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The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World.
posted by storybored at 7:13 PM PST - 17 comments

You might call it the "small town struggle." The problem tiny communities have with getting noticed. The Tank is an acoustical marvel, a senses-altering experience found nowhere else on earth. A 60′ tall, 30′ across rusted steel water tank – never used – was discovered in Colorado by sound artist and sonic thinker ​Bruce Odland in 1976. [more inside]
posted by shockingbluamp at 5:32 PM PST - 27 comments

10 years later, an oral history of 'The Devil Wears Prada'.
posted by The Whelk at 3:06 PM PST - 70 comments

Low Budget Gourmet Meals
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 2:54 PM PST - 28 comments

Man Captures Bee and Forces it to Watch "Bee Movie."
What is says on the tin.

posted by Seekerofsplendor at 2:33 PM PST - 26 comments

An Investigation of Asparagus Pee: Ben Franklin called it a "disagreeable odour." Marcel Proust praised it as a "perfume." Here we look into the mystery of an odd phenomenon.
posted by poffin boffin at 12:24 PM PST - 63 comments

"Blinding, fierce, shockingly electric. A running hair dryer has been dropped into your bubble bath. A bolt out of the heavens. Lie down and scream." [SL Atlas Obscura] So what's it actually like to get bitten or stung by the world's nastiest bugs? Welcome to the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack at 10:07 AM PST - 37 comments

"I’m designating the Stonewall National Monument as the newest addition to America’s national parks system. Stonewall will be our first national monument to tell the story of the struggle for LGBT rights. I believe our national parks should reflect the full story of our country – the richness and diversity and uniquely American spirit that has always defined us. That we are stronger together. That out of many, we are one." - President Barack Obama [more inside]
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 9:19 AM PST - 59 comments

Barbara Williamson co-founded one of the most famous radical sex experiments of the 1970s. Then she got wild.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 7:35 AM PST - 17 comments

"Few patients have been as open about their quest for a cure, the money they paid and the tragic consequences as Mr. Gass." [previously, previously]
posted by trillian at 5:31 AM PST - 38 comments

Are you screwed? Missed deadline? Don't know what to say to your boss? The internet has come to your rescue with the COP-OUT GENERATION SERVICE. (Also available in Russian) [more inside]
posted by oneswellfoop at 1:37 AM PST - 6 comments