History 18th century women wore secret, removable pockets Caroline Siede

Japan How Animal Crossing is modeled on 18th century debt-based Japanese villages Mark Frauenfelder

movies The Iron Mask is a fantasy adventure movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan and Rutger Hauer, and is definitely real Rob Beschizza

explainer videos Here's TED-Ed's explainer about the llluminati Mark Frauenfelder

History Medieval people bathed Cory Doctorow

art The Forbes Pigment Collection Rob Beschizza

Games 4,000-year-old game board carved into floor of ancient rock shelter David Pescovitz

photography A modern mudlarker finds treasures washed up on the River Thames banks David Pescovitz

mistakes Brooklyn College prof: boys aren't men unless they sexually assault someone at school Rob Beschizza

Kids Traditional Danish houses thatched with tons of seaweed Andrea James

Food How rainbow sprinkles are made David Pescovitz

Spanish Inquisition The creepy/cool robes that heretics were forced to wear during the Spanish Inquisition Mark Frauenfelder

books Why these libraries welcome the bat colonies that live among the books David Pescovitz

robots A robot found the "holy grail of shipwrecks" containing billions of dollars in cargo David Pescovitz

Environment World's largest rodent extermination plan clears entire island of pests Andrea James

occult Touch Me Not, a surreal 18th century manual on how to raise the Devil, and then send him treasure hunting Gareth Branwyn

lies Ikea's Swedish meatballs? Totally NOT Swedish Seamus Bellamy

wash your mouth A 1788 dictionary of vulgar slang Clive Thompson

mac and cheese How to make macaroni and cheese from 1784 recipe Carla Sinclair

morrissey How not to write sex scenes Rob Beschizza