Keeping track of the weird stuff we send into space

Soylent, saucy books, and a prefab metal church. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. November 23, 2018 What We've Sent to Space Humans have sent a lot of unexpected stuff into space, including a Doritos ad, Stephen Colbert's DNA on a microchip, and a 15-minute concert performed on a theremin. A new catalogue attempts to figure out what we're telling the rest of the universe about ourselves. Read More → Meet the Fatbergs We dug into the composition of three massive sewer clogs around the globe, and what they say about the cities and people that created them. Read more → Black Friday Deal Our bestselling books and 2019 calendars are all 50% off this weekend at Barnes and Noble. Shop now → Saucy Books Books considered too subversive, scandalous, or toxic were once marked with the Greek letter phi and hidden away at the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries. Read more → SYLHET, BANGLADESH Large Tea Garden Sylhet is famous for its beautiful tea gardens, and among the lot, Lakkatura is the most scenic. Read more → LONDON, ENGLAND Gothic Masterpiece William Blake claimed to have painted The Ghost of a Flea after seeing the terrifying being in a vision. Read more → COQUIMBO, CHILE Prefab Metal Church Erected in 1889, the Church of Guayacán was designed in France by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. Read more → FOOD & DRINK Soylent's Journey The soy-based beverage has gone from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to, more recently, actual meal replacement. Read more → FROM OUR FRIENDS AT HISTORY Southern Underground Railroad Researchers estimate 5,000 to 10,000 people escaped from bondage into Mexico, which hadn't agreed to return fugitive slaves. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222