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- Mar 12, 2023
- 2 min
The phantom of the Bundestag
A story about the oldest and most elusive MP in Germany
- Jan 30, 2023
- 1 min
Caption this
Sweden's broadcaster SVT2 and Netflix vie for a spot in the caption competition hall of fame
- Jan 19, 2023
- 3 min
The Cotswold Olimpicks
Where the Spirit of Competition met the Spirit of Ale
- Dec 2, 2022
- 3 min
The 1930 World Cup
When the European teams gave the Brazilian squad a lift on their steam ship
- Nov 13, 2022
- 2 min
Lakes
Recursive lakes and other lake-related oddities
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
British Prime Ministers
2022 - the summer of three British Prime Ministers
- Sep 11, 2022
- 2 min
Life in the margins
Nightmarish rabbits and knights on chicken - medieval marginalia is wonderful and bizarre
- Aug 27, 2022
- 2 min
Selling art
The pitfalls of selling art in the high-stakes auctions for world-famous art
- Aug 20, 2022
- 2 min
The Quedlinburg unicorn
A fossil reconstruction reminding us that the path to Enlightenment was not always straight
- Aug 13, 2022
- 2 min
Goodbye Salazar
How to avoid telling an ageing dictator that he is no longer in power
- Jul 25, 2022
- 2 min
In Cod we trust
For 300 years, the Sacred Cod has watched over the Massachusetts State House
- Jul 18, 2022
- 2 min
Sir Nils Olav III
A penguin finds himself as commanding officer of the Norwegian Royal Guards
- Jul 3, 2022
- 2 min
Unsinkable Sam
The cat that survived the sinking of three warships and retired in the British public service
- Jun 20, 2022
- 2 min
Mr. Biscuit Barrel rolls into Bermondsey*
How the Raving Loony Society and Screaming Lord Sutch kickstarted the proliferation of joke political candidates in the UK
- Jun 13, 2022
- 2 min
The Cambridge University Raving Loony Society
The exploits of the Cambridge University Raving Loony Society
- Jun 5, 2022
- 2 min
The time travelers' party
Stephen Hawking hosted a party for time travelers and nobody came
- May 30, 2022
- 2 min
Who needs a government anyway?
Belgium is setting records for time spent without a central government - and nobody minds
- May 23, 2022
- 2 min
Most boring day in history
Going back to the good old times - Sunday, April 11th 1954
- Dec 13, 2021
- 2 min
Atomic gifts
The 1950s - a time when Uranium was considered a character-building gift for children
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