Fragments
Digital folklore, cursed commercials, lost broadcasts, robot bands, and other things that show up when the rest of the world is asleep.
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Strange Creature Spotted Inside World’s Largest Cave in Vietnam
Sơn Đoòng Cave, located near the Laos-Vietnam border, is (possibly) the largest known cave in the entire world. But if…
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The Underwhelming Mystery of Webdriver Torso
You know, sometimes I’ll sit down to write an article and I’ll think to myself, “This is going be really…
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1925’s Isolator Helmet Might Help You Concentrate Better
What’s that? You tried out NaNoWriMo last month but just couldn’t find the opportunity to sit down and concentrate? Happens to the…
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The Ghostly Voice of Joseph Faber’s Euphonia
Behold, Joseph Faber’s Euphonia. This curious amalgamation of various mechanical parts was exhibited in December 1845 at the Music Fund…
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FutureMe: Sending Messages Through Time
Earlier this year, physicist Luke Butcher raised the possibility that we could harness collapsing wormholes to send messages backward or…
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The Zoo Hypothesis: Are Aliens Watching Us from a Distance?
What if aliens are all around us, but we just don’t see them? What if they’re hidden, passively watching until…
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What Color is the Universe?
What color is the universe? A cursory glance at the night sky would tell you it’s black or, at least,…
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Did Time Travelers Sink the Titanic?
Time travelers. They’re everywhere, everywhen. You just don’t see them. You don’t realize that the very fabric of existence is…
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How Many People Have Ever Lived and Died?
How many humans have ever lived on Planet Earth? There’s a common myth about this. It states that the people…
Strange Patents: The High Five Machine
If there’s one mystery of the universe I’ve never fully understood, it’s what to do when I feel like giving…