Found: glass fallout from the Hiroshima bombing

Zombie mushrooms, dizzying mazes, and coffee trains. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. May 17, 2019 Hiroshima’s Glass Fallout These glass particles were formed in the explosion caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, likely in temperatures hotter than 3,300 degrees Fahrenheit. They have covered nearby beaches, unnoticed, for nearly 75 years. Read More → Growing Zombie Fungus Caterpillar fungus propagates itself by infecting only the ghost moth caterpillar, killing and converting it into a new mushroom. Used in traditional medicine, it’s pricey and difficult to harvest, and Chinese pharmaceutical companies are racing to find a way to cultivate it in a lab. Read more → Community Lost in a Labyrinth All over the world there are mazes waiting for you to get lost in their designs. We want to hear about the most fascinating, dizzying labyrinths you’ve encountered. Read more → Tabletop Coffee Train In the face of train fever in the early 19th century, one French-Italian designer created a locomotive coffee maker with a smokestack water funnel and wheels that actually rolled. Share now → QUEENS, NEW YORK Tibetan Hidey-Hole Hidden in plain sight within a mini shopping enclave in Jackson Heights, Queens, Lhasa Fast Food has become a sort of foodie pilgrimage site. Read more → Partner offer Travel More for Less Dollar Flight Club helps their half a million members do just that—travel more and spend less. They send discounted international flights to your inbox, so you can travel and explore the world. Join now for free. Learn more → From our friends at Curiosity A Healing Glow Civil War soldiers hurt in the Battle of Shiloh began to see a strange glow emanating from their wounds, which left them with a better survival rate. The mystery of what caused the "Angel's Glow" wasn’t solved until 2001. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222