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In 2013, the Detroit Masonic Temple was reported to be in foreclosure. But an anonymous donor gave $142,000 so it could pay off its back taxes. Two months later, it was revealed that the donor was none other than Jack White of the White Stripes.https://trib.al/ozyGx95 

Confectioners form vanilla ice cream into a potato shape, then coat it with cocoa powder to give the appearance of brown skin. Slicing into the fake baked tuber, they load it up with whipped cream, chocolate shavings, and a drizzle of chocolate syrup.https://trib.al/bvxpijh 

To fund Hamilton's proposal for a national mint to be established, the government instituted a "sin" tax on liquor.https://trib.al/IbCyu3g 

While it’s no longer served at Nobel banquets, now anybody can try the famed ice cream. At the Nobel Museum in Sweden, the attached bistro serves miniature vanilla-berry ice cream bombes.https://trib.al/cc7V2UF 

Canadians know and love Coffee Crisp, a combination of coffee cream, vanilla wafers, and a chocolate coating. But if you’re not from Canada, and don’t make your way there, there will be no opportunity to know or love this candy bar.https://trib.al/chFMszf 

Mascots, or yurukyara, have a rather strong presence in Japan: everything from cities and companies to prisons and the tax office have one.https://trib.al/NGoCZul 

Deer are responsible for millions of dollars worth of crop damage every year in Japan—and the chairman of the Japan Wolf Association believes he has a way to curb the damage caused by deer and restore ecological balance to affected regions of the country.https://trib.al/vAuVJTK 

Patient pickers are rewarded with sweet, firm fruit that offers notes of cherry, cinnamon, vanilla, and coriander, but only after having aged it in cold storage for a few months.https://trib.al/UyWeu1U 

In the Romano-Briton galleries of the British Museum, a small and eerie sculpture can be seen. It is known as the “wolf-god of Woodeaton” and is an artifact genuinely shrouded in mystery.https://trib.al/tbqnVCV 

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.https://trib.al/1A8tE4m 

This Victorian-era walkway is just one of the many 19th-century treasures in Whitehead.https://trib.al/zZungrX 

Follow in the footsteps of James Baldwin, Josephine Baker, and Langston Hughes.https://trib.al/7LbZpoR 

It was concocted in 1962, in a restaurant serving typical mid-century food without any particular focus.https://trib.al/2zCL9rW 

Germany has found ways to display problematic monuments without elevating them.https://trib.al/UnT1n8I 

You're not seeing double. This The two-headed oddity resides inside a curiosity-cabinet near the entrance of the Georgia State Capitol, alongside a two-headed snake and moon rocks brought back from the Apollo missions.https://trib.al/Rnh8Yyb 

It's how these moths manage to elude bats: with minuscule, muffling fur that locks the clicks in and prevents them from echoing back to their hungry sonars.https://trib.al/L6GP9W9 

Since 2016, this moon—an art installation by British artist Luke Jerram titled Museum of the Moon—has traveled the world. Denmark, France, Belgium, Beijing, Ireland, Latvia, Spain, Austria—they’ve all gotten a glimpse.https://trib.al/eIj0vZ7 

The mine was started around the ninth century, allegedly after a goat pointed locals to it by one day coming home with red material on its fur.https://trib.al/RwHmX3L