The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm

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Anne Koedt's 1970 essay cited basic clitoral anatomy to argue that the 'vaginal orgasm' Freud had defined as mature female sexuality was anatomically impossible — and had been sustained because it made women dependent on men.

A craft-store chain generating $7 billion annually tithed tens of millions to build a biblical museum in Washington D.C. — then watched federal agents seize 5,500 smuggled Iraqi antiquities from its own collection.

Pusha T named Drake's hidden son Adonis and placed his image inside Drake's own Adidas campaign artwork — a diss track that used corporate branding as a delivery mechanism for a secret.

A five-ton circus elephant named Mary was hanged by a crane in Erwin, Tennessee, 1916 — the first chain snapped under her weight. She had killed her trainer the day before. A town decided justice required a railroad derrick.

Deported to Italy in 1946 as a 'dangerous alien,' Lucky Luciano ran narcotics networks and American mob strategy from a Naples apartment via transatlantic phone — for fifteen more years.

Garry Turner stretched his stomach skin 15.8 cm — nearly six inches — away from his body in a tent-like pull, caused by Ehlers-Danlos syndrome dissolving the collagen that holds skin down.

Mario sprints across planets the size of houses, gravity bending so he runs along their undersides, while a 70-piece orchestra plays music that swells as stars come into view. A platformer that accidentally felt like awe.

Norman Mailer's 1969 NYC mayoral run proposed making New York City the 51st state, hosting jousting tournaments in Central Park to settle civic disputes, and banning private cars from Manhattan — losing with just 5% of the primary vote.

On June 10, 1951, nineteen-year-old Marine Corporal Charles Abrell threw himself onto an enemy grenade in Korea, absorbing the blast entirely. His squad lived. He was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously.