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In 1899, a confectioner named John C. Wharton partnered with an amateur inventor named James Morrison to issue a patent. The device...

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It’s so old school at this ski mountain that snowboarding isn’t even allowed. And that’s not all — they have one of the last single-...

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The endangered (and adorable) Coquerel’s sifaka is a medium-sized lemur native to Madagascar. Coquerel’s sifaka is found in only two...

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Hashima (“battleship” in Japanese) Island is a 16-acre abandoned island about 10 miles off the coast of Nagasaki. With crumbling con...

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The Ouray Ice Park is a manmade ice climbing venue operated in a spectacular natural gorge near Ouray, Colo. “Ice farmer” Alexander...

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For 75 years, Colma, Calif., has been steadily collecting bodies, and it’s constantly getting ‘deader.’ As of 2009, there were...

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Intense dark, intense pressure (literally) and certain death upon mechanical failure. Welcome to exploration in the deep ocean. We c...

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Imagine holding your breath as you fall endlessly deeper into the sea. For some, it sounds like a nightmare, but for others it’...

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The Guatemalan beaded lizard is a highly endangered species of venomous beaded lizard that is endemic to the dry forests of a small...

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Lobster was once served to prisoners and thought of as a poor man’s food fit only for the indigent, indentured and incarcerated. The...