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The Roll Call of Forgotten Brooklyn

BROOKLYN – From elegant to kosher, from red sauce to hamantashen. If you want a taste of true, old-school Brooklyn, these are the 11 places to find it. Bring extra napkins.

Mysteries of Kenyan WIldlife

Everyone says the animal that kills the most people in Africa each year is the hippo. Except that mosquitoes kill more. In honor of Earth Day, we ponder the wildlife in Kenya.

Fathom Questionnaire: James Sturz

Weirdest thing seen on travels: The wooden phalluses erected as fertility totems on farms in Bhutan, with suggestive strands of thick white yarn dangling from the tips.

Uganda on Safari: The Pearl of Africa

This is proper African jungle, and as the sun sets, villagers will take to the waters to cast their fishing nets and malachite kingfishers will lace figure eights in the skies above you.

Fathom + Shu Uemura: Great Hair on the Go

Travel isn't just about navigating security lines and haggling at souks; it's about crossing town at rush hour — and looking good while doing so. Win the kits that makes great hair easy.

Fathom Questionnaire: Vandana Verma

Weirdest thing seen on travels: Weirdness is great. But the most inexplicable to me is those tourists who take endless pictures of buildings and fields.

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