curiosities

The World’s Largest And Smelliest Flowers

The World’s Largest And Smelliest Flowers: The Corpse Flower Flowers are said to symbolize innocence, life and beauty. How ironic, then, that the largest of them all is evocative of death. Titan arum, or the corpse flower, exists naturally in the rain forests of Western Sumatra and in the gardens...

By All That's Interesting • Jan 15, 2013

The World’s Largest And Smelliest Flowers

The World’s Largest And Smelliest Flowers: The Corpse Flower Flowers are said to symbolize innocence, life and beauty. How ironic, then, that the largest of them all is evocative of death. Titan arum, or the corpse flower, exists naturally in the rain forests of Western Sumatra and in the gardens...

By All That's Interesting • January 15, 2013

Five Of The World’s Most Mystifying Ghost Towns

Oradour-sur-Glane, France Beyond the harrowing statistics, World War II will likely persist in human memory for the ages as it represents humanity in its most saturated of forms: the horrific depths to which man may sink for personal gain and the heights to which he might also ascend in his...

By Savannah Cox • Jan 11, 2013

Five Of The World’s Most Mystifying Ghost Towns

Oradour-sur-Glane, France Beyond the harrowing statistics, World War II will likely persist in human memory for the ages as it represents humanity in its most saturated of forms: the horrific depths to which man may sink for personal gain and the heights to which he might also ascend in his...

By Savannah Cox • January 11, 2013

The World’s Five Weirdest Houses

The World’s Weirdest Houses: Subterra Castle Located near Topeka, Kansas, Subterra Castle took Ed Peden and his wife nearly a quarter of a century to make inhabitable after they reclaimed the property from abandonment. Once belonging to the United States government, the edifice had, at one point, been home to...

By Savannah Cox • Dec 29, 2012

The World’s Five Weirdest Houses

The World’s Weirdest Houses: Subterra Castle Located near Topeka, Kansas, Subterra Castle took Ed Peden and his wife nearly a quarter of a century to make inhabitable after they reclaimed the property from abandonment. Once belonging to the United States government, the edifice had, at one point, been home to...

By Savannah Cox • December 29, 2012

Gruesome, Odd, And Some Unsolved: 16 Of The Most Unusual Deaths From History

From a mayor who tripped on his own beard to a woman devoured by a pack of frenzied Dachshunds, history is full of some incredibly unusual deaths.

By Caroline Redmond • Dec 20, 2012

Gruesome, Odd, And Some Unsolved: 16 Of The Most Unusual Deaths From History

From a mayor who tripped on his own beard to a woman devoured by a pack of frenzied Dachshunds, history is full of some incredibly unusual deaths.

By Caroline Redmond • December 20, 2012

The Most Interesting Non-Traditional Sculptures

There's more to sculpting than Rodin. As these sculptures demonstrate, with the right eye almost any medium can create a masterpiece.

By All That's Interesting • Dec 6, 2012

The Most Interesting Non-Traditional Sculptures

There's more to sculpting than Rodin. As these sculptures demonstrate, with the right eye almost any medium can create a masterpiece.

By All That's Interesting • December 6, 2012

Earth’s Most Fascinating Sinkholes

Some of our planet's most incredible features are found below the surface -- a look at the world's most interesting sinkholes.

By All That's Interesting • Dec 4, 2012

Earth’s Most Fascinating Sinkholes

Some of our planet's most incredible features are found below the surface -- a look at the world's most interesting sinkholes.

By All That's Interesting • December 4, 2012

The World’s Most Devastating Pandemics

Devastating Pandemics: The Plague of Athens Starting in 430 B.C. during the Peloponnesian War, the unidentified plague that struck Athens would eventually go on to kill nearly a quarter of the city-state’s population in a very short amount of time before cropping back up again twice in later years and...

By All That's Interesting • Nov 19, 2012

The World’s Most Devastating Pandemics

Devastating Pandemics: The Plague of Athens Starting in 430 B.C. during the Peloponnesian War, the unidentified plague that struck Athens would eventually go on to kill nearly a quarter of the city-state’s population in a very short amount of time before cropping back up again twice in later years and...

By All That's Interesting • November 19, 2012

Six Bizarre Inventions That Never Caught On

Bizarre Inventions: The Face Cover Part fashion statement, part practical face covering from the elements, this transparent cone may have paved the way for the baseball cap. Why this invention didn’t quite make it is beyond imaginable, especially when one considers the dual use it could have provided in a...

By All That's Interesting • Nov 17, 2012

Six Bizarre Inventions That Never Caught On

Bizarre Inventions: The Face Cover Part fashion statement, part practical face covering from the elements, this transparent cone may have paved the way for the baseball cap. Why this invention didn’t quite make it is beyond imaginable, especially when one considers the dual use it could have provided in a...

By All That's Interesting • November 17, 2012

The Most Painful Medical Procedures Of Medieval Times

Who doesn't want to drill a hole into their head to cure a headache?

By All That's Interesting • Nov 12, 2012

The Most Painful Medical Procedures Of Medieval Times

Who doesn't want to drill a hole into their head to cure a headache?

By All That's Interesting • November 12, 2012

The Most Bizarre Food Processing Practices

With Western humanity’s increasing appetites and waistlines, the food industry has found ways of delivering familiar products on a massive scale. And because most of us never see how every day grocery list items get to the supermarket, advertisers can draw our attention from the reality of the processes and...

By All That's Interesting • Nov 11, 2012

The Most Bizarre Food Processing Practices

With Western humanity’s increasing appetites and waistlines, the food industry has found ways of delivering familiar products on a massive scale. And because most of us never see how every day grocery list items get to the supermarket, advertisers can draw our attention from the reality of the processes and...

By All That's Interesting • November 11, 2012

Famous Cults In America Still Active Today

For some, the kool aid from their cults never goes sour -- a fascinating look at the five of the most utterly insane cults in America still active today!

By Savannah Cox • Nov 7, 2012

Famous Cults In America Still Active Today

For some, the kool aid from their cults never goes sour -- a fascinating look at the five of the most utterly insane cults in America still active today!

By Savannah Cox • November 7, 2012