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Stranger Than Fiction: 8 Must-Read Microhistories

Jul 4, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Isabelle McConville |John O'Connor |Heather Radke |Rebecca Solnit

From wars to royals to major events in culture and humanity, catching up on history can be an intimidating feat. Fear not — microhistories are your best bet. Read up on these wonderful, wild and weird slices of our world, from the everlasting hunt for cryptids to tiny creatures that shape our ecosystems to the backstory of our very own backsides. Impress your friends and family with fun facts they’ll never see coming. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart.
Fudgetown, USA

May 21, 2024 | tastecooking.com | Heather Radke

In Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, the local fudge shop is called Cottage of Sweets. In Stratford, Ontario, it’s Nudge Nudge Fudge. Sarasota, Florida; Juneau, Alaska; and Provincetown, Massachusetts, all have a Fudge Factory. In Mystic, Connecticut, there is Mystic Fudge, and in Cape May, New Jersey, you will find the Original Fudge Kitchen. Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario has Maple Leaf Fudge.
Fashion history: This 19th-century undergarment made a woman’s hips look bigger, and her, wealthier

Nov 13, 2023 | scroll.in | Heather Radke

I expected the archives of the Victoria and Albert Museum to be in the back rooms of the museum’s red-bricked building in central London, where grand, arched doorways and vaulted, painted ceilings inspire a sense of reverence and awe. But once I arrived in the swampy summer London heat, I realised that the storage facilities for the V&A instead were housed in the posh western suburbs of the city, in a castle-sized building that was once the former headquarters of the Post Office Savings Bank.
Before humans ate chickens, we treasured them as exotic pets

Jul 19, 2023 | popsci.com | Rachel Feltman |Heather Radke |Chelsey B. Coombs

What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere else you listen to podcasts every-other Wednesday morning. It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts, figures, and Wikipedia spirals the editors of Popular Science can muster.