The Moon's Eyeliner and Its Tiny Bodyguards
The Moon has bright, tattooed patches-'lunar swirls'-kept pristine by microscopic magnetic bodyguards that block space weather like a bouncer at a nightclub.Read More 
DB Cooper: The Suit Who Skywalked Out of History
On Thanksgiving Eve 1971 a man bought a ticket, grabbed $200,000 and vanished off a Boeing like he'd left his coat behind-New Jersey, eat your heart out.Read More 
Don't Sell That Eiffel Selfie
Pretty? Yes. Profitable? Not without a Parisian signature and a rubber stamp.Read More 
Bucky's Dymaxion Disaster
He wanted a space-age limo on three wheels; New York preferred being able to steer without a prayer.Read More 
The Waterfall That Secretly Burns
In a western New York gorge a tiny grotto hides a natural gas flame and people treat it like a roadside miracle.Read More 
Devon's Phantom Hooves
In 1855 a cold snap left Devon with mysterious cloven-hoof prints crossing roofs, fields and chimneys - and nobody could name the culprit.Read More 
Colgate Tried to Feed Us ToothpasteBranded Dinners and It Bombed
In the early 1980s Colgate-Palmolive launched frozen entrees and learned the hard way that some brand loyalties stop at the dinner table.Read More 
Timothy Dexter, Lord of the Pickle
He christened himself 'Lord', shipped coal to a coal town, and published a book with no punctuation - then sold the 'corrected' edition like it was haute couture.Read More 
Cut Your Nails At Night? Fuggedaboutit.
In Japan, Korea and China people still warn 'do not cut nails at night' - a superstition born from poor light, ghost gossip, and nail-clipping magic.Read More 
Victorians Texted With Flowers
They didn't swipe right - they sent a tussie-mussie and a botanical sermon instead, and the Victorians loved it.Read More 