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Bulletproof vests, animal pronouns, and oozing skeletons. Email not displaying correctly? [View in your browser]. April 1, 2016 [Robot Retirement] [Most robots, when their creators are done with them, meet one of two fates: either they’re stashed away or they’re cannibalized to make another robot. One robotics professor wants to change that.] [A Cemetery's "Gay Corner"] [A section of Washington, D.C.'s Congressional Cemetery has become a gathering place for honoring LGBT activists.] [P.T. Barnum's Bad Luck] [The greatest showman on Earth opened three museums. Each one was hit by disaster, from boiler fires to a freak tornado.] [Bulletproof Photo Craze] [A rash of 1920s publicity photos showed men shooting one another at point-blank range. The images served as potent ads for a bulletproof vest.] [Container Ship Time Lapse] [The life of a behemoth container ship seems mundane, but as this video shows, it is far more beautiful than you might think.] [An Island That Was a Ship] [In the early 1800s, the British Navy commissioned an island as a sloop—the HMS Diamond Rock. It was one of the Navy's first "stone frigates."] [Should an Owl Be an "It"?] [Some writers and scientists are fighting style guides over animal pronouns because they think creatures deserve better.] [Oozing Whale Skeleton] [Whales are so oily that, even though this individual was killed in 1998, his skeleton is still dripping nearly 20 years after.] Sponsored Offer [Where Will You Go Next?] [A curated collection of exceptional luxury vacation options, each hand-selected to meet your exacting standards.] Image of the Day This [extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop in Oregon] was intended as a "temple" to the natural beauty of the Columbia River Gorge. (Photo: [Sarah McDevitt/Flickr/CC BY 2.0]) [Spread the Word] [Share this email with a friend] [Share a Discovery] [Add a Place to the Atlas] [View in Browser] • [Forward to a Friend] [atlasobscura.com] • [info@atlasobscura.com] 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222 [Unsubscribe {EMAIL}]