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Dig a Tunnel Through the Center of the Earth to… Where?
5+ hour, 32+ min ago —...Imagine that you could drill a hole straight through the Earth.... ...If the coordinates (longitude and latitude) of a point on the Earth... ...a bit in Europe (the Iberian peninsula with New Zealand’s North... ...part of South America....
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Wild Life: Gynandromorphs
8+ hour, 14+ min ago —...Each week, Atlas Obscura is providing a new short excerpt from our... ...upcoming book, Wild Life: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Living... ..., having been spotted in the same region of the northeast United States... ...An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Living Wonders celebrates hundreds...
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The Resurrection of Rajasthan’s Royal Liquors
11+ hour, 8+ min ago —...Maharani Mahansar Heritage Liquor is the modern manifestation of... ...Jaipur State in the early 1700s, began distilling liquor in 1768... ..., who now serves as managing director of the Shekhawati Heritage... ...Singh, the former general manager of Rajasthan’s official state-run...
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7 Unbelievable Environmental Stories from Every Continent
14+ hour, 32+ min ago —...From the beaches of Sri Lanka to the fields of Ethiopia to the wetlands... ...Earth.... ...Throughout the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve in southern... ...For more than a decade veterinarian Carla Sassi has been developing...
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Podcast: 'How To' Make the Best Show about New York with John Wilson
1+ day ago —...“How To” creator and host John Wilson about his travels, his favorite... ...In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, Dylan sits down with... ...Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras...
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The World’s Most Remote Triathlon Requires Bananas and Rafts
1+ day ago —...floats on the ocean horizon, just visible from the shore of Rapa Nui... ...distance, but they vaguely define the starting point of one of the island... ...Paoa Atuma is an author and expert on Rapa Nui’s ancestral sports... ...“I wanted to revive the Tangata Manu competition,” says Rodrigo Paoa...
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Aphrodite's Rock
1+ day ago —...Aphrodite’s Rock, also known as Petra tou Romiou, is a prominent... ...geological formation located along the coast of Paphos, Cyprus.... ...The present name "Petra tou Romiou" which means "Rock of the Romans... ...There is another large rock nearby called the Saracen Rock....
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The Story Behind This Giant Rock in the Middle of a Field | Untold Earth
2+ day ago —...Devil’s Tower, also known as Mato Tipila or Bear’s Lodge, was formed... ...Our small-group adventures are inspired by our Atlas of the world's... ...and PBS Digital Studios.... ..., a new series from Atlas Obscura, in partnership with Nature...
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Giant Kangaroos Once Towered Over Humans at 8 Feet Tall
2+ day ago —...The remains have been resting in Lake Callabonna since at least the... ...A dried-up lake bed sits in the heart of the Australian Outback,... ...That researcher is Isaac Kerr, a kangaroo paleontologist at Flinders... ...The findings at Lake Callabonna cracked open a world of marsupial...
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Svalbard's Lonely Whaler Graves Included Burial Kits With Pieces of Distant Homes
2+ day ago —...literally “blubber town fjord”) in the northwestern portion of the Svalbard... ...Archipelago.... ...: The largest was on Ytre Norskøya (Outer Norway Island) and another... ..., M. de la Varenne: “His Majesty wants that he burns or sinks, without...