booze. At first this strikes me as a bit odd, but...

By Savannah Cox September 8, 2014
Hail Xenu
Hail Xenu

4 Beautiful, Bizarre, And Disturbing Earth Origin Stories

For most of our existence, humans have used myths to demystify the world and our place in it. We created stories to explain where babies come from and where the sun goes at night and everything in-between. Up until the Enlightenment, when we began using science to understand the universe,...

By All That's Interesting Aug 31, 2014

4 Beautiful, Bizarre, And Disturbing Earth Origin Stories

For most of our existence, humans have used myths to demystify the world and our place in it. We created stories to explain where babies come from and where the sun goes at night and everything in-between. Up until the Enlightenment, when we began using science to understand the universe,...

By All That's Interesting August 31, 2014
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