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The British Once Built a 1,100-Mile Hedge Through the Middle of India
This quixotic colonial barrier was meant to enforce taxes.
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This hallucinogenic honey can sell for over $60 a pound on the black market.
The Hallucinogenic Honey of Nepal and Turkey
It was once used in a literal honeytrap to massacre disoriented Roman soldiers.
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The Parting Gifts Convicts Gave Loved Ones Before Being Shipped to Australia
In 1818, a teenage boy in London gave a memento to his parents. The sentiments expressed on each side of the copper token are impassioned, and with good...
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The Centuries-Old Plays Helping to Revitalize a Once-Lost Language
One challenge: finding actors who speak Cornish.
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Minnesota’s ‘Root Beer Lady’ Lived Alone in a Million-Acre Wilderness
The “loneliest woman in America” brewed root beer for thousands of visitors.
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Meet the Appalachian Apple Hunter Who Rescued 1,000 ‘Lost’ Varieties
Tom Brown’s retirement hobby is a godsend for chefs, conservationists, and cider.
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To Build an 18th-Century Ship, Shipwrights Had to Remaster a Lost Craft
It took a lot of careful planning to once again bend wood with giant steam boxes.
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The Greatest Unsolved Heist in Irish History
Scandal, conspiracy, and cover-ups in the theft of the “Irish Crown Jewels” from Dublin Castle.
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These Women Rode Miles on Horseback Just to Deliver Library Books
Librarians are amazing.
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The Public Shaming of England’s First Umbrella User
This pioneer of weather management was pelted with insults and trash.
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