He Was Forgotten in a Cell for 18 Days and Somehow Lived
This is the absurd true story of an Austrian guy named Andreas who the police literally forgot in a holding cell for 18 days and walked out like it was a weird sleepover gone wrong.Read More 
Rome's Trash Mountain Is Literally Olive Jars
There is a real hill in Rome made almost entirely of broken olive-oil jars and it is the most respectful landfill you'll ever visit.Read More 
When People Literally Whistle to Chat
There are towns where gossip, love notes and bad news are hurled as whistles across canyons and honestly it rules.Read More 
Don't Wear High Heels At The Acropolis, Apparently
Greece bans high heels at some archaeological sites because stilettos and ancient marble are a catastrophic romance and someone had to break it up.Read More 
He Built a 1,100-Ton Love Shrine By Himself
A one-man Florida fortress carved from coral rock, moved at night, balanced so perfectly a kid can swing the gate with a finger - and he swore it was 'magnetic'.Read More 
The Car That Wanted A Mini Nuclear Heart (and Nope)
In 1958 Ford sketched a tiny car with a nuclear reactor in its butt and the 1950s were charmingly delusional about that sort of thing.Read More 
Victorians Took Dead Selfies And Called Them Keepsakes
They posed corpses like sleepy roommates, propped eyes open with paint and wire, and kept the photos on the mantel like it was no big deal.Read More 
My Head Hates WiFi, But Science Keeps Saying Not Guilty
People feel awful around phones and routers and that feeling is absolutely real; the weird fact is double blind studies almost always show they cannot tell when signals are actually on.Read More 
The Mountain That Outsmarted Everest (and I love it)
Everest gets the drama; Chimborazo quietly wins the title of farthest point from Earth's center and I am emotionally invested.Read More 
Stop Saying Left, Say North
Some people literally give directions like 'walk east' and your GPS is not invited to that vibe.Read More 