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When people in New York City die of COVID-19 and go unclaimed, they get sent to Hart Island. Here's a backstory of how this remote place became a mass grave.
Apparently, this setup is reminiscent of the way phonograph cylinders work.
The world-famous painter of petals and bones spent the early 1960s casually and quietly fortifying her home for the end of the world.
James White tests out The Water Pillow by Mediflow and explains the unusual experience of sleeping on a pillow filled with water.
Boris cooks goulash with just a chainsaw and pure adrenaline.
We can't decide if this is horrifying or hilarious, but we know it's ingenious, for sure.
Fish Tales Bar & Grill in Ocean City is trying an experiment in social distancing.
A pilot captured footage of the breaching of the Edenville Dam, sending a deluge surging towards towns in mid-Michigan.
"I didn't think it was actually going to try to land but once it did I thought he was about to crash into the cars in front of me," explained the driver that filmed the landing.
A Caroline County family discovered nearly one million dollars in cash after running over bags filled with bills while on a Saturday afternoon drive.
Peter Fitzek is part of a movement that denies Germany's existence. He founded his own kingdom and bank — then the government started asking where the money went.
Good to check both sides of the street in case you miss a Porta Potty sliding by.
"We been in quarantine and like, I need to get out and party!"
If you've ever traveled abroad in Russia and spotted Супер Макс (Super Max) on TV, you might have thought it looked familiar…a little too familiar.
It's got everything you'd want in a residence: hardwood floors, a brick fireplace and a 25th century star ship smack in the middle of your home.
Every day this world is getting a little bit stranger for us.
As one of the only inhabitants of an abandoned railway stop in eastern New Mexico, Debra Dawson has been social distancing for decades. Attracted to its history and surrounding landscape, she's found happiness far away from just about everyone.
"We've had torrential rains in northern Illinois. I suppose the the storm drains leading to the sewers under this lot were submerged, and the air had trouble escaping the normal way as it filled with water, so it just blew a hole in the pavement."
There are many ways to make an U-turn. This is not a way we'd recommend.
Canadian retiree Bill Norrie arrived in New Zealand after sailing the globe only to discover the world was a changed place.
A Florida man took an ill-advised leap into the Bass Pro Shop fish aquarium in Fort Myers and now he's wanted by police for trespassing and criminal mischief.
"Two Ply Over The Cuckoo's Nest" by Katie J. Miller was the grand prize winner of KQED's Homemade Film Festival.
Maybe I'm alone here, but almost two months later, I'm still thinking about a truly haunting tweet from America's favorite unlicensed counselor, Dr. Phil McGraw.
The Saxsquatch is vibing harder than anyone else during quarantine.
Things aren't like they used to be.
There's something unsettling about this video but I can't put my finger on it.
We could all take a page from public architecture like this.
Christopher was an ancient Egyptian prisoner. Stephanie's dating the man who had her murdered. They and many others swear by the controversial benefits of past-life regression.
A worker at a Charmin factory explains how his job has been impacted by increased demand for toilet paper.
Nick's Bar in Platteville, Wisconsin reopened following the ruling and within 45 minutes, at least two dozen people had packed the pub.
David Wilcock and Corey Goode are peddling salvation, protection from the "illuminati deep state," and bogus COVID-19 explanations to millions on YouTube.
While you stay home and animals roam cities and towns freely during coronavirus lockdowns, how are the sasquatches and the people who track them adjusting?
The reports are the first official documentation of various recent incidents with unidentified aircraft in restricted airspace along the east coast.
While backpacking in Northern Italy, Tom Davies challenges himself to eat nothing but food found from the countryside.
Before the lightning, Tony Cicoria barely even listened to music.
A tour of the abandoned Tekoi Rocket Test Range in Grantsville, Utah.
Sometimes when you're open water you fight water with water.
Many kids were afraid of the Chuck E. Cheese robots growing up. And now someone helpfully added Alex Jones ranting about eating his neighbors.
Eric Moore shows off how to play games on a computer he restored from the 1960s. Incredibly, the system ran a natural gas pipeline station from 1969 to 2006.
It was listed as being $930 on Alibaba when I bought it; of course, like everything else, it's actually way more expensive by the time you factor in batteries and shipping and customs and all kinds of tedious handling stuff.
Tiffany Danse and Tyler Waterson are the sole residents of East Brother, where they work as innkeepers at a historic lighthouse bed and breakfast and are now sheltering in place.
What happens if you replace Samuel L. Jackson's voice with the calm dulcet tones of Bob Ross during the tensest scene in "Pulp Fiction"?
A home inspection company released a compilation of serious issues detected while on the job.
The Tanana River's annual melt has thrilled gamblers for over a century.
Over 11 million Getty images are on ice near Pittsburgh.
The Lock Picking Lawyer demonstrates the shoddiness of this lockbox by cracking it with a Red Bull can.
Alexander Wendt is one of the most influential political scientists alive. Here's his case for taking UFOs seriously.
YouTuber Davidlap discovers some unique ways to mimic musical instruments on his guitar.
He engineered these dudes, but most people don't know his name. Or the official name for the tube dudes, for that matter.
"We know that unusual things have happened over decades on a regular basis and we know that in the Dakotas, a missile launching facility has been shut down because of something over one of them basically shutting off the power to them."
This wire goes from 126th Street to Battery Park and costs $100,000+ a year to maintain. What is it for?
Richard Ryan attempts to shoot Subsonic MK211 Raufoss ammunition through a bulletproof plate.
A Dominos delivery man got his vehicle stolen by a fast-talking criminal who got pulled over immediately for a lane violation and then miraculously was let go. Fortunately, the car was recovered an hour later.
A clever trick involving a coin and a matchbox that is sure to impress a youngster or potential date.
It seems like a lot of movie extras are just phoning it in as this one astute viewer noticed from this classic film.
Annette Edwards breeds some of the largest rabbits in the world.
The experience was far more vivid, more surreal, and more puzzling than I could have ever imagined, and the process of trying to figure it out took me deep into science, myth, and meaning.
Piano sensation Lord Vinheteiro plays 100 songs that are in the public domain which we've all heard before.
People in the old days were so hellbent on stopping mice, a miniature cannon didn't seem too extreme.
