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Houdini's Greatest Trick. How the magician debunked the seance shenanigans of spiritualist medium Mina Crandon.

The Evans Family is Living in This World. It wasn’t always that way. (via Metafilter)

Is sex only for rich people? You’d think so by examining our policies.

Can You Guess These Horror Movie Houses? Or maybe you were too busy screaming to take notice of the architecture.

Deadly Destinations Around the World. There’s a booming business in serving adrenaline-junkie tourists with a death wish.

10 True Stories of Survival Cannibalism. Consuming corpses is a desperate measure, but most of these cases stop short of murder.

The Women Who Shaped The Computer Age. Women were founding software companies before they could open bank accounts in their own names.

Bizarre Sea Creature Caught In Singapore Looks Like Kraken Come To Life. It’s a relative of the star fish, with tentacles that grow like fractals.

A Real Life Cave of Death. Twice, someone visited Kenya's Kitum Cave and came out with the Marburg virus, which is deadlier than Ebola.

Inside the rise of embryo adoption. In vitro fertilization leaves many embryos frozen in limbo, until someone wants them.

Six Seriously Spooky Cemetery Stories. Read them with the lights off, hanging on to someone you trust.