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Six Bizarre Inventions That Never Caught On

Bizarre Inventions: The Face Cover Part fashion statement, part practical face covering from the elements, this transparent cone may have paved the way for the baseball cap. Why this invention didn’t quite make it is beyond imaginable, especially when one considers the dual use it could have provided in a...

By All That's Interesting • Nov 17, 2012

Six Bizarre Inventions That Never Caught On

Bizarre Inventions: The Face Cover Part fashion statement, part practical face covering from the elements, this transparent cone may have paved the way for the baseball cap. Why this invention didn’t quite make it is beyond imaginable, especially when one considers the dual use it could have provided in a...

By All That's Interesting • November 17, 2012

The Most Painful Medical Procedures Of Medieval Times

Who doesn't want to drill a hole into their head to cure a headache?

By All That's Interesting • Nov 12, 2012

The Most Painful Medical Procedures Of Medieval Times

Who doesn't want to drill a hole into their head to cure a headache?

By All That's Interesting • November 12, 2012

The Most Bizarre Food Processing Practices

With Western humanity’s increasing appetites and waistlines, the food industry has found ways of delivering familiar products on a massive scale. And because most of us never see how every day grocery list items get to the supermarket, advertisers can draw our attention from the reality of the processes and...

By All That's Interesting • Nov 11, 2012

The Most Bizarre Food Processing Practices

With Western humanity’s increasing appetites and waistlines, the food industry has found ways of delivering familiar products on a massive scale. And because most of us never see how every day grocery list items get to the supermarket, advertisers can draw our attention from the reality of the processes and...

By All That's Interesting • November 11, 2012

Famous Cults In America Still Active Today

For some, the kool aid from their cults never goes sour -- a fascinating look at the five of the most utterly insane cults in America still active today!

By Savannah Cox • Nov 7, 2012

Famous Cults In America Still Active Today

For some, the kool aid from their cults never goes sour -- a fascinating look at the five of the most utterly insane cults in America still active today!

By Savannah Cox • November 7, 2012

The Biggest Industries In The World You Don’t Think About

From the sex trade to the lucrative industry of food coloring, these are some of the biggest industries in the world you don't know about.

By Kiri Picone • Nov 3, 2012

The Biggest Industries In The World You Don’t Think About

From the sex trade to the lucrative industry of food coloring, these are some of the biggest industries in the world you don't know about.

By Kiri Picone • November 3, 2012

The Incredible Jack-O-Lantern Art Of Ray Villafane

No creepy Halloween costume would be complete without a jack o lantern. Dubbed by leading newspapers as the “Picasso of Pumpkins,” artist Ray Villafane takes what is generally considered a simplistic and often sticky autumnal ritual and transforms it into an incredibly intricate and realistic work of art.

By Savannah Cox • Oct 23, 2012

The Incredible Jack-O-Lantern Art Of Ray Villafane

No creepy Halloween costume would be complete without a jack o lantern. Dubbed by leading newspapers as the “Picasso of Pumpkins,” artist Ray Villafane takes what is generally considered a simplistic and often sticky autumnal ritual and transforms it into an incredibly intricate and realistic work of art.

By Savannah Cox • October 23, 2012

The World’s Most Peculiar Gardens

Peculiar Gardens: Waldspirale, Germany Austrian Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s contempt for straight lines and deference to patterns found within nature led him to design Waldspirale, or “forest spiral,” which is home to both people and trees in Germany. Inspired by the quote “If man walks in nature’s mist, then he is nature’s...

By Savannah Cox • Oct 22, 2012

The World’s Most Peculiar Gardens

Peculiar Gardens: Waldspirale, Germany Austrian Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s contempt for straight lines and deference to patterns found within nature led him to design Waldspirale, or “forest spiral,” which is home to both people and trees in Germany. Inspired by the quote “If man walks in nature’s mist, then he is nature’s...

By Savannah Cox • October 22, 2012

Six Of The Most Bizarre Beauty Trends Throughout History

The measures people will take to feel beautiful are staggering and staggeringly painful.

By Savannah Cox • Oct 10, 2012

Six Of The Most Bizarre Beauty Trends Throughout History

The measures people will take to feel beautiful are staggering and staggeringly painful.

By Savannah Cox • October 10, 2012

The Most Depressing Song of All Time

Written by a Hungarian composer in 1933, "Gloomy Sunday" has been blamed for over 200 suicides.This is the fascinating story of history's most depressing song.

By All That's Interesting • Sep 30, 2012

The Most Depressing Song of All Time

Written by a Hungarian composer in 1933, "Gloomy Sunday" has been blamed for over 200 suicides.This is the fascinating story of history's most depressing song.

By All That's Interesting • September 30, 2012

The 7 Strangest Celebrity Deaths Of The 1920s

The strangest, most scandalous celebrity deaths from an era when such things could still be covered up.

By Savannah Cox • Sep 29, 2012

The 7 Strangest Celebrity Deaths Of The 1920s

The strangest, most scandalous celebrity deaths from an era when such things could still be covered up.

By Savannah Cox • September 29, 2012