The Stories Behind the Art
In a post on Mental Floss, Jon Meyer shares the true-life inspirations behind some well-known works of art. He examines the stories behind:
1. Claude...
He Dowses for the Dead
The Marshall Project shares the story of a diviner who teaches crime scene investigators at the National Forensic Academy to dowse for corpses. Believers and...
What Kind of Mountain Lays Eggs?
For decades, geologists have observed a bizarre phenomenon at China's Mount Gandang. About every 30 years, a cliff on the side of the mountain...
10 Exercises to Help You Finish Your Story
In a post on the Script Lab blog, David Young offers ten suggestions for getting unstuck. Our favorites:
Write a scene using only dialogue
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Support Your Local Pervert
Like a pervert from a John Waters movie, Whipping Tom terrorized London women in the late 1600s by leaping out the shadows to spank...
The Strange Story of the Tombstone Pterodactyl
In a post on Mysterious Universe, Brent Swancer shares the tale of a pterodactyl sighting in Tombstone, Arizona, in the 1800s, one of many...
How Old is Old?
A new study has determined that the oldest known Homo sapiens fossils ever discovered in East Africa - the Omo I and Herto fossils...
Scientists Baffled by Radiation Source
An article on Cosmos discusses a newly-discovered source of pulsing radiation that astronomers have never seen before. "The object, GLEAM-XJ162759.5-523504, releases a giant burst...
The Bread-Baking Ghost of Big Sable Point Lighthouse
The Big Sable Point Light Station in Ludington, Michigan, is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a former lighthouse keeper. According to a volunteer...
A Nine-Tailed Fox on the Loose
A legendary Japanese boulder that purportedly contained the spirit of an evil demon has split open, reports The Sun. According to mythology, the volcanic rock...
