Almanac
Phil Edwards explains the world through its footnotes. Read more below or watch Almanac on Vox’s YouTube channel.
This is how SantaCon went from Danish performance art to beer crawl.
There were plenty of studies to choose from, but one stood out. It was seeking healthy men and women ages 18 to 55 for seven three-night weekend stays in the clinic. Compensation: $5,930.
The same quirky, unique graffiti traveled around the world. This is how it happened.
If scientists were to study us Dashers, I swear they’d find something like dopamine released in the brain at the sound of a new order coming in.
This is the rise and fall of the American soul patch.
Yes, you can get better at Scrabble. Here’s a trick to help.
Congratulations! You survived Krampusnacht.
They are surprisingly old ... and amazingly candid.
Do you know how the internet gets across the ocean? This amazing map shows every cable that makes it possible.
He’s gone a lot of places for Her Majesty the Queen.
Does this weird theory explain the tragedy at Salem?
These are the top 5 reasons that tell us the Loch Ness Monster isn’t real.
We think the internet’s in the cloud. But really, it’s in the ocean.
Internet artists explain exactly what they care a lot about — and the surprising thing that doesn’t really matter.
Photos that show how the Apollo 11 landing was gritty, funny, and beautiful.
These projects are trying to communicate with the distant future. And it just might work.
A brief and humid history of a very short-lived country.
Every place has a legend. Find your state’s hero on this epic folklore map.
This is Bohemian Grove, the place where masters of the universe play summer camp.
They refused to eat meat when that was still a radical act.
These inventions were huge successes, even though they were impossible to use. Fortunately, someone made a key improvement.
Where the term RINO — Republican in name only — came from.
It’s a little funny, a little creepy, and unlike any amusement park you’ve ever seen before.
The ads, the pleas for reviews, the “please subscribe” wails: There’s a reason for all of them.
This is how POTUS became a symbol of presidential power.
People have been ruining photos for more than 150 years.
These medical breakthroughs would break you.
Man buns are are a phenomenon. But where did they come from, and what do they mean?
These maps look like they’re for mass transit. Really, they’re for everything else.
But what’s next for LEGO as an artistic medium?
These are all real campaign videos, with varying success rates.
Wikipedia’s elite users will fight over anything. It’s hilarious — and highly productive.
This video will change how you think about sandwiches. Really.
The future used to involve books projected on your ceiling.
He showed real estate savvy that would impress any investor.
We may have found a new usage from the 1300s. But it’s not that easy...
Bucket drumming is surprisingly easy to track to one person.
The best way to be a spy? Act really dumb.
This is how the sound of justice was made.