Category: Weird

March 1968: Dr. Martin Cole, a researcher at Aston University in Birmingham, announced that he would be conducting a study of women’s legs. His research

The year 1862 brought a wave of Baptist missionaries to Jamaica, thus beginning the Great Revival. In a melding of fundamentalist Christian practices with African

Musician David Vorhaus (a founder of the electronic music band White Noise) invented an oddball instrument he called the Kaleidophon. To my knowledge, he was

The Kennebunkport Dump Association (of Kennebunkport, Maine) formed around 1965. Its initial goals were very modest. It was just a bunch of people who “enjoyed

Ross is having the last laugh after the discovery led to his barbecue being cancelled (Credit: PA) A man is daring to use a World

I’m not sure why mobile homes stacked inside a concrete structure would be better than an apartment building. Since the ‘apartmobile’ was never built, I’m

From what historical era does the subject of this painting hail? Perhaps some noble figure from the court of Queen Isabella? The answer is here.

Getting a “dumb phone” could actually be a smart move.

On one hand, it can provide a connection and a sense of safety. On the other, it becomes a setup for overthinking, panic and social

One of the country’s brightest minds improvised in space to create his version of a popular food item

In a strange case, a 24-year-old Venezuelan man was arrested for pretending to be a 16-year-old high school student in Ohio

The Leakeys are one of the most famous families in science. The anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey are famous for their work at Olduvai Gorge