Almost every Bob Ross painting in existence lives in a Virginia office park

Apollo 11 'insurance covers,' wondrous rock formations, and the chubby night parrot. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. July 23, 2019 Happy Little Paintings An inconspicuous warehouse in Herndon, Virginia, houses almost every painting, over 1,000 landscapes, ever created by Bob Ross on The Joy of Painting. Read More → ‘Nurdle’ Pollution A layer of millions of tiny, round plastic pellets known as nurdles was found covering a beach off the southern coast of Texas. Used as pre-production building blocks for nearly all plastic goods, nurdles often become lost in transit, becoming an environmental hazard for everything around them. Read more → Apollo ‘Insurance Covers’ Due to inadequate life insurance policies offered by NASA and private companies, the Apollo 11 astronauts autographed hundreds of envelopes, turning them into valuable collectibles to sell, as a way to keep their families afloat in the event of disaster. Read more → Community Best Rock Formations Natural wonders such as The Wave in Arizona or Mono Lake’s Tufa Towers can fill anyone with a sense of curiosity and wonder. Tell us about the most incredible rock formations you’ve ever encountered. Share now → Chubby Night Parrot It’s hard out there for a kākāpō. These famously adorable and unusual parrots—chunky, flightless, nocturnal—are one of the many critically endangered species in New Zealand, but efforts to increase their population through artificial insemination offer the birds a new hope. Read more → London, England Stompie the Tank Abandoned since 1995, the Mandela Way T-34 Tank (or "Stompie," as it has been affectionately nicknamed) is a strange war relic that isn't the product of a national conflict, but rather a fight between a businessman and city planners. Read more → Del Norte, Colorado La Ventaña Arch Rather than being formed from uplifted sandstone as most arches are, the Ventaña Arch formed within a magma intrusion called a volcanic dike. Read more → From our friends at History Intersex Through History For centuries, doctors have treated people with both male and female sex characteristics as a problem to be solved. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222