newsletters Recommended newsletter: Exploding Topics, "a list of rapidly trending topics, insights and analysis." Mark Frauenfelder
police BREAKING: A quantity of those who labor in police departments are the same as those who ignite crucifixes Thom Dunn
futility closet The Great Stork Derby rewarded the Toronto mother who had the most babies between 1926 and 1936 Futility Closet
futility closet Master forger Denis Vrain-Lucas sold 27,000 fake letters by everyone from Plato to Louis XIV Futility Closet
books Winners Take All: Modern philanthropy means that giving some away is more important than how you got it Cory Doctorow
futility closet The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora induced a climate crisis and changed world history Futility Closet
futility closet The strange case of Henry Debosnys, who murdered a wealthy widow in New York in 1882 Futility Closet
futility closet A 69-year-old shoemaker came to the Battle of Gettysburg to "shoot the damned rebels" Futility Closet
futility closet In 1769, a Peruvian noblewoman found herself lost and alone in the Amazon rain forest Futility Closet
futility closet One of the worst scientific feuds in history arose between two paleontologists in the 1870s Futility Closet
futility closet A group of African slaves spent 15 years shipwrecked on this tiny island Futility Closet
