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Pounding Mochi With the Fastest Mochi Maker in Japan
Mitsuo Nakatani is a mochi master, and to watch him do his work is a genuine thrill. Turning sticky rice into Japan’s traditional so...
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Building a Medieval Castle in Modern Times
It’s hard to fathom how magnificent castles were built centuries ago. One group set out to understand just that by building their ow...
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Sails, Sweat and Sea: Hand-building the World’s Biggest Dhow
Where the desert sands of Dubai meet the ocean, a troop of shipbuilders are taking on the enormous task of building the world’...
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Meet the Man Who Escaped the Soviet Bloc in a Homemade Plane
The dusty desert of Lucin, Utah, isn’t for everyone. It’s lonely, windy and hot. But for Ivo Zdarsky, it’s home. T...
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Welcome to the Magic Capital of the World
Do you believe in magic? In Colon, Mich., they do. A town of just 1,200 people, Colon has one pharmacy, one pizza parlor and three m...
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The Fishy Origins of Ketchup
Ketchup: it’s as American as baseball, July 4th and blues music. But have you ever wondered where it came from? As it turns ou...
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The Man Who Created Settlers of Catan
Move over Monopoly, there’s a newer board game in town. “Settlers of Catan,” a game night classic modeled after th...
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The Ghost Town Stuck in Time
On the Eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains lies a town that time forgot. Bodie, Calif. was once a mining village with 10,00...
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Liberia’s Chalk and Easel Printing Press
Alfred Sirleaf runs “The Daily Talk” in downtown Monrovia. It is a chalkboard that he updates daily with local and inter...
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Hand Job: Wild Tales from Professional Hand Models
Put a face to the hands that you see in advertisements and find out what it takes to have professionally good-looking hands (hint: m...