The COD
A Curated Daily Digest of Oddities, Curiosities & Unusual Fascinations
CURIOSITY OF THE DAY
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The COD will be off exploring the infinite abyss until October 30th. Please grave rob from our older articles until then.
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The COD will be off exploring the infinite abyss until October 30th. Please grave rob from our older articles until then. 🎃
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Unique Lamps
These unique lamps will shine a curious light on your growing oddities collection and make great conversation pieces all on their own.
Vintage Anatomical Animal Educational Models
This rare vintage anatomical model of a grasshopper is a curious reminder of pre-internet learning where our teaching tools were tactile and not merely confined to a computer screen.
Horse Cleaver
This horse cleaver is a functional oddities piece combining a large jawbone of a horse and a real steel cleaver.
Exploded Human Skull
Exploded human skulls are medical teaching tools that are highly collectible vintage medical devices still produced today.
Spider Statue With Lilies
Explore the ultra-curious sculpture work of Roman Karun of My Creatures.
Creepy Plushies
Snuggle up (or not) with these creepy plushies depicting iconic folklore and other frightening one-of-a-kind creatures.
Fancy Shiny Things
This creepy one-of-a-kind horror bride doll is just one of several nightmare-inducing ugly cute creations by Fancy Shiny Things.
Alien Eggs
Something creepy is hatching by way of these alien eggs from artists from around the world.
Strange Sculptures from The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium
These curious mixed media sculptures from Mike Wellins of Portland’s Freakybuttrue Peculiarium get an A++ for exceedingly strange.
Phrenology Heads
Phrenology heads are fascinating relics left behind by a long-discredited pseudoscience of studying the landscape of the skull, aka skull readings, where it was thought bumps and indentations could reveal personality strengths and weaknesses.
Scrying Mirrors
Gaze into the mysterious reflective surfaces of a scrying mirror and gain powerful new insights and inspiration through this ancient divination practice.