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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

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

27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York

A look inside how punk music emerged from the depths of 1970s and 1980s New York City in twenty-seven candid photographs.

By Alexander Baldwin • Aug 11, 2016

27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York

A look inside how punk music emerged from the depths of 1970s and 1980s New York City in twenty-seven candid photographs.

By Alexander Baldwin • August 11, 2016

21 Of The Worst Movie Set Disasters In History

These disturbing movie set disasters claimed the lives of stunt men and actors, proving that even this great American pastime is dangerous.

By All That's Interesting • Aug 9, 2016

21 Of The Worst Movie Set Disasters In History

These disturbing movie set disasters claimed the lives of stunt men and actors, proving that even this great American pastime is dangerous.

By All That's Interesting • August 9, 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

Here’s How People Attempted To Deny Women The Right To Vote

As the 2016 election draws closer and Hillary Clinton gets her chance to become America’s first female president, it’s easy to — as Michelle Obama recently noted — “take for granted that a woman can be president of the United States.” But there was a time, not even 100 years...

By All That's Interesting • Aug 6, 2016

Here’s How People Attempted To Deny Women The Right To Vote

As the 2016 election draws closer and Hillary Clinton gets her chance to become America’s first female president, it’s easy to — as Michelle Obama recently noted — “take for granted that a woman can be president of the United States.” But there was a time, not even 100 years...

By All That's Interesting • August 6, 2016

21 Strange But True Polar Bear Facts

From noses far more powerful than you imagined to fur that isn't actually white, these astounding polar bear facts are truly fascinating.

By Elisabeth Sherman • Aug 4, 2016

21 Strange But True Polar Bear Facts

From noses far more powerful than you imagined to fur that isn't actually white, these astounding polar bear facts are truly fascinating.

By Elisabeth Sherman • August 4, 2016

The Sad, Strange Tale Of The Dionne Quintuplets

See the photos and hear the story of the Dionne quintuplets, five Depression-era sisters unlucky enough to have all been born at the same time.

By John Kuroski • Aug 3, 2016

The Sad, Strange Tale Of The Dionne Quintuplets

See the photos and hear the story of the Dionne quintuplets, five Depression-era sisters unlucky enough to have all been born at the same time.

By John Kuroski • August 3, 2016

Rio’s Major Pollution Problem In 31 Shocking Photos

“ATHLETES WILL BE LITERALLY SWIMMING IN HUMAN CRAP,” local pediatrician Dr. Daniel Becker just told The New York Times, referring to the Olympians who will soon be competing in Rio de Janeiro’s notoriously polluted Guanabara Bay.

By John Kuroski • Aug 3, 2016

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Rio’s Major Pollution Problem In 31 Shocking Photos

“ATHLETES WILL BE LITERALLY SWIMMING IN HUMAN CRAP,” local pediatrician Dr. Daniel Becker just told The New York Times, referring to the Olympians who will soon be competing in Rio de Janeiro’s notoriously polluted Guanabara Bay.

By John Kuroski • August 3, 2016

Inside The Viktor Wynd Museum Of Curiosities, The Strangest Museum On Earth

Although the random collection at London’s Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History may seem like the work of a man unhinged, Wynd knows exactly who he is and what his museum is all about. Thus, there’s no one better to explain this one-of-a-kind house of wonders...

By John Kuroski • Aug 2, 2016

Inside The Viktor Wynd Museum Of Curiosities, The Strangest Museum On Earth

Although the random collection at London’s Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History may seem like the work of a man unhinged, Wynd knows exactly who he is and what his museum is all about. Thus, there’s no one better to explain this one-of-a-kind house of wonders...

By John Kuroski • August 2, 2016