The Internet is Divided Over a Smell Some Can’t Detect
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The Internet is Divided Over a Smell Some Can’t Detect

Can you smell it? The odor splitting the internet.

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The 1960s Android Abandoned By NASA
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Colton Kruse

The 1960s Android Abandoned By NASA

When NASA ended the project, the Air Force attempted to connect him to a learning computer.

Saint Patrick Didn't Drive the Snakes Out of Ireland, Climate Change Did
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Colton Kruse

Saint Patrick Didn't Drive the Snakes Out of Ireland, Climate Change Did

He was also born in Britain!

Or Not: We Don't Only Have 5 Senses
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Colton Kruse

Or Not: We Don't Only Have 5 Senses

What sense makes you hungry?

Mysterious and Unexplained "Hums" Are Popping Up Around the World
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Colton Kruse

Mysterious and Unexplained "Hums" Are Popping Up Around the World

A Ph.D. thesis tried translating it into song.

New Fossils Are Oldest Homo Sapiens Ever Found
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Colton Kruse

New Fossils Are Oldest Homo Sapiens Ever Found

The first of our kind.

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Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

The water's frigid temperatures kept the ship in remarkable condition.

Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

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The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives

They unknowingly forged lives as identical as their DNA.

The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives

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The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

Tarrare was the walking manifestation of one of the seven deadly sins as he prowled the cobbled streets of 18th-century Paris indulging his endless hunger.

The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

May 8, 2026

Cartoon of the Day

The town of Kyle in Saskatchewan, Canada, faced a hiccup in the run-up to its November 2024 municipal election: no one ran for mayor.

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.

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