The Fussy German Linking S That Insists On Its Own Rules
German compounds hide a tiny linking 's' that turns up like a bureaucrat at a picnic and nobody quite agrees where it comes from.Read More 
Nature's Daft Bonus: The Extra Testicle
Occasionally a bloke turns up with a spare testicle - triorchidism - and the human body continues to be cheerfully useless at etiquette.Read More 
That Star Just Vanished, Mate
A giant star in another galaxy quietly switched itself off and left a black hole with no fireworks - rude and brilliant.Read More 
How Vesna Vulovic Survived A 33,000ft Plummet (No Parachute)
I keep telling people the world is a chaotic mixtape and then I remember Vesna Vulovic, who fell from the sky and somehow RSVP'd 'I survive.'Read More 
Those Tiny Spare Bones Hiding In Your Skull
Some people carry secret extra skull tiles called Wormian bones and yes, they can make doctors scratch their heads like a pub quiz gone wrong.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 
The Grammar That Goes Pitter
Some languages give onomatopoeia a permanent desk, a pension and a union rep: ideophones are an actual grammatical class that can act like verbs, adverbs or whole sentences - and English simply nods politely and takes notes.Read More 
Dead Hands That Refuse To Let Go
Some corpses clamp down in a violent, immediate death grip called cadaveric spasm, preserving the final act like a ghastly photograph.Read More 
Don't Sweep Their Feet, Mate
Apparently sweeping a broom over someone's feet will stop them getting married - and people take it dead seriously.Read More 
cochineal confessions
Your neon red candy might actually be dusted with crushed cochineal insects and yes, I have feelings about this.Read More 