But it is a very life-like glass model of one – just one of hundreds of fake sea creatures crafted into existence in the 19th century.

Dislike being cold? Looking for something to do with your hands? Good news: the University of Southampton has uploaded over 300 gloriously daggy knitting books to the internet.

Thirsty? This astrophysicist-turned-brewer steps us through the tasty, intoxicating science of making beer from wildflowers.

These (eerily realistic paintings of) signs are like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get.

Spoiler: kind of like a waterfall.

Here are some younger churches to marvel at while Notre-Dame gets its beauty sleep.

Where we’re going, we don’t need roads. (Or cars that, you know, actually exist.)

Watch as this furniture maker turns the underside of a bridge into a totally workable (and probably illegal) studio space. 

Who’s a good soldier?

See the globe lit up with a constellation of green dots, each a radio station you can tune into from the comfort of your browser.