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Origami Typewriter

An Intricate Origami Typewriter Meticulously Folded From a Single Sheet of Paper

September 15, 2026

2026 Fall Foliage Map

An Interactive Map That Predicts Fall Foliage Timing Across the Contiguous United States

September 15, 2026

This has to do with three previously independent transit systems that existed before they were unified under the larger MTA banner in 1940: two private systems, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit Company) and the BMT (Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation). The IND (Independent Subway System) was the public subway system.

Why New York City Subway Trains Use Letters and Numbers But Share the Same Colors

September 15, 2026

NYC Alphabet

A New York City Place for Every Letter of the Alphabet

September 14, 2026

Pet Jumping Spider Rooms

Woman Builds Incredibly Detailed Tiny Rooms For Her Pet Jumping Spiders

September 14, 2026

Horse Plays Harp With Human

Musical Horse Plays the Harp With His Human

September 14, 2026

How to Wear a Monocle

A Dignified Count Demonstrates How to Properly Wear a Monocle in a 1930 Newsreel

September 14, 2026

Rita Moreno Animal Drum Fever

Rita Moreno Puts a Wildly Drumming Animal in His Place While Singing ‘Fever’ on ‘The Muppet Show’ in 1976

September 11, 2026

Giant Balls Power Lines

Why Brightly Colored Spheres Are Strung Across Power Lines

September 11, 2026

Victorian Mimic Bathroom

A Creepy Miniature Bathroom With Frightful Fixtures

September 11, 2026