Long before V for Vendetta this newspaper seller wore a mustached mask

Alan Moore's comic V for Vendetta (and the subsequent film) inspired members of the group known as Anonymous to cover their faces with Guy Fawkes masks. Back in 1929, this newspaper seller hid his identity with a similarly mustached mask.

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Orio, a silent doll, appears in the city of Cobble, an apparently idyllic place in which dolls and stuffed toys spend their days in useful labor. But something dark has appeared in Cobble, something that threatens to shatter the city's peace, and it might be connected to Orio herself.

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What it's like to believe that you're dead

The New Scientist's Mindscapes column has a brief but fascinating profile of man identified only as "Graham" who suffers from a rare delusion known as Cotard's syndrome. Despite walking and talking and eating every day, Graham is convinced that he's dead.

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The Klingon ships that didn't make it into Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Into Darkness gave us a chase scene with a Klingon patrol ship, and the production team went through several possible designs for the Abrams-timeline vessels. Concept artist Harald Belker has been sharing a few potential ships that didn't make it on film.

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