Somewhere right now, a perfectly reasonable adult is lying flat in the dark, rigid as a plank, mentally herding sheep over a fence and assigning them each a backstory. Somewhere else, an Elizabethan is rubbing the rendered fat of a small dormant rodent into the soles of his feet. These are two of history’s worst cures for insomnia.
An authoritative survey of humanity’s strangest achievements — and the perfectly rational people who want absolutely nothing to do with them.
Four thousand years of cupped hands, hollowed horns, hidden trumpets, bitten phonographs, and the slow electrical miracle of learning to hear — a history of one of humanity’s most stubborn engineering problems.
A field guide to the strangest, most inexplicable, and occasionally illegal things ever found in abandoned storage units — with the caveat that this is a genre saturated in tall tales, and we are not here to ruin the magic.
A hard-hitting, stomach-turning exposé into the foods that make an entire nation gag — featuring real human reactions, damning survey data, and a Barf Factor™ rating for every offender.
No turn signals were used during the research of this article · Several lanes were cut off · You know who you are.
A century of changing childhood skills, zero conclusions, infinite admiration for children everywhere.
No traffic laws were harmed in the making of this article · Several tickets were issued · Slow down, for goodness’ sake.
The Dignity Loss Index™ is not a medical instrument and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition, including hiccups.
