They Turn Fish Into Wood, Mate
They smoke a tuna, grow mould on it until it's like a plank, then shave it into flaky soup magic and no one blinks.Read More 
Don't Own One Guinea Pig in Switzerland, Darling
In Switzerland the law treats guinea pigs like needy roommates: keep at least two or face animal welfare trouble - and honestly, they know what's what.Read More 
Tesla and the White Pigeon: An Unromantic Romance
The great inventor secretly fed and nursed city pigeons for years and admitted he loved one particular white pigeon 'as a man loves a woman'-which is either poignant or the most efficient emotional engineering I have yet encountered.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 
Agloe: The Made-Up Town That Outsmarted Cartographers
Mapmakers planted a fake village as a copyright trap; a shopkeeper put up a sign and the forgery turned into fact, which is deliciously petty and brilliant.Read More 
Rue: The Smelly Herb That Bossed-Off Bad Luck
Folks from Naples to Nuevo Leon used bitter rue-ruda-to hang over cradles, sprinkle in doorways and bathe babies so jealous eyes and nasty luck would take a hike.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 
Most Of The Clitoris Lives Inside, Mate
You only see the bonnet; the rest is a lumpy, lovemaking apparatus that sprawls like a secret map under the skin.Read More 
How They Let Dord Into the Dictionary
A tiny clerical blunder turned 'dord' into a bona fide dictionary entry for years, proving lexicographers are gloriously human.Read More 
Trimethylaminuria: When Your Body Insists On Smelling Like Fish
A genetic lapse in a liver enzyme can make a person permanently fragrant like a fish stall and the remedies are as decorous and awkward as a county council meeting.Read More 