The time when Fiji's independence was saved by the meticulous British filing system

700 years after his death, Italy's famous writer Dante Alighieri has another busy year

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Good Flag, Bad Flag - the five timeless principles of flag design

Why you should keep a healthy frog population in case your fridge fails

Mascots struggle to look somber during minutes of silence

Architectural anarchy in China

The Ig Nobel Prizes have once again been awarded - time to celebrate some science

How to get your unicorn hunting license

When drinking Pepsi could get you a jet

A homage to some of the greatest political parties in history

Star Wars, Muammar Gaddafi, and a Sandcrawler

Looking for a new sports team name? Take inspiration from East German football clubs

An Olympic torch from underpants soaked in kerosene

Subtitles gone wrong create a particularly silly moment in Austrian politics

When Bob built a rocket and Evel Knievel jumped over a canyon

How to create mayhem from the afterlife

A story dedicated to whiskey, tax, and the IRS

A topic very much underappreciated (except by physicists, engineers, and Germans)

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