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What We Love This Week, Volume CXXIV

Arresting Masks From Around The World Come Halloween, masks are products of commerce and pop culture, used for both horror and humor. But apart from Halloween–and especially in many countries beyond our borders–masks remain rooted in tradition and folkways, used for both celebration and protest. In Burundi, a mask made...

By John Kuroski • May 29, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXIV

Arresting Masks From Around The World Come Halloween, masks are products of commerce and pop culture, used for both horror and humor. But apart from Halloween–and especially in many countries beyond our borders–masks remain rooted in tradition and folkways, used for both celebration and protest. In Burundi, a mask made...

By John Kuroski • May 29, 2015

10 Awful Jobs You’ll Be Glad No Longer Exist

And you thought working as a temp was bad — at least you don't have to provide emotional support to royalty when nature calls.

By Bernadette Deron • May 28, 2015

10 Awful Jobs You’ll Be Glad No Longer Exist

And you thought working as a temp was bad — at least you don't have to provide emotional support to royalty when nature calls.

By Bernadette Deron • May 28, 2015

Haunting Photos Of People Just Before They Died

In the back of our minds, we know we're going to die. But what does it look like just before it happens? These death photos reveal how mundane the end can look.

By Richard Stockton • May 27, 2015

Haunting Photos Of People Just Before They Died

In the back of our minds, we know we're going to die. But what does it look like just before it happens? These death photos reveal how mundane the end can look.

By Richard Stockton • May 27, 2015

The Cowal Highland Gathering Helps Keep Scotland Weird

Every year at the end of August, the village of Dunoon quadruples in size. Why? To celebrate the Cowal Highland Gathering.

By All That's Interesting • May 24, 2015

The Cowal Highland Gathering Helps Keep Scotland Weird

Every year at the end of August, the village of Dunoon quadruples in size. Why? To celebrate the Cowal Highland Gathering.

By All That's Interesting • May 24, 2015

Kaldi And The Dancing Goats: How One Boy “Discovered” Coffee

While some may think of Italy as the epicenter of the world’s coffee addiction, the world’s most popular drug arrived to Europe fairly late in history. In fact, coffee was born in Ethiopia. Both the arabica and robusta varieties have their origins there. Today, around 5,000 varieties of arabica grow...

By John Schellhase • May 23, 2015

Kaldi And The Dancing Goats: How One Boy “Discovered” Coffee

While some may think of Italy as the epicenter of the world’s coffee addiction, the world’s most popular drug arrived to Europe fairly late in history. In fact, coffee was born in Ethiopia. Both the arabica and robusta varieties have their origins there. Today, around 5,000 varieties of arabica grow...

By John Schellhase • May 23, 2015

Artist Guido Daniele Turns Your Arm Into Your Favorite Animal

And you thought that jewelry was the only way to transform your hand into something more exotic.

By Savannah Cox • May 19, 2015

Artist Guido Daniele Turns Your Arm Into Your Favorite Animal

And you thought that jewelry was the only way to transform your hand into something more exotic.

By Savannah Cox • May 19, 2015

The 7 Most Terrifying Experiments Ever Conducted

For the record, the writers at All That Is Interesting are not anti-science. For every person that scientific research hurts, hundreds are saved from pain and disease. But, sometimes, a scientific experiment is so obscenely brutal that you have to wonder if it was really worth it. Here are some...

By Chris Altman • May 16, 2015

The 7 Most Terrifying Experiments Ever Conducted

For the record, the writers at All That Is Interesting are not anti-science. For every person that scientific research hurts, hundreds are saved from pain and disease. But, sometimes, a scientific experiment is so obscenely brutal that you have to wonder if it was really worth it. Here are some...

By Chris Altman • May 16, 2015

77 Deep Quotes About Life From Mankind’s Greatest Minds And Personalities

Read these deep quotes about life that make you think to get a better understanding of your world.

By Alexander Baldwin • May 13, 2015

77 Deep Quotes About Life From Mankind’s Greatest Minds And Personalities

Read these deep quotes about life that make you think to get a better understanding of your world.

By Alexander Baldwin • May 13, 2015

The Catacombs Nightclub: When Irreverence Became Cool

In 1940, something surprising happened in Ohio: a club devoted to pranks and making fun of death opened its doors to the public.

By Erin Kelly • May 12, 2015

The Catacombs Nightclub: When Irreverence Became Cool

In 1940, something surprising happened in Ohio: a club devoted to pranks and making fun of death opened its doors to the public.

By Erin Kelly • May 12, 2015

Surreal Synesthesia Paintings Translate Sound To Color

What would you do if the sounds you encountered every day were accompanied by an involuntary flurry of color? Or, say, a David Bowie song tasted like eggplant? For those with synesthesia, events like this can happen every minute of every day. In most cases, the human senses operate independently...

By Erin Kelly • May 10, 2015

Surreal Synesthesia Paintings Translate Sound To Color

What would you do if the sounds you encountered every day were accompanied by an involuntary flurry of color? Or, say, a David Bowie song tasted like eggplant? For those with synesthesia, events like this can happen every minute of every day. In most cases, the human senses operate independently...

By Erin Kelly • May 10, 2015